Photo: UCLA University of California President Janet Napolitano joined UCLA first-year students in a seminar, discussed an array of issues with student leaders and met with faculty and senior administrators today during her third visit to a University of California campus since taking office less than...

Dr. Margaret Stuber, Chancellor Gene Block, Dr. Eugene Washington and medical student Caroline Gross. Photo: Ann Johannson/UCLA. A crowd of 70 guests gathered Sept. 25 at the intersection of Tiverton and Le Conte avenues for a festive groundbreaking ceremony for UCLA’s new Teaching and Learning...

[UCLA Athletics] – The UCLA cross country team will open the 2013 season at the Mustang Challenge on Saturday, Sept. 21. The event will be held at Central Park in Santa Clarita, Calif., with the women’s 5K slated to start at 8:15 a.m., and the men’s 8K scheduled for a 9 a.m. start. “I’m...

Lari Pittman’s “thought-form of the beginning and of the ending of identity” (2012). Pittman will lecture at UCLA on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. | Cel-vinyl, spray enamel on canvas over wood panel | 102 x 88 inches (259.1 x 223.5 cm) | Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Lari...

Wayne Smutz Wayne Smutz, executive director of Pennsylvania State University’s World Campus and associate vice president for academic outreach, has been selected as the new dean of continuing education and UCLA Extension, subject to approval by interim action of the UC regents. His appointment is slated...

An innovative new partnership between the UCLA School of Nursing and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will bring together nurses working in clinical practice, education and research to improve the health and well-being of children while advancing nursing practice. “There are so many opportunities...

David Schaberg, dean of humanities in the College of Letters and Science In partnership with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, UCLA is designing a new curriculum for the training of doctoral students in art history to prepare them to become future leaders in the field. A $600,000 grant from the Andrew...

The UCLA Bruins returned Wednesday from Omaha, Neb. with the 109th NCAA national championship trophy in the history of the school. That is the most NCAA titles won by any U.S. college or university. The Bruins won the College World Series on Tuesday night with an 8-0 victory over Mississippi State. The...

Pat Valaika Omaha, Neb. – UCLA moved to within one win of the National title on Monday night, capturing game one of the College World Series Championship Series with a 3-1 victory over Mississippi State. The Bruins won their 10th consecutive game and ninth consecutive postseason game. Junior pitcher...

Commencement speaker Ann Meyers Drysdale at College of Letters and Science graduation. Thousands of soon-to-be UCLA graduates, along with their families and friends, converged on Pauley Pavilion Friday for two commencement ceremonies for the College of Letters and Science class of 2013. The events, which...