The former president, who died Dec. 29, received the UCLA Medal and spoke on global conflict and peace at Royce Hall in 2000.

Giving during the weeklong campaign totaled nearly $2.87 million, a more than 50% increase over last year, and included over 7,000 gifts.

The funding provides new opportunities to expand and strengthen UCLA’s partnerships with communities throughout Los Angeles.

Highlights from Southern California News Group, Media Play News, Inside Higher Ed and others.

Kite, currently the dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, is expected to start in the new role on or before Feb. 1, 2025.

The awards are UCLA’s highest honors for teaching, recognizing faculty and teaching assistants who showcase educational and instructional innovation.

“New Deal politics is not what we’re fighting over anymore. We’re fighting over a new dimension ... and it’s this identity-inflected dimension,” said Professor Lynn Vavreck.

While managing access to resources and new technologies, librarians have emerged as research partners.

On view Jan. 12–July 13, the show centers on the expertise of Tongva, Cahuilla, Luiseño and Kumeyaay communities through objects, images and new works.

Highlights from The Advocate, HuffPost, EdSource and others.

An interdisciplinary panel highlighted research developments in the booming field of computational biosciences at a Dec. 10 event.

Highlights from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, San Francisco Chronicle and others.

UCLA Media Relations and most other units across campus will be closed or will operate with significantly reduced hours during holidays.

UCLA physicists have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive.

Faculty, scholars and special guests unpacked the election results and the future of LGBTQ+ rights.

Highlights from CNN, New York Times, Gizmodo and others.

Many units and facilities across campus will be closed or will operate with significantly reduced hours from Dec 21–Jan. 1.

A tribute program honored the late California Assemblywoman’s strong legacy of community activism and work on social justice.

The UCLA Luskin alum and master of public policy graduate won a Culver City Council seat after knocking on lots of doors.