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Most recently, he served as assistant director for the National Science Foundation Directorate for Geosciences, where he led a division with an annual budget of approximately $1.3 billion in support of core research.

In a new Forbes ranking UCLA outperformed 298 other private and public institutions.

UCLA faculty members Judith Carney and Stephanie Jamison will be inducted in an October ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jocelyn Samuels, who advanced LGBT and civil rights in the Obama administration, will lead UCLA School of Law’s LGBT research and policy center.

May cover story notes that Terence Tao is “widely considered one of the greatest minds currently working in mathematics.”

This one-time event will feature work by current and former UCLA faculty and alumni to support the renovation and expansion of the studios.

Rankings by the Milken Institute put UCLA No. 1 in the nation when it comes to the number of startup companies launched as a result of campus research, no. 15 overall.

The civil rights icon delivered the fifth annual Winston C. Doby Distinguished Lecture to a rapt audience and also received the university’s highest honor.

Hiroshi Motomura, Michelle Huneven and Aydogan Ozcan were selected for the distinguished prizes that go to scholars, artists and scientists in the United States and Canada.

The new five-year contract applies to UCLA’s 600 skilled trades workers.

In the coming season, CAP UCLA will present a dozen performances at the Theatre at Ace Hotel.

The National Medal of Arts recipient and nine-time Grammy winner will receive the campus’s highest honor on June 16.

All four UCLA hospitals were lauded by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for equitable, inclusive medical care for LGBTQ patients and their families.

The donation, which builds on Henry and Susan Samueli’s previous gifts, will fund a program that combines scholarships and internships for as many as 50 first-year students.

On March 20, the Regents of the University of California provided the following guidance for how university employees should respond to possible immigration enforcement actions.

The impressive showing in the annual rankings helps demonstrate UCLA’s wide-ranging excellence and reinforces its reputation as one of the country’s top postsecondary institutions.

More than 50 UCLA students, staff, faculty and alumni visited legislative offices on March 8 to share their stories about how the university changed their lives for the better and to call for additional state funding.

The group will analyze the impact of new policies on UCLA, recommend strategies for mitigating negative consequences and advise on needs and concerns of the campus community.

The University of California opposes limits on the free flow of students, faculty, scholars and researchers.

Thanks to an anonymous donor who made a significant gift to the Mo Ostin Basketball Center project, the UCLA Athletic Department announced today that Ann Meyers Drysdale's legacy and leadership will be honored.

UCLA is tied for eighth in the United States among institutions with the largest number of Sloan Research Fellowships.

The public school is envisioned as a cornerstone for a rigorous, personalized college-prep education, tailored to the needs of its neighborhood and drawing on expertise from UCLA.

Lee, a 26-year veteran of the Beverly Hills Police Department, will begin at UCLA on March 13.

The 2017 Colleges That Pay You Back ranking noted that UCLA “prizes its diversity, and that definitely includes economic diversity.”

UCLA joins a rising chorus of opposition to President Trump’s immigration ban, which “directly challenges the core values and mission of universities” to encourage the free exchange of ideas.