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Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero informed Howland of the decision on Sunday afternoon. A national search for a successor has begun. Click for full UCLA statement.

Mack, a longtime civil rights leader and vice president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, will speak April 4 at the annual UCLA Bunche Center-sponored event.

"ARCHIZINES" will be on display at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design's Perloff Gallery from April 12 through May 31.

Located in Malibu, 26 miles from campus, the seldom used 2,000-square-foot home has led to financial losses for the university in recent years.

You can run off to join the circus. Or you can use the circus to train for a career in performing arts. That's the inventive approach of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, which has a unique partnership with Cirque du Soleil.

The UCLA Department of Art is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this spring, including exhibitions and public lectures.

This op-ed by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block was published March 14 in the Washington Post.

UCLA life scientist Amy Rowat's tasty springtime demonstrations seek to advance the public's understanding of science through food, and food through science.

Villaraigosa visited the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs for a discussion about improving public education and shared his thoughts on leadership — from advice he would have given himself earlier in his career to what to expect from future leaders.

A UCLA student has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of an acquaintance following a party where alcohol was available, campus police said.

The Justice Joan Dempsey Klein Scholarships will support law students with financial need who have shown academic excellence and leadership qualities.

Quick work by UCLA police resulted in the arrest of a Culver City man following an attempted sexual assault in an off-campus apartment. "This is an excellent example of how campus police and the community work together to protect the community," UCLA Police Chief James D. Herren said.

UCLA placed eighth, up one spot from last year and up four places from 2011, in the survey, which ranks schools based on their reputation among the world's top scholars.

Rice, the former secretary of state and national security adviser to President George W. Bush, addressed a crowd of hundreds Wednesday evening at UCLA’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.

Public health scholars and policymakers agree it is possible to get people to choose healthier options if they are engaged on several fronts, including enforcement by law. "Policy is not a dirty word," said Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Dr. Jonathan Fielding, a distinguished UCLA professor of health services and pediatrics.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced at a UCLA environmental symposium that the city will stop using coal-based energy by 2025.

From Feb. 26 to 28, the school will present a series of panels, TEDActive workshops and TED-themed talks in conjunction with the annual TED conference in Long Beach.

"Mandela for President: South Africa Votes for Democracy," which opens April 7, documents the historic vote that effectively buried the apartheid regime.

Last weekend's 12th annual Dance Marathon in Ackerman Grand Ballroom at UCLA raised $475,422 to benefit pediatric AIDS.

Meyers Drysdale will deliver the keynote address at both the 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ceremonies on June 14 at the newly opened Pauley Pavilion.

Dance Marathon is in its 12th year of busting moves for pediatric AIDS – 26 hours of moves. On Feb. 16 at 11 a.m., the dancing will commence for hundreds of students in Ackerman Grand Ballroom, and it won’t stop until 1 p.m. the next day.

The exhibition, which runs through July 7, brings 125 extremely rare prints by one of South Africa's first black photojournalists to the U.S. for the first time.

The two campuses share the No. 6 spot nationally in the Peace Corps' annual ranking, marking the third straight year UCLA has been in the top 10.

The exhibition, which features 50 stunning traditional ensembles, explores the historical and cultural influences that have shaped European rural dress over millennia.

UCLA has been ranked the nation's No. 5 "best-value" public university by the Princeton Review, based on an analysis of academics, cost and financial aid.