UCLA Extension’s Ochan Otim grew up in Uganda, which since its two-decade civil war has seen many people driven to drinking to alleviate their suffering.
The trend places additional stress on wildlife ecosystems and resources that the approximately 24 million people living in Southern California need to survive.
Chancellor Gene Block and Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, vice provost for enrollment management, took part in a panel discussion on the future of higher education at the National Press Club in Washington.
Dr. Antoni Ribas, professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, will assume the presidency in 2020.
City and neighborhood planners should be aware that greater numbers of trees and more park space can support the health of teens and seniors in their communities.
Jamison, distinguished professor and of Asian languages and cultures and also Indo-European studies, will deliver UCLA’s 126th Faculty Research Lecture Wednesday, April 3.
Scholars are tackling troubling realities of how “assistance ”often harms women fleeing or surviving domestic violence when shelters function similarly to prisons.
Jane Shen-Miller, a senior scientist with UCLA’s Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, has been awarded life membership in the society.
For one afternoon, teenagers glueing themselves to their phones was totally understandable. They finally could learn whether they were admitted to UCLA’s class of 2023.