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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...
Of war and crisis: through the eyes of a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer
Acclaimed photographer David Hume Kennerly will discuss photography during times of crisis and upheaval Wednesday on May 1 at noon at the Fowler Museum. In 1972 Kennerly won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his work documenting...
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...
In Memoriam: Antronette Yancey, professor, leading advocate for health equity and physical activity
Yancey, perhaps best known as the creator of "Instant Recess", an award-winning program dedicated to "making America healthier 10 minutes at a time," died April 23 of lung cancer.
UCLA author's Jane Austen theory makes Chelsea Clinton's Twitter feed
New book sparks a national conversation around its central premise: Was Austen ahead of her time as a romance strategist? "Sir, you flatter me," Austen responds from the dead.
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...
American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects five UCLA faculty members
The UCLA scholars are among 198 new fellows of the academy, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and policy research centers.
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...
Eclectic background shapes teaching philosophy of My Last Lecture honoree
Russell Burgos, a lecturer in UCLA's International Institute, has a résumé that pretty much sums up the word eclectic.
During his sophomore year at Loyola University Chicago, Burgos joined the Army. Three years later, he went back to college, and...
Changes in retiree health benefits will affect half of current UC faculty, staff
Retiree health is a benefit employers rarely offer, but UC has chosen to maintain it as part of its employment package. About half of current faculty and staff will be affected by new eligibility rules for retiree health benefits that go into effect...