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A new entrepreneur-in-residence program (EIR) launched at UCLA this month comes to the aid of campus inventors by bringing in experienced entrepreneurs to provide guidance and advice.

"When you think of excellence, and when you think of college basketball at its pinnacle, it's UCLA basketball," Steve Alford told reporters and well-wishers at an April 2 press conference.

Actors, athletes, scientists and other groundbreakers are among the alumni and faculty featured in the second phase of UCLA's national ad campaign.

The Department of Ethnomusicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers a series of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the spring, including performances and academic lectures.

The daylong event will explore the shifting paradigm of storytelling, emerging technologies and the blurring boundaries between entertainment and politics.

CRESST is being tapped by a federally funded consortium developng new educational assessments for students in nearly half the states in the U.S., including California.

Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero informed Howland of the decision on Sunday afternoon. A national search for a successor has begun. Click for full UCLA statement.

Mack, a longtime civil rights leader and vice president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, will speak April 4 at the annual UCLA Bunche Center-sponored event.

"ARCHIZINES" will be on display at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design's Perloff Gallery from April 12 through May 31.

Located in Malibu, 26 miles from campus, the seldom used 2,000-square-foot home has led to financial losses for the university in recent years.

You can run off to join the circus. Or you can use the circus to train for a career in performing arts. That's the inventive approach of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, which has a unique partnership with Cirque du Soleil.

The UCLA Department of Art is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this spring, including exhibitions and public lectures.

This op-ed by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block was published March 14 in the Washington Post.

UCLA life scientist Amy Rowat's tasty springtime demonstrations seek to advance the public's understanding of science through food, and food through science.

Villaraigosa visited the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs for a discussion about improving public education and shared his thoughts on leadership — from advice he would have given himself earlier in his career to what to expect from future leaders.

A UCLA student has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of an acquaintance following a party where alcohol was available, campus police said.

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The Justice Joan Dempsey Klein Scholarships will support law students with financial need who have shown academic excellence and leadership qualities.

Quick work by UCLA police resulted in the arrest of a Culver City man following an attempted sexual assault in an off-campus apartment. "This is an excellent example of how campus police and the community work together to protect the community," UCLA Police Chief James D. Herren said.

UCLA placed eighth, up one spot from last year and up four places from 2011, in the survey, which ranks schools based on their reputation among the world's top scholars.

Construction work will shrink the northbound I-405 freeway near UCLA from Friday night until Monday at 5 a.m. All northbound lanes will close at night.

Rice, the former secretary of state and national security adviser to President George W. Bush, addressed a crowd of hundreds Wednesday evening at UCLA’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.

Public health scholars and policymakers agree it is possible to get people to choose healthier options if they are engaged on several fronts, including enforcement by law. "Policy is not a dirty word," said Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Dr. Jonathan Fielding, a distinguished UCLA professor of health services and pediatrics.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced at a UCLA environmental symposium that the city will stop using coal-based energy by 2025.

From Feb. 26 to 28, the school will present a series of panels, TEDActive workshops and TED-themed talks in conjunction with the annual TED conference in Long Beach.