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Two professors named 2017 American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows

UCLA College faculty members Judith Carney and Stephanie Jamison…

UCLA math professor keeps company with Einstein, Darwin, da Vinci in National Geographic ‘Genius’ issue

“What makes a genius?” National Geographic asks on the cover…

New Summer Institute Explores Los Angeles Through the Lens of Technology and Social Justice

Developed by UCLA’s Urban Humanities Initiative (UHI), this…

UCLA Medalist John Lewis: ‘I found a way to get in the way’

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a living icon of the civil rights movement,…

A spirited welcome and invitation for thousands at Bruin Day 2017

UCLA pulled out all the stops for the nearly 17,000 potential…

Anita Ortega to deliver UCLA College commencement address

Anita Ortega, a former UCLA basketball star and the first African-American…

In memoriam: Professor Mark Sawyer, a champion for access and diversity

UCLA faculty, students and staff in the Division of Social Sciences…

Religious by nature: Scholar examines morality, mortality and human nature

Carol Bakhos is a professor of late antique Judaism and Jewish…

Politics of place still exerts powerful influence in voting booth

John Agnew, UCLA distinguished professor of geography, has spent…

UCLA faculty voice: Oroville Dam shows urgent need for climate adaptation

The crisis at Oroville Dam should be a wake-up call to those…