faculty news

UCLA’s Weyburn Terrace, a residential community for 1,800 graduate students, has been recognized by the Congress for the New Urbanism as one of the year’s most outstanding examples of architectural, landscape, urban and regional design.

When the Griffith Park mountain lion crawls under someone’s house, or a brother and sister cross a freeway, Seth Riley is at the top of the list of scientists who can give the inside details.

The Ralph J. Bunche Center will host a conversation with John Densmore, writer, actor and drummer for the iconic rock group, The Doors, from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13 at the Faculty Center Hacienda Room.

Enjoy the musical “Hello, Dolly!” at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 10 — the latest in the UCLA Film and Television Archive’s Family Flicks series, showing at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater.

The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents a free two-part concert of Anatolian and classical Persian music at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 7.

UCLA associate professor Rachel Lee discusses her new book, 'The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America,' at noon on May 5 in the Powell Library East Rotunda.

UCLA Recreation invites staff and faculty to its annual I Heart Walking event, noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20, starting at the bottom of Janss Steps.

University of California Human Resources is launching its annual medical plan satisfaction survey on Monday, May 4.

UCLA filmmaker William McDonald of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Pamela Beere Briggs discuss their latest documentary, 'Something Like a Sabbatical.'

To express their gratitude for their help, Jim Weingarten and his family decided to call in a shaved-ice truck to give staffers from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center a cool treat Wednesday.

Shannon O’Kelley has been named the interim vice president of UCLA Health for Hospital Systems. He is also the Chief Operating Officer for the UCLA Hospital System.

Join UCLA and Zócalo Public Square on May 4 for a panel discussion on the causes of and responses to genocide.

Three UCLA professors were elected today to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

The 'Transforming Hollywood 6: Alternative Realities, World Building and Immersive Entertainment conference' takes place at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television on May 8.

UCLA has been recognized in three categories of the 2015 Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards Competition from the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference.

Carey Nachenberg, an adjunct professor of computer science and a developer of Norton Antivirus software for the security firm Symantec, has authored the techno-thriller, “The Florentine Deception,” due out on April 14.

UCLA Night at Dodgers Stadium is May 1.

UCLA's Ray Bolger Musical Theater Production of "Bat Boy: The Musical" runs May 7-16.

An exhibit of photos by Tony Coelho, on staff at UCLA's Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars, captures historic West Hollywood.

The UCLA campus community is invited to a free screening of the film 'Selma' at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 in Royce Hall as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to UCLA. 

Design Media Arts professor Rebeca Méndez has been selected as one of 14 artists to create art installations that will decorate one of the stations on Metro’s forthcoming Crenshaw/LAX light rail line.

UCLA’s Life Sciences has been awarded a four-year $2.4 million federal grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance and transform undergraduate education.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television announced the appointment of two entertainment industry insiders to residencies: James Acheson and Silvia Baker.

The launch of UCLA startups has resulted in the creation of more than 4,400 jobs and contributed a total of $1.1 billion to the economy.

UCLA's Bridges East and West Music Festival, May 2-8, is a cultural exchange and collaboration between musicians from China and the United States.