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The funds from alumni Ann Daly and John Gustafson will help expand student resources, access and success.

Ostin, who reshaped American popular music and later became a major supporter of his alma mater, died July 31 from natural causes.

Armenian language scholar Hagop Kouloujian has been appointed to the position for a five-year term.

The longtime campus leader will become UCLA’s chief academic officer effective Sept. 1, 2022.

These scholars will build on the excellent work of outgoing special advisor Professor Mishuana Goeman.

The move was made to best support student-athletes as intercollegiate athletics continue to evolve.

They will join new board chair Alicia Miñana de Lovelace, who succeeds outgoing chair Craig Ehrlich.

Alumni Ralph and Shirley Shapiro have now funded more than 20 endowed chairs across campus.

The donation of 40 historical texts from Paul Chrzanowski further bolsters an already remarkable collection of early English texts.

For the first time since the pandemic, campus hosted full-scale, in-person commencements at Pauley Pavilion with alumna Katelyn Ohashi delivering the keynote address.

The appointment of Gonzalez, an expert on educational equity and student success, comes as the campus’s HSI task force releases its final report.

Get the latest on COVID-19 precautions, traveling to campus and other guidance designed to keep celebrations healthy, safe and enjoyable. 

Under the open access deal, the UCLA Library will help authors cover the cost of publishing in more than 1,000 social sciences and humanities journals.

The honor recognizes his foundational studies in the fields of helio- and asteroseismology.

UCLA’s leader emphasized that campus must do all it can to ensure that all students — no matter their background or means — can graduate in a timely manner.

More than 13,800 students from the class of 2022 will receive bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.

The speaker of the House will offer keynote remarks during school’s in-person ceremony outside of Kerckhoff Hall.

As part of the campus’s ‘Rising to the Challenge’ pledge, nine projects have received funding, with more on the way.

The funds will support faculty at the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering.

The three-year arrangement enables UCLA authors to publish open access in 75 premier publications at a reduced cost.

The expert on Russia’s current project focuses on understanding how today’s threats to democracies emerged.

UCLA’s leader said that to promote job growth and social mobility, traditional four-year higher education and credentialing and certificate programs should play key roles.

Dr. E. Dale Abel, Robert Bjork and Rosa Matzkin were honored for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

The key challenge, he said, is maintaining a top-tier experience while increasing access.

UCLA had the second highest number of honorees among colleges and universities this year, followed by Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT and Yale.