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The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center named Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks as chair of the Center’s Community Advisory Board.

UCLA has established a newly endowed chair in their Hellenic Studies Center after receiving an extraordinarily generous gift commitment from alumnus George Kolovos and his wife Tina. Known as the George P. Kolovos Family Centennial Term Chair, the philanthropic gift...

The Hellenic Society of Constantinople will host their 52nd Annual Dinner Dance on February 2nd at St. Sophia Cathedral's Maniatakos Hall, Los Angeles, where the society will honor a prominent archaeologist. The annual award is given to a person of Greek...

It's more than scoring a perfect 10 or nailing a sky-high double layout for the choreographer and coach of the UCLA Gymnastics team, Valorie Kondos Field. The Greek-American has been head coach of the Bruins for 28 years. But she...

Who hasn’t enjoyed a game of poker or a friendly game of chess with a glass of wine? Well, there is a Greek professor who does not only enjoy playing chess and poker but has become the master of...

The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture has said it welcomed "with enormous pleasure" a new scholarship backed by a leading Greek-American businesswoman. The Vlahakis-Hanks undergraduate scholarship, supported by Earth Friendly President and CEO Kelly...

The UCLA Women's Gymnastics team on Saturday won the 2018 NCAA Gymnastics Title, the seventh NCAA Championship in program history, with Head Coach Valorie Kondos Field at the helm. Trailing defending champion Oklahoma by .175 heading into the final rotation...

UCLA will create a new center to support the study of Hellenic culture and engage the Greek community in Los Angeles. The UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, which the university announced the establishment of...

A $5 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will enable UCLA to create the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture. The center, which will be housed in the UCLA College, will build on the...

The UCLA Department of History in collaboration with the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles, the American Hellenic Council of California and the Greek Heritage Society of Southern California present "Greeks and Jews in the 20th Century Salonika: History Through the Kaleidoscope,"...

After years of efforts, UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth’s outer radiation belt, taking one step closer towards understanding and predicting space weather phenomena. The team of scientists, including Greek-American UCLA Professor Vassilis...

Betty White, the irrepressible, iconic Greek-American comedienne, who died exactly two years ago on December 31, 2021, at the age of 99 went to enduring stardom on TV over the span of decades. Her life was amazing on many different...

The 17th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) opened on June 3 and it will run through June 11 featuring world premieres and other events. Artistic & Festival Director, Aristotle Katopodis has announced an impressive lineup including West Coast...

First generation Greek American Stephan Pastis was once a high-powered lawyer in San Francisco before he chucked it all to become an author and one of the United State's foremost comic strip artists. Now, with his "Pearls Before Swine" syndicated...

The 16th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) will be held on May 9th to May 15th this year featuring in-person screenings and events. A virtual film program of screenings and exciting webinars follows from May 12th to...