To jumpstart UCLA South Bay, Steve Yu embraces ‘other duties as assigned’
The South Bay campus CFO and COO is leaning into a startup mentality to expand the university’s geographic footprint
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In Memoriam: Sociologist Suzanne Bianchi, expert on the American family
Suzanne M. Bianchi, a UCLA sociologist who helped define the field of family demography with her research into the dramatic changes in the American family in the latter half of the 20th century, died Nov. 4. She was 61.
Obituary: Suzanne Bianchi, 61, UCLA sociologist who studied American family life
Bianchi, who helped define the field of family demography with her groundbreaking research, died Nov. 4, a short time after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 61.
In Memoriam: Robin Scott Fisher, internationally known neuroscientist and anatomist
Robin Scott Fisher, an internationally known UCLA neuroscientist and anatomist who made seminal contributions to understanding the development and function of the central nervous system, died of a heart attack on Nov. 11 in Philadelphia. He was 61.
Obituary: Robin Scott Fisher, 61, UCLA neuroscientist
Fisher, an internationally known researcher who made seminal contributions to understanding the central nervous system, died of a heart attack Nov. 11. He was 61.
Thom Mayne's firm chosen to design U.S. Embassy in Beirut
The Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations recently announced the selection of Morphosis Architects, founded and led by AIA Gold Medalist and UCLA architecture and urban design distinguished professor Thom Mayne, to design the ...
Teaching to change lives
When Alicia Escalante, a parent at Baldwin Park High School, was asked why she thought Jesús Gutiérrez, Jr., was named teacher of the year in Los Angeles County, she broke into a huge smile tinged with incredulity — as if someone...
UCLA health care staff help treat thousands at free clinic
A team of more than 200 UCLA health professionals helped staff a free health care clinic last week that provided vital basic medical services to approximately 3,000 uninsured and underserved people in Los Angeles.
They were among the...
From the front lines to the bottom line
Navy veteran Daniel Moynihan is a first-year M.B.A. student at UCLA Anderson School of Management and says that the school is helping him translate the skills he developed and used during his military career to potential civilian employers. Photos...
Film student wins first place in national screenwriting awards
UCLA TFT grad student Rocco Pucillo, center, flanked by film producer John Goldwyn, left, and his father, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., president of the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation.
Monday was a good night for UCLA Theater, Film and Television's Rocco...
Q&A: Christopher Kelty on the Academic Senate's new open-access policy
Beginning Friday, Nov. 1, scholarly articles authored by faculty members at UCLA, UC Irvine and UC San Francisco and appearing in scholarly publications are now being made widely available at no cost to the public. All faculty who are members of the...
Halloween costume contest winner
Alberto Alquicira, manager of the computer instruction lab in social sciences computing, won the First annual Staff Assembly Halloween costume contest with 160 "likes" on Staff Assembly's Facebook page, where you can view entries from all over...
Día de Los Muertos Mariachi performance
UCLA’s award-winning Mariachi de UCLAtlán will perform a free concert on Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Fowler Museum. The performance will include music from diverse Mexican communities and will highlight the special musical traditions of Día de...