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UCLA Hitch Suites was lauded at the 45th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards presentation. The awards recognize the best design projects in Los Angeles County from the past year.

By day, UCLA biochemist Ivan Lopez explores the molecular pathology of the inner ear; by night and on weekends, he is a black-belted martial arts master.

History professor Josh Sides talks about how L.A. came to embody the best and worst of what urban America has to offer African Americans, on July 8 at UCLA's Hammer Museum.

The Hammer Museum and KCRW-89.9FM celebrate summer with the free concert series 'Summer of Soul' beginning at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 9, in the courtyard of the museum.

The UCLA Administrative Management Group announced its 2015-16 board members.

Susan Akens has been appointed executive director of UCLA School of Law’s Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property Law Program, as of July 1.

UCLA computer resource specialist Michael Fehr and Naomi Nakamura of UC San Francisco have been elected staff representatives to the University of California Retirement System Advisory Board.

Archaeologist Laura Tedesco and Abbas Kamwand of the U.S. Embassy will discuss efforts to save the art and culture of Afghanistan in a Hammer Forum at UCLA's Hammer Museum on Tuesday, June 30.

Shaina Zaidi, a former UCLA Women’s Basketball student-athlete, has been named director of the Bruin Varsity Club by UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero.

Beginning this fall, the University of California will provide students with the option to voluntarily self-identify their sexual orientation and gender identity on the undergraduate admission application to help the university better understand and meet the diverse needs of its students.

University of California President Janet Napolitano shared good news about the positive impact that California’s 2015-16 final budget will have on the university, from employee compensation to undergraduate tuition.

More than 50 people came together today to share deeply felt anger, compassion, fear and frustration as well as hope for healing in response to last week’s tragic shooting in South Carolina.

Margaret Steele, a veteran of development and fundraising for more than 30 years, has been named executive director of the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation.

A gathering of the UCLA campus community will be held at noon Thursday, June 25, to honor the nine lives lost in the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

'Re:Work,' a radio show produced by the UCLA Labor Center to highlight the contributions of workers in America, has won a national Gracie Award for Outstanding Portrait/Biography in the category for local, public and student radio and television.

UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh has invited members of the campus community to volunteer at the Special Olympics World Games, on campus July 25-Aug. 1.

Bestselling author and meditation teacher Pema Chödrön and Grammy-winning recording artist and Buddhist practitioner k.d. lang will provide guidance on how to live a well-balanced life at 8 p.m., Saturday, June 20 at UCLA's Royce Hall.

Clinton Bench has been named the new director of UCLA Fleet and Transit. He previously served as manager of Transit Service Planning for the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization.

UCLA UniCamp will move to Lake Perris for Session 1, June 20-26, due to the 10,000-acre wildfire burning in the San Bernardino Mountains near Camp River Glen.

Urban planning policy analyst Joan Ling, an adjunct professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, takes part in a Zócalo Public Square discussion at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 23.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive presents the television play "Black Monday" and an episode of "East Side/West Side" at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 19 at the Billy Wilder Theater.

Pick up your free ticket by July 31 for this summer's All-Staff Picnic, taking place 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 11, on Dickson Plaza.

The UCLA Hammer Museum screens 'What Tomorrow Brings,' the story of the first all-girls' school in a remote Afghan village, 7:30–9:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 17.

UCLA students go underground to the large, open spaces in UCLA’s parking structures to perfect their skills for competition and the pure love of performing.

A conversation with Cody Saleh, research and social media coordinator for the Center for Middle East Development at the UCLA International Institute.