Leslie Rith-Najarian wowed the judges with her three-minute, jargon-free explanation of her research into how to make mental health more engaging and accessible.
Among David Leaf's classroom guests are seven members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, three Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Grammy Award winners, and other legendary and contemporary songwriters.
UCLA’s Ann Carlson presented the Lloyd Garrison Lecture on Environmental Law at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law last month. Carlson spoke on "Pollution Hot Spots and the Clean Air Act."
UCLA School of Education and Information Studies professor Alison Bailey has been appointed to a new consensus committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
John Emerson, former U.S. ambassador to Germany under President Obama, will deliver the 2017 Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is preparing for the opening of “Home — So Different, So Appealing: Art from the Americas,” co-curated by Chon Noriega, director of UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center.
A diverse array of artists, dancers, writers and musicians from around the world will showcase their talents on campus and new this year also in downtown Los Angeles.
The nonprofit Chefs Collaborative and UCLA co-hosted speakers on a series of sustainable food panels, featuring food-scene stars, UCLA staff and faculty and food critic Jonathan Gold.
UCLA alumni and brothers Mark Gold, respected environmental advocate and scientist, and Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer, on what restaurants, chefs and legislators can do.
More than 20 artists, photographers, sculptors, artisans and crafts persons will participate int he 39th Sylvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti Arts and Crafts exhibit.
Associate professor of French and Francophone studies Lia Brozgal, along with vice chair and professor of history Sarah Stein, recently co-edited a volume of classic Tunisian-French literature published by Stanford University Press.
The election pits Emmanuel Macron, who only recently created a new political movement, and seasoned politician Marine Le Pen, who leads the nationalist — some have said xenophobic — Front National.
In bright light, mammals rapidly recycle spent pigments via a process that ensures photoreceptors retain levels of light-sensitive pigments sufficient for uninterrupted sight.
UCLA’s Bruin Plate, one of the country’s first health-oriented dining halls and winner of a sustainable food service award, recently earned a top rating of four stars from the Green Restaurant Association.
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Most recently, he served as assistant director for the National Science Foundation Directorate for Geosciences, where he led a division with an annual budget of approximately $1.3 billion in support of core research.