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Highlights of the event scheduled for April 20 include a panel with Arianna Huffington and Chancellor Gene Block, performances by UCLA musical groups, and awards for students, faculty, staff and administrators.

Professors Walter Allen, Mitchell Chang, Robert Cooper and John Rogers were honored by the national research society.

'Transitions' was lauded for candid view of developmental adaptation of immigrant children to new cultures, languages and social structures.

As a volunteer surgeon for more than 20 years, Freymiller performs life-changing dental surgery on children with cleft lips and cleft palate deformities.

The UCLA School of Law professor is included in Harvard Law International Women’s Day Exhibit.

UCLA School of Law professor Kal Raustiala, director of the UCLA Ronald Burkle Center for International Relations and faculty director, UCLA International Education Office, has been elected a vice president of the American Society of International ...

Distinguished Research Professor of English Henry Ansgar Kelly lectures on April 7, 6 p.m. at the UCLA Faculty Center.

Johanna Drucker is the Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professor of Bibliography in the department of information studies.

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., one of the most important social justice leaders of our time, and Kent Wong, director of the UCLA Labor Center, will be discussing their new book at the Hammer Museum.

UCLA freshmen, sophomores and juniors from across the campus are being given a chance to win $15,000 and a yearlong research opportunity to pursue revolutionary, interdisciplinary research on the topic of the Internet.

'The Big Bonanza' recounts the rush of fortune hunters, among them Samuel Clemens, to Nevada in the 1860s to prospect for silver ore.

Director of pediatric otolaryngology and a professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Shapiro is co-editor of a new book for health care professionals.

The UC regents today approved a new retirement program for future UC employees as part of a broader effort to maintain the university’s excellence and sustain its long-term financial health.

UCLA law professor Asli Bâli has spent years in private practice in New York and Paris, represented 9/11 victims as well as immigrant Muslim men detained in the aftermath and written extensively on international human rights.

Don Nakanishi, a UCLA scholar who gained national recognition for establishing Asian American studies as a viable and relevant field of scholarship, teaching, community service and public discourse, died March 21. He was 66.

'Recent advances in 3D printing of biomaterials' was the year's most frequently accessed study in the Journal of Biological Engineering.

UCLA's Code for the Mission Competition seeks new approaches to advancing UCLA's mission of education, research and service.

As part of the United Nations World Water Day on March 22, UCLA will take part in Tuesday’s White House Water Summit that aims to raise awareness of water challenges in the United States.

UCLA encourages sustainable transportation with a number of programs, and incentives, including providing subsidized transit passes, vanpool subsidies and bicycling infrastructure.

The professor of human genetics and biological chemistry has been awarded the 2016 Edward Novitski Prize for his pioneering body of work in genetics.

Silva and Tetradis were selected as being among the most promising individuals to become leaders in dental and higher education.

At-risk faculty, staff and students will be invited to participate in a program found effective in preventing type 2 diabetes.

A professor of urban planning and Chicana and Chicano studies, Valenzuela has played a leading role in elucidating the phenomenon of day labor.

The honor recognizes the professor of education and Asian American studies for notable and sustained research achievements.

The UCLA lecturer leads the Vietnamese language program and also prepares immigrant volunteers to teach Vietnamese in their communities.