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As part of an international competition, they created the “Safe Spot” campaign to undermine the recruiting tactics of the Islamic State group by using the Internet to foster ideals of acceptance, safety and community.

Two former football players who are now studying at UCLA School of Nursing are part of a trend of more men pursuing nursing careers.

All eyes are on Paris as the 2015 UN Climate Conference begins. California is well-represented, with many from the state participating, including five UCLA faculty and seven students.

Hundreds of UCLA Bruins are spreading Thanksgiving happiness by helping international students, veterans and others enjoy the holiday.

UCLA’s Bruins will be going for a fourth straight win over crosstown rival USC in Saturday’s football showdown, with a title at stake.

A new Fiat Lux course at UCLA is familiarizing students with a bygone era of acceptance of the cigarette and how a nationwide anti-smoking campaign gained momentum.

Ten UCLA students completed the UCLA Labor Center’s “I Am a #YoungWorker” multimedia research project documenting the experiences of young people working in Los Angeles County.

Starting next fall non-English majors will for the first time be able to enroll in a creative writing course. It will be taught by professor and acclaimed novelist Mona Simpson, and newly hired head of creative writing, Fred D’Aguiar.

More than 350 UCLA community members gathered in Wilson Plaza today for UCLA’s eighth annual Veterans Day ceremony to honor current military service members and veterans.

A sold-out crowd at UCLA’s IDEAS campus got a visionary glimpse into the future of space exploration Friday at the first of a series of events hosted by FuturizeX, a campuswide initiative being launched by UCLA and XPRIZE.

More than 3,700 parents and other family members joined their students for taste of UCLA campus life, Oct. 30-Nov. 1.

Ely Guerra, an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter from Mexico, came to UCLA to meet with students, discuss issues with a Spanish class studying Mexican cultures and perform in a free concert as a UC Regents Lecturer.

For almost a year, artist Ann Carlson has been observing and “collecting” the gestures of more than 100 students and employees at work across campus for “The Symphonic Body UCLA.”

Twenty first-year students whose education is supported by the co-creator, cast and crew of “The Big Bang Theory” recently visited the set of the CBS hit comedy series.

A Ph.D. student in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Teni Adewumi is helping to raise awareness of the potential adverse health effects of certain products used at beauty salons.

Daniel Ybarra, a medical student and graduate student in public health, has become one of UCLA’s first Tillman Scholars, which assists student veterans and their spouses with their education.

A former White House chef, the host of a popular food-focused radio show and a Slow Food Los Angeles leader are gathering at UCLA on Oct. 21 for a free Food Day program that will emphasize the impact of edible food waste.

Christine Simmons, chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Sparks basketball team, welcomed new African-American students to UCLA at the 10th annual Black Convocation and urged them to tap into opportunities afforded by their enrollment and serve interests beyond their own.

From Oct. 6 and running through Dec. 10, staff, faculty and students can join the challenge to reduce their carbon footprints and earn points for UCLA.

Christian Dunbar is a man of many accomplishments in and out of the war zone.

UCLA placed No. 16 in the world and No. 11 in the U.S. The report analyzes 800 universities, taking into account quality of teaching and research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

A new global health minor explores the institutional, economic, logistic, legal and social challenges of global health, using a multidisciplinary lens to consider health in a global context.

Annual Volunteer Day tradition lends a hand at 48 sites around the city.

Scholars will cut across traditional boundaries to study migration in a world increasingly defined by the global movement of people.

Los Angeles police said they are investigating the death near campus as a potential homicide.