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The Hammer presents the ‘The Contenders,’ the Museum of Modern Art’s renowned exhibition of films representing the best of the past year’s mainstream movies, independents, foreign-language films, documentaries and art-house sensations.

UCLA offers abundant resources to help you follow through on your New Year’s resolutions.

UC Berkeley scholar Robert Alter visits UCLA to present 'The Challenge of Translating the Bible' on Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m., and 'The Story of David and Bathsheba' on Jan. 10, 10:30 a.m.

Courtney Lyder, on leave from duties as dean of the UCLA School of Nursing since July, will return fulltime to the faculty and step down as dean effective July 1, 2015, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh announced recently.

Eddie Murphy, director of the UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center, is retiring on Dec. 31, 2014 to finish renovating a historic home she purchased in her hometown of Wellsville, Ohio.

Professor Emeritus Robert Burr, one of the country’s leading authorities on Latin American history, passed away on Dec. 8 following cardiac arrest in Port Jefferson, Long Island.

UC employees and students traveling on official university business have long benefited from great travel insurance. Now UC staff can also purchase comparable coverage at highly competitive rates for their own personal travel outside the United States.

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced that the 2015 Maximum Annual Contribution limit for retirement plans is increasing. The MAC limit for the UC Retirement Savings Program's 403(b) Plan and 457(b) Plan will increase to $18,000.

Young patients at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA went "shopping" Monday for gifts for their parents or guardians without leaving the hospital, thanks to head football coach Jim Mora and his wife, Shannon.

Are you thinking of buying a new car this month? If so, you might want to take advantage of a limited-time $1,000 discount for UC employees on the Nissan LEAF, a 100 percent electric, zero-emission car. The discount is available to all UC employees ...

A new Metro bus line will use the new I-405 carpool lanes and could result in faster commutes to and from UCLA.

Daniel Blumstein, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, will do a talk at Nerd Night L.A. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 7:45 p.m. at The Mint, 6010 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles.

Meet and learn from tech experts from all across campus at UCLA's Bruin Tech-a-Thon, a free mini-conference on Thursday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Math Sciences building.   A wide range of topics will be discussed in 30-minute presentations

UCLA Film and Television Archive will showcase the Australian film, "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," as part of the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project on Thursday, Dec. 12, 7:30 pm. at the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater.

Learn about the complex interrelatedness of Judaism, Christianity and Islam in a presentation at UCLA on Thursday, Dec. 11, 4-6 p.m. at Charles E. Young Research Library, Room 11360.

Lokubanda Tillakaratne has spent more than three decades helping his former village in many different ways. Now he's published a book of facts, figures, interviews and personal recollections of life there.

Marvel Comics luminaries Stan Lee and Roy Thomas will join director Kevin Smith on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2 p.m., at the Hammer Museum for a discussion of the venerable publisher’s long history.

The acclaimed documentary 'Hoop Dreams' (1994) screens on Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater, with an appearance by director Steve James.

Students found special treats decking their dining halls this week when the bakery team delivered gingerbread versions of UCLA’s Royce Hall, Powell Library, Kerckhoff Hall and Haines Hall.

Lillie Hsu and Dion Raymond have long-standing “heart-centered connections” to UCLA. The newly-created position of Discrimination Prevention Officer is a key component to remedying bias, improving campus climate and strengthening UCLA’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Jayanti Tambe has been named executive director, UCLA Early Care and Education, effective Feb. 1, 2015.

Candice Levy, a UCLA lecturer in Jewish Studies, will discuss ‘Unjust Suffering and the Afterlife’ for the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 4-5:30 p.m.

A team of volunteers from the UCLA School of Dentistry spent a busy Saturday, Nov. 22, providing free dental treatment to nearly 100 adults and children during the second annual Treatment Day at the school's Westwood clinics.

UCLA Health Auxiliary's Adopt-A-Family Program helps brighten the holidays of patients at UCLA’s medical centers and their families facing severe illness and extraordinary financial challenges.

From poultry to pies and sugar to soil, UC scientists are uncovering insights across the food spectrum that can make your holidays healthier, happier and more mindful.