campus events

While Americans are living longer and remaining relatively healthy, they are decidedly not interested in spending their golden years in assisted living or skilled nursing homes, a panel of experts unanimously agreed at a recent UCLA Anderson conference.

Astronaut and three-time UCLA alumna Anna Lee Fisher addressed a roomful of students Monday at a UCLA Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry to talk about her career and the lessons she learned while she attended UCLA.

Hilal Elver, the newly appointed United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, will participate in two UCLA School of Law events.

Join Sean Metzger for a book talk at the Charles E. Young Research Library on Feb. 26 when he will focus on three iconic items of Chinese fashion: the queue, the quipao and the Mao suit.  

The UCLA Law School in conjunction with the Healthy Campus Initiative and many student groups will present "From Healing to Action: Advancing Policing Equality" on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. in the UCLA School of Law, room 1347.

UCLA’s Graduate Division and Graduate Student Association are teaming up to create UCLA’s first Grad Slam, a combination training ground and competition to determine who best can deliver an engaging, three-minute research presentation that anyone can comprehend.

More than 800 people gathered in Royce Hall to applaud the courage of 16 civil rights activists — all UCLA alumni — who challenged segregation in the South in 1961 as Freedom Riders.

Voters in Los Angeles City Council District 14 will be able to attend two candidate forums sponsored by UCLA Government and Community Relations to hear from those running for a seat on the city council.

District Attorney Jackie Lacey will speak on the Criminal Justice Mental Health Project for the third annual Winston C. Doby Distinguished Lecture.

The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations welcomes best-selling author James Mann to discuss his latest book.

'Fragments of Extinction: An Environmental Sound-Art Project on the Acoustic Biodiversity of Rainforests' will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 26, 5:30 p.m. at the California NanoSystems Institute.

UCLA will honor alumni who joined a mass protest in 1961 and became Freedom Riders to protest segregation encountered by African Americans when they traveled between states on buses, trains and used public facilities.

Carissa Phelps, who received her M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School and J.D. from UCLA School of Law, was once a victim of human trafficking and is now an author and advocate for those forced into the sex trades.

On Sunday at the Chancellor's Residence, New York Senator and UCLA Law alumna Kirsten Gillibrand shared her personal journey in public service with UCLA Law alumnae at an event marking the official launch of a law school initiative aimed at empowering and supporting the school's women graduates.

A gift by television creator and executive producer Darren Star has made possible the renovation of a 54-seat screening room at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Policymakers, scholars and business leaders from Australia and the United States will explore the implications of the economic rise of the region at the event cohosted by the UCLA International Institute.

UCLA students as well as tech lovers and industry entrepreneurs came together Thursday to learn about and discuss the latest developments in wearable devices, virtual reality, robotics, connected cars and the Internet of Things at UCLA Anderson’s inaugural Consumer Electronics Show.

Some of the world’s most talented, up-and-coming young jazz musicians call UCLA home as students and fellows of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance.

The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture offers more than 150 public events for winter 2015.

Casey Abrams is only 11 years old, but he managed to deliver approximately 1,000 toys to the Chase Child Life program at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA Monday. 

The first major touring exhibition of Emirati art features more than 50 paintings, sculptures and works in other media.

On Jan. 25, the Fowler Museum at UCLA will open its doors to children and birds alike with its event “Kids in the Courtyard: Purdy Birdy.”

Terrence Roberts, who earned an M.A. degree from UCLA and served as assistant dean of the then-School of Social Welfare, returned to campus to talk about his historic role in integrating a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas and the current protests over the deaths of African Americans at the hands of police.

Students struggling with hunger are invited to bring their families to a student-organized turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

An energetic crowd of more than 3,000 UCLA students, alumni and fans roared their support for the Bruins football team in Wilson Plaza at Thursday evening’s annual “Beat ‘SC” rally.