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UCLA historian Robert A. Hill has spent 30 years archiving documents that tell the story of prominent black activist Marcus Garvey. Hill's latest edited volume reveals the role of Caribbeans in American race relations.

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February 21, 2012

Combined use of recommended heart failure therapies significantly boosts survival odds

When several key therapies were used in combination, UCLA researchers saw improvments of up to 90 percent in the odds of survival over two years.

February 17, 2012

UCLA discovery that migrating cells 'turn right' has implications for engineering tissues, organs

In the lab, vascular cells showed a tendency to turn right by 20 degrees when encoutering changes in their path, forming diagonal, tissue-like stripes.

February 13, 2012

UCLA brain-imaging technique predicts who will suffer cognitive decline over time

The tool was highly accurate in identifying which study participants would develop mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease over a two-year period.

February 13, 2012

UCLA Luskin Lecture Series launches Feb. 16 with legal scholar Charles Ogletree

Ogletree will discuss the U.S. criminal justice system and the case of Troy Davis, whose controversial murder conviction in Georgia led to his execution on Sept. 21, 2011.

February 10, 2012

UCLA School of Nursing, LAUSD get middle schoolers moving

SHAPE LA, a new NIH-funded school health program launched by UCLA and the LAUSD, aims to boost physical activity and combat obesity among students.

February 08, 2012

UCLA scientists boost memory by stimulating key site in brain

By targeting the entorhinal cortex, known as the doorway to the hippocampus, scientists hope to enhance memory in patients with dementia and Alzheimer's.

January 29, 2012

Stealthy leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response

The pathogen stifles immune activity dependent on vitamin D, a natural hormone that plays an essential role in the body's fight against infections.

January 27, 2012

Half of L.A. human-services nonprofits are struggling, new UCLA report shows

Roughly half of Los Angeles County's 6,300 human-services nonprofits — which provide such services as emergency shelter, food, hospice care, and support for foster children, at-risk youth and the elderly — are struggling in the wake of...