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Out and About: Bruins pitch in for weekend of community service
UCLA's Volunteer Leadership Program sent a busload of students, alumni, and staff to pitch in at Mark Twain Middle School in Venice/Mar Vista and Topanga Lookout in Calabasas.
Staff News -- Feb. 24, 2014
Filmmaker’s work inducted into National Film Registry
Billy Woodberry, an independent filmmaker and a lighting/grip technician for the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, recently had the honor of seeing his 1984 film,...
After Hours: Foster mom to strays
UCLA staff member Kathy Wyer and Elodie Lorenz, a fellow volunteer with the Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue, take care of Roofus, a dog who was born blind and with foreshortened front legs.
Community benefits from program created for staff, faculty families
UCLA's TIE-INS Program, which places children of UCLA faculty and staff at public schools near campus, provides enrichment and intervention programs for the entire community.
Out and About: A City Hall salute to Women's Soccer
Members of the UCLA women's soccer team, winners of the 2013 NCAA championship, were honored Friday by the Los Angeles City Council. The team added No. 110 to UCLA's all-time best NCAA championship total.
Theater, Film and Television's Mann edits "Wired TV"
Denise Mann recently edited a book that examines the post-network television industry's experiments with interactive storytelling.
Out and About: Farmers market on Bruin Plaza
Support local and responsible growers in the most delicious and healthy way possible by visiting the farmers market on Bruin Plaza on Wednesday from 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Napolitano seeks dialogue with faculty, staff
University of California President Janet Napolitano will begin sharing monthly email messages with faculty, staff and students to help foster ongoing dialogue with the UC community.
The monthly emails, the first of which is slated to go out...
Defend UCLA's Pac-12 Fitness Challenge title
UCLA has crushed USC and 10 other competitors in the Pac-12 Fitness Challenge for the past two years, earning the title of fittest college in the Pac-12. This year’s challenge starts Monday, Feb. 24 and runs through Feb. 28. All Bruins are...
Corky Lee, 'unofficial Asian American photographer laureate'
One of Lee's photo subjects was Jimmy Kirikatani, a formerly homeless artist and Japanese internment camp internee.
Two UCLA scholars awarded 2014 Sloan Research Fellowships
The outstanding young professors are among 126 scientists and scholars in the U.S. and Canada to receive the prestigious award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Out and About: Traditional Ladino folk meets modern music
Enjoy a mix of music both modern and traditional when international Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) singer Sarah Aroeste performs a free concert, presented by the Los Angeles Sephardic Music Festival, at the Fowler Museum. On Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.,...
UCLA Extension introduces Brazilian teachers to fine points of American culture, language
Fourteen? That’s how often the average U.S. resident moves in a lifetime?
The number astonished a group of visiting high school English teachers from Brazil, who also were surprised to learn of another number that flashed onscreen...
His research clears the way to finding his true love
Back in the day, love potions had numbers.
Today, they have algorithms.
In 2012, UCLA Ph.D. student Chris McKinlay spent most of his time working on his dissertation dealing with high-dimensional clustering. In his spare time, he...
Vavreck to help fill void at NY Times left by popular blogger Nate Silver
UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck is joining a team of reporters, analysts and other contributors who will be posting to a new website on politics and policy in The New York Times that will launch in the spring.
Out and About: Dogs deliver 'best bud' Valentines to sick kids
Therapy dogs dressed in costumes made a special delivery to sick kids at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA: homemade Valentines and heartfelt good wishes. Scout, Daisy, Paco, Finn and their owners, all volunteers with UCLA's...
UCLA's Saul Friedlander wins Dan David Prize for work on history of Jews, Third Reich
Friedlander, a pioneering Holocaust historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, will donate a portion of his share of the $1 million award to UCLA.
Campus architect named Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Jeffery Averill, who provides design oversight for all UCLA capital projects, has been honored for his contributions to the profession.
Surgeon, singer, songwriter
Dr. Charles Brunicardi recently produced a debut album of his original folk/country music, "Where Sunset Meets the Beach," which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in music.
Out and About: "If Music be the Food of Love ..."
Celebrate Valentine's Day by listening to traditional love songs from the Renaissance through the ages to contemporary times. The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the UCLA Library are hosting a free concert by UCLA Sounds Friday,...
Terms and conditions may apply
What’s really happening when you click "I accept" on a website? According to the documentary film "Terms and Conditions May Apply," those clicks unknowingly generate a cloud of data that others can access to learn everything from...