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A fitting tribute to an activist for fitness

Bruins have an opportunity to be part of a nationwide tribute to Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, who died April 23 after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. More than 50 organizations across the country will participate at 1 p.m. Tuesday in...

Nathanson Center a 'circle of care' for thousands of families

A veteran recently back from a two-year deployment in Iraq, Michelle was struggling with PTSD and memory loss due to a combat-related traumatic brain injury while raising her three kids alone and in the midst of a custody battle with her abusive...

Extroverts promise, but neurotics deliver as team players

Extroverts draw us in with their energy and enthusiasm, but they can disappoint when it comes to teamwork.Your department is interviewing candidates for a team to launch an ambitious new project. Among them is Darren, an energetic, confident...

The business of sports: It's not just a game

In October of 1957, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley announced that he was moving the storied franchise to Los Angeles. Historians have since debated O'Malley's motives — including his frustration over not being able to build a new...

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Open House

Archaeology supporters and their family members have a lot to look forward to as UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology celebrates its 40th anniversary at its annual open house, a 16-year tradition for the...

Our transformational veterans

The 2 million veterans who are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan have had their lives changed by war. As they come home, they have the potential to change the lives of civilians, too.   On Saturday at a Zócalo/UCLA forum at...

Subrahmanyam elected to the Collège de France

Sanjay Subrahmanyam, UCLA’s Doshi Professor of Pre-Modern Indian History and director of the UCLA Center for India and South Asia, has been elected to the Collège de France, a renown Paris-based academic institution.

Big-screen blockbusters tell tale of three cities

If you want to know how the public feels about the cities of New York, Los Angeles or Chicago, you don’t have to do extensive polling or launch in-depth surveys. Just look at how they are portrayed in hit movies, suggest new findings from a...

After Hours: A collaborator in Paris haute couture

Amsterdam fashion designer Iris Van Herpen collaborated with architect and UCLA lecturer Julia Koerner on the making of this dress using 3-D printing. It debuted in the haute couture show in Paris in January. A video at the end of this story shows...

Q&A: Daniel Treisman on political conditions in Russia

Economic modernization has already created classes of people who are impatient with Putin's paternalistic regime, says UCLA professor of political science Daniel Treisman in an interview with Peggy McInerny, director of communications for the...
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