-
Fowler Museum exhibition focuses on bronze objects from southern Nigeria
“Summoning the Ancestors” explores a comprehensive collection of bronzes — 76 bells and 73 ǫfǫ (small objects derived from wooden staffs of power).
-
UCLA-led Health Equity Network of the Americas is created to address gaps in health, longevity
Dr. Michael Rodriguez is founding chair of the group that focuses its energies on research, policy and advocacy work, sharing knowledge and promoting policies that encourage political, economic and social equality.
-
Website lets people experience a day in the life of a capuchin monkey
The work and day-to-day activities of UCLA anthropologist Susan Perry and her team are captured on HowtoBeAMonkey.org.
-
UCLA Arts announces Fall 2018 public events calendar
Featured among the 150-plus events: Taylor Mac, Theaster Gates, Fran Lebowitz, Monika Baer, Judy Baca and Juliana Huxtable.
-
Scientists reverse a sensory impairment in mice with autism
The genetic technique is a step toward a strategy to help people with autism better process visual information.
-
Online diabetes prevention programs are as effective as in-person sessions for weight loss, study finds
An intensive, multifaceted online prevention program can make such initiatives more accessible to those at risk for developing the disease.
-
UCLA faculty voice: Like it or not, immigrant children are our future
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco and Carola Suárez-Orozco say more must be done to help these children integrate into U.S. and European societies.
-
UCLA aims to set Guinness World Record during True Bruin Welcome
10,000 students will shape themselves into a giant number “100” on the intramural field.
-
Mobile device developed at UCLA could make it easier to predict and control harmful algal blooms
The researchers are already discussing the new device with marine biologists to determine where it would be most useful.
-
UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field to retire after 2019 season
A former professional ballerina with no previous sports or athletic coaching experience, Kondos Field led the Bruins to all seven of their NCAA championships.
-
As students return to campus, UCLA gets ready to prep them for Bruin life
True Bruin Welcome will feature orientations, information sessions and dozens of chances to bond.
-
In new book, professor explores the benefits of physical play like martial arts
Q&A with Janet O’Shea, UCLA professor of dance, about “Risk, Failure, Play: What Dance Reveals about Martial Arts Training.”
-
Hocus pocus with a robotic focus
UCLA roboticist Dennis Hong and his robot magician, MAGI, shine on the Netflix show “Magic for Humans.”
-
Decades later, man meets the UCLA doctor who saved his life
Maurice Elias reunited with Dr. Richard Stiehm, who 48 years ago used a then-experimental treatment, to cure him of “bubble baby” syndrome.
-
Plans to change federal Medi-Cal funding could force some California counties to slash health coverage
Counties such as San Bernardino, Riverside and Fresno could see public health care take a bigger bite of their budgets, the study reports.
-
Researchers find adult stem cell characteristics in aggressive cancers from different tissues
The study could lead to new treatments for a range of advanced epithelial cancers such as lung, prostate and bladder cancers.
-
UCLA researchers develop mechanism for characterizing function of rare tumor cells
“With this type of measurement tool, you could potentially figure out which drugs would work best for each person before even starting treatment,” said UCLA professor Dino Di Carlo.
-
First CDC guidelines for treating children’s concussions offer valuable tools for doctors, UCLA researchers report
The recommendations are based on a comprehensive review of the science related to pediatric concussions.
-
We have liftoff of student-built satellites
With the successful launch of their ELFIN satellites, UCLA students’ work studying space weather is just beginning.
-
In memoriam: ‘Polly’ Nooter Roberts, art historian and scholar of African art
The UCLA professor of world arts and cultures/dance was celebrated for her sensitive and innovative translation of cultural experience into museum exhibitions. She was 58.
-
UCLA-led team develops new system for tracking chemicals in the brain
The idea for the project began 20 years ago, when UCLA professor Anne Andrews was researching serotonin and realized that the then-state-of-the-art methods for monitoring neurochemicals couldn’t provide data with sufficient quality.
-
UCLA scientist gives couple hope while searching for a cure for paralysis
Mark Pollock and his partner, Simone George, met UCLA’s Reggie Edgerton and discarded advice from doctors who had discouraged their pursuit of a cure.
-
10th UCLA Volunteer Day to go global, make it easier for staff and faculty to join
Thousands of Bruins will spread across Los Angeles — and this year sites around the world — for the annual day of service on Sept. 29.
-
This summer has been the hottest ever at UCLA
Summer of 2018 included the hottest temperature recorded on the Westwood campus: 111 degrees.
-
UCLA brings its best to the worldwide Bruin community with online Alumni Day
The virtual version of Alumni Day will feature most of the same events and activities of the on-campus, in-person version.
- Monday, October 22, 2018