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The first muralist to be so honored by the organization, Baca is the creator of 'The Great Wall of Los Angeles."

The professor turns 100 this year, and the department of physics and astronomy will celebrate at UCLA’s Faculty Center on Saturday, April 2.

UC President Napolitano is inviting faculty and staff systemwide to provide feedback on task force recommendations for new retirement benefits.

New University of California policies prohibiting sexual violence and sexual harassment and governing the investigation and adjudication of sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations against students went into effect on Jan. 1.

L.A.-based multilingual company CONTRA-TIEMPO premieres its newest work Jan. 14-24 at UCLA.

The donation from LINE-X Protective Coatings represents the company's longtime commitment to U.S. military veterans.

Dale Kinney, on faculty at Bryn Mawr College, discusses the relationship between state and church and its impact on 12th-Century art.

Dr. Adele Diamond and the children of the California Dance Institute on how dance aids brain development and critical cognitive skills.

The film documents the persistence of traditional Japanese cultural practice among Japanese Americans interned during World War II.

As the presidential election nears, join a panel of experts at UCLA as they examine civil engagement and the influence of technology on voting.

Ann Karagozian, a longtime professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and former chair of the UCLA Academic Senate, has been named interim vice chancellor for research.  

Lavretsky found that combining the stimulant Ritalin with the antidepressant Celexa was more effective for treating depression in the elderly than an antidepressant alone or Ritalin alone.

The UCLA Vanpool Program is one of the largest employer-based vanpool programs in California.

Even smokers want to live free of secondhand smoke, says the director of UCLA Smokefree Air for Everyone at the Center for Health Policy Research.

The UCLA Department of Education faculty were named to Education Week’s 2016 list of 'Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.'

UCLA experts explore the ethical challenges of end-of-life care in a free Zócalo Public Square/UCLA event.

Schwartz is a Distinguished Professor of Finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

The exhibition at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York City runs through Jan. 16.

One of UCLA's major libraries for rare books and manuscripts, the Clark will digitize 300 manuscripts produced in Great Britain between 1601 and 1800.

Reiss was an accomplished physical chemist and theorist in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Michelle Caswell, an assistant professor of archival studies at UCLA, has helped launch an online archive that compiles first-person narratives.

The founding director of UCLA’s Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center is now vice chancellor for UCLA Health Sciences and chief executive officer of UCLA Health. And he’s still in awe of the brain and its complicated choreography.

You've already forgotten your New Year’s resolutions? Get a fresh start in this meditation retreat.

The adjunct professor of public health helped develop 'A Path Appears: Actions for a Better World' at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

UCLA Alumni Association is accepting nominations through Jan. 6, 2016.