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UCLA students, faculty and staff rolled away with 120 free bicycles and a wide assortment of build-your-own-bike parts on Bike (Re)Cycling Day,  Sunday, Oct. 19.

Dr. James Economou, a tumor immunologist and UCLA’s vice chancellor for research, received one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

Stability is the watchword for this fall’s Open Enrollment. All of the current medical plans will be available in 2015, with a few benefits enhancements and no major changes.

Schoenberg Hall, 5:30 - 8 p.m. I Learn America: Screening & Discussion Featuring Filmmaker Jean-Michel Dissard Join us for a screening of I Learn America: One High School, One School Year, Five New Americans. The film follows five immigrant teenagers ...

Results of a recent survey of UC faculty, staff and retirees at all locations in the system indicated a high degree of satisfaction with employee medical plans.

uHearingTest, which lets people self-administer hearing tests, won an award in the Code for the Mission contest, which aimed to translate UCLA researchers’ expertise into public benefit.

UCLA professor of education Sandra Graham, who has spent her career studying the effects of inequity in schools, is now having a direct influence on carrying out UCLA’s commitment to equity and diversity on this campus.

The National Science Foundation has funded UCLA research astronomer R. Michael Rich and an international team to use the world’s largest camera to map the central bulge of the Milky Way.

Demonstrations, film screenings, lectures and a special dinner are on the menu for campus consumers Oct. 22 - 24 as UCLA joins thousands of other organizations nationwide, including several UC campuses, to celebrate Food Day.

'A Mathematical Theory of Communication,' a large-scale, computer-generated installation by Casey Reas, professor of Design Media Arts, is now on permanent display in the University of Texas.

UCLA presents "Crisis in Ukraine: Assessing Recent Developments," an inter-departmental event on Oct. 20 from 3-5 p.m at the UCLA Law School.

UCLA's 7th annual “Dribble for the Cure” on Oct. 26 will see participants dribbling basketballs in a race across campus to support pediatric cancer research and treatment.

U.S. Department of State foreign service officer Michelle G. Los Banos will serve as diplomat in residence at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

UCLA's Confucius Institute will present the second China Oncreen Biennial from Oct. 17 to Nov. 14 at the UCLA Film and Television Archive's Billy Wilder Theater and other L.A. venues.

The $2.3 million National Institutes of Health awards go to scientists from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA for work in stem cells and neuroscience in medicine.

UCLA campus leaders are invited to participate in the 2014-15 Management Seminar Series, “Transformational Leadership: The Art of Influence.”

Join UCLA history professor William Worger at the Fowler Museum on Thursday Oct. 16 at 12 p.m., for a discussion of post-apartheid South Africa.

The proposal calls for College undergraduates to complete a course that substantially addresses racial, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, religious or other types of diversity.

Professor Kirk Stark has been named the endowed chair for the Barrall Family Professor of Tax Law and Policy.

UCLA faculty, staff and students have an opportunity to receive a used bike or bike parts for free on Bike (Re)cycling Day, Sunday, Oct. 19.

UCLA Transportation and UCLA Recreation will host a fun walk for Bruins on Thursday, Oct. 9, to celebrate Rideshare Week.

Associate professor of electrical engineering Mona Jarrahi was a keynote speaker at the 14th International Conference on Nanotechnology held in Toronto, Canada in August 18-21. This is one of the largest nanotechnology conferences in the world.

'American Winter,' a documentary about middle class families falling into poverty and searching for help, will be screened on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the UCLA Faculty Center.

Attend a special screening, hosted by HBO, of the first two installments of the upcoming miniseries, "Olive Kitteridge" on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. at UCLA's Melnitz Theater.

Veteran journalist and author Jim Newton is taking on an enhanced role as a member of the staff and faculty at UCLA.