As a high school student in northern Idaho immersed in the pages of “A Passion for Books” – a novel by Lawrence Powell, the namesake of UCLA’s Powell Library – Gary Strong knew he wanted to become a librarian. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s librarian Gary Strong is preparing to retire after a lifelong career as a librarian and a decade at UCLA.
The smell of spices filled Hedrick dining hall’s Test Kitchen Wednesday night as students dug into plates of mashed potatoes, grilled beef tenderloin and turkey-cranberry flatbread. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Housing and Hospitality chef Gerald Flowers serves a dish in the newly reopened Hedrick dining hall, which is being used as a test kitchen for the new Sproul dining hall.
More than one quarter into the school year, promises of undergraduate student government election reform still remain unfulfilled as election officials wait to hear student input from an open forum scheduled for next week. Read more...
Students graduating in the College of Letters and Science this spring will be split into two commencement ceremonies as the event returns to the newly renovated Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
University police are investigating a report of an attempted sexual assault of a UCLA student that occurred near Engineering IV, a building located in South Campus, early Monday morning. Read more...
Photo: Sketch of man in connection with Jan. 7 attempted sexual assault of UCLA student.
UCLA aims to connect students to local L.A. politics later this month by co-hosting the second mayoral debate of the year. Read more...
The scorching sun beat down on his shoulders. Despite the heat, William Dever kept digging and digging in the hard, dry dirt, at an excavation site in Be’er Resisim, a hilltop site in Israel – alongside 50 of his students. Read more...
Photo: William Dever is a visiting professor who is teaching two ancient Near East courses this quarter – one undergraduate and one graduate. He has led excavations in Israel and the West Bank over the past 40 years.
