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UC’s annual Open Enrollment, an opportunity for faculty and staff to make changes to their 2015 medical plan and other benefits, ends on Tuesday, Nov. 25.

'Sounds of the Season' will be presented by the UCLA choral program on Saturday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m., at Schoenberg Hall.

UCLA is marking the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 20 by introducing a new technology tool to help smokers seen in the UCLA Health System quit for good.

UCLA faculty and staff are invited to an information session on Dec. 1 to learn about cloud computing services newly available through Information Technology Services.

If 2,200 Bruins donated to any of UCLA’s funds prior to the UCLA-USC football game Nov. 22, alumni Karren Ganstwig and Howard Welinsky pledged to give an additional $100,000 to UCLA.

Peter Thomas Dalis, who served as director of athletics at UCLA for 19 years, died Saturday, Nov.15, at his home in Pacific Palisades due to complications from multiple myeloma.

UCLA is one of 20 colleges and universities, and the only postsecondary institution in California, participating in the Partnership for a Healthier America’s Healthier Campus Initiative.

This year, UCLA's annual food drive is also part of a competition to donate more than the university's cross-town rival.

Michael Eselun, certified interfaith chaplain for the Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, explores "It could be worse," a common coping strategy for dealing with cancer.

UCLA mathematician Terence Tao talked prime numbers and more in a lively conversation with pundit Stephen Colbert on the 'The Colbert Report' on Nov. 12.

UCLA’s annual campus closure will begin on Wednesday, Dec. 24 and will continue through Jan. 4, 2015, with the campus reopening on Monday, Jan. 5.

Casandra Rauser has been named director of UCLA's “Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles” Grand Challenge project.

If they choose to pay for it, UCLA faculty and staff can choose to enroll in the ARAG legal plan, which is being offered with an enhanced identity theft benefit, during Open Enrollment.

Professor emeritus of anthropology Peter Hammond, who traveled the world for his academic studies and ethnographic research, died on Oct. 4 in Los Angeles. He was 86.

For UCLA staff members interested in earning an M.B.A., UCLA Anderson School of Management is hosting a lunchtime information session on Thursday, Nov. 20.

UCLA's Chase Child Life Program at Mattel Children’s Hospital invites donations to its annual toy drive through Dec. 17.

More than 4,000 parents of UCLA undergraduates — many of them the newest Bruins on campus — spent a fun-filled weekend with their children, experiencing the best of UCLA.

The UCLA Administrative Management Group invites UCLA professional staff to expand their networks and gain professional development skills.

Kelly Schmader, UCLA assistant vice chancellor for facilities management, served 28 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps.

Young patients at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA dressed up in Halloween costumes and went trick-or-treating through the hospital's hallways today (Oct. 31).

UCLA officials went downtown on Wednesday to recognize campus programs that serve communities throughout Los Angeles County and, together with volunteer ambassadors, met with local officials to discuss UCLA's public service efforts in each of their respective districts.

The app was developed to better serve magazine readers in the digital age and bring them the very best of UCLA arts, athletics, entertainment and discovery.

If you’re enrolled in UC’s Supplemental Disability plan and have a 7-day or 30-day waiting period, you’ll be paying a higher premium in 2015. But you can lessen the impact of rising rates by selecting a longer waiting period.

UC Human Resources is making available four new videos in English and Spanish to help you understand the basics about your medical benefits.

Bruce Whiteman, librarian emeritus of UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and a Canadian poet and writer, returns to the Clark to read from his work on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 4 p.m.