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$50 million for Public Health
The UCLA School of Public Health will be renamed for the donors of the school's largest gift ever, professor and public health leader Dr. Jonathan Fielding and his wife, Karin.Read story and watch video
Coach Mora at Zocalo
Head football coach Jim Mora takes part in a downtown panel on the NFL coming to Los Angeles sponsored by UCLA and Zocalo Public Square. Story and more photos
'Second Skins' at Fowler
Intricately decorated Ömie and Mbuti barkcloths historically created an interface between the individual and the larger social world.
Moving in
Nearly a thousand students moved from Dykstra Hall into the new Holly Ridge and Gardenia Way residence halls.
Dark energy symposium
Physics conference on Feb. 22–24 will bring together scientists from around the world to discuss the enigmatic form of matter, which makes up some 23 percent of the universe.
Optimists campaign
A new national campaign celebrates UCLA's most iconic game-changers and highlights the qualities that set this campus apart from other universities.
Matters of the heart
A team of UCLA specialists guides a mom with heart trouble through birth, then performs lifesaving open-heart surgery on her baby.
Nixon visit with China's Chairman Mao
Experts will come together Feb. 23 to discuss the meeting's historic significance and its legacy for relations between the two nations today.
He has an app for that
Former patient Cameron Cohen, now 13, has created a second iPhone app to benefit UCLA pediatric cancer research. His first app brought in $20,000.
Tao of John Wooden
Four Ugandan basketball coaches visited UCLA recently to experience the campus as their mentor, John Wooden, had.
Locks of love
More than 200 people got a free haircut at this year's Locks of Love event, which collects the hair to make into wigs for sick children.
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Budget battle
President Obama has sent Congress his campaign-year budget, which calls for higher taxes on the wealthy and new spending on education and transportation. UCLA has experts.
UCLA In the News
School of Public Health gets $50 million gift
The Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Daily Breeze, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, a KPCC blog and the website of KABC-Channel 7 reported that the UCLA School of Public Health has received a $50 million gift from UCLA professor of health services Dr. Jonathan Fielding and his wife, Karin.
