UCLA in the community

UCLA and Westwood Village need each other in order to to be at their best.

UCLA’s Maite Zubiaurre led the creation of the art installation “Mujer Migrante Memorial” and accompanying virtual map honoring those who died.

The report highlights the need for more biodiversity protections and equitable access to resources.

Since 2012, when the class was first offered, students have distributed a total of $780,000 to 27 local organizations.

For the first time there was a showcase dedicated to community-engaged research.

All 38 students are planning to attend college this fall.

Anne Nguyen saw how work in the classroom can help communities in need.

Online-only class allows organizers to welcome students from the United States, Mexico and Guatemala.

A project by UCLA faculty envisions collaborative bicycle ‘flows’ that generate digital exhibitions.

TranslateCovid.org delivers accurate information to communities often facing increased vulnerabilities because of a lack of access to official public health news in a language other than English.

Tony DeFrancesco looks to build on a partnership that extends back 70 years.

Courses will pair social justice teaching with community engagement and instruction in data literacy, statistics and computational research methods.

The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has adapted its education outreach programs during COVID-19.

The big-data research initiative based at UCLA uses police and jail records to monitor how much authorities are spending to lock up residents.

The researchers will engage with local communities to design cooling structures and choose the best locations to install them.

UCLA leadership, faculty, staff and students displayed the resiliency, creativity and ingenuity that embody our values.

Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez won a Nobel Prize, we were the No. 1 public university again, faculty carried on with important research and students continued to achieve the amazing.

Despite the pandemic, UCLA Dentistry students and faculty found a way to continue their mission of promoting oral health in the community.

Q&A with Tess Banko, Marine Corps veteran and executive director of the UCLA/VA Veteran Family Wellness Center.

Online social activities, remote counseling and drive-up food drives are among the resources offered to veterans.

UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative teamed up with chef Bill Yosses and the LAUSD to create an appetizing virtual summer school course.

Hundreds of Bruins answered the call to serve for the 12th annual day of service, which pivoted from in-person tasks to primarily online events and projects.

A team of volunteers gathered hundreds of pounds of supplies — including masks, gurneys and robotic surgical arms — to assist those in need, now two months after the explosion.

The group, whose 11 partners include seven UC campuses, will work to overcome challenges and barriers to prevention, treatment and vaccination.

This year’s adapted day of service includes eight different kinds of activities, and volunteers can join in as many as they have time for.