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Associate professor Anastassia Alexandrova of the department of chemistry and biochemistry has been honored with a 2016 Rising Star Award, which recognizes exceptional women chemists on a national level.

Talented students of the Ray Bolger Musical Theater program stage a new revival of the classic musical.

UCLA faculty with expertise in international politics, labor movements and more discuss Brazil's current political crisis on May 4, 4-5:30 p.m. at the Luskin School of Public Affairs.

A group of nearly 100 donors, including alumni, faculty and friends of the school, has come together to honor the former UCLA Engineering dean.

Research on incarceration in the United States by UCLA Luskin public policy professor Michael Stoll figures prominently in a newly released report on criminal justice reform by the White House Council of Economic Advisors. 

University Parents Nursery School, located in University Village under sponsorship of the UCLA Office of Residential Life, is celebrating its 50th anniversary under director Rachel Graves, who’s been at the school for 28 years.

To UCLA visual artist Casey Reas, writing computer code and programming are not so much technical skills as “thinking” skills that he has managed to apply to artistic expression to great effect.

The Academic Senate and its Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity announced Thursday the recipients of the 2015-2016 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards.

A recent UCLA book drive motivated students, faculty and staff to collect or donate more than 1,500 books for the library of a state women's prison in Southern California.  

Members of the academy include some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers and artists.

With Blue Shield of California’s rate guarantees expiring, UC has selected Anthem to replace Blue Shield as the claims administrator and network provider for four UC health care plans.

Whether she’s studying Wall Street or Equatorial Guinea, Hannah Appel uses the lens of anthropology to understand how people create and make sense of their economic lives.

The Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology has been chosen to deliver the Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture for 2017.

Chair of the UCLA Department of Urology, Litwin is recognized for his foundational work focusing on quality of life in prostate cancer survivors.

Ickx and his Mexico City-based architecture firm, Productora, received the award for 'Pavilion on the Zocalo' in Mexico City.

A Zócalo Public Square and UCLA bring together experts to explore the perils and promise of the Internet.

The awards recognize excellence in several categories, including innovation and research.

Faculty members Neil Denari, Georgina Huljich, Greg Lynn and Thom Mayne are included in 'Close-up,' which examines the impact of digital technologies on architectural detail and the traditions of tectonic expression.

Guber teaches a class in leadership at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and is also on the faculty of the School of Theater, Film and Television.

A professor of bioengineering, chemistry and biochemistry, Wong is honored for scientific achievement and original contributions advancing microbiology.

An eclectic program of music at the Hammer Museum, curated by Grammy Award-winning pianist Gloria Cheng of the UCLA Department of Music.

Growing concerns about links between Zika virus and fetal neurological disorders are addressed by experts from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Experts debate the environmental, social and health impacts of genetically modified organisms (GMO) foods in this Oppenheim Lecture from the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.

The assistant professor of dentistry was awarded for research that advances scientific knowledge in implant dentistry and tissue engineering.

UCLA is tied for sixth in the number of honorees. In all, 178 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada received awards.