Martin Monti received the International Guiseppe Sciacca award for using ultrasounds to stimulate brain activity in people with serious brain injuries.
The $3.5 million, five-year grant will go toward creating a center dedicated to developing an effective and affordable blood-based, cancer-screening test.
Researchers and Los Angeles’ chief sustainability officer will meet at the Hammer Museum to discuss ways to create healthier communities and increase sustainability.
High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, sometimes referred to as “good” cholesterol, is brought from the outer wall to the interior of the cell by a protein that helps create a “bridge” between the two areas.
The donation, from the J. Yang and Family Foundation, will provide scholarships for undergraduates and graduate students, and support academic programming.
The bonus version of the hit song ‘Pressure’ was recorded on campus in June in the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center at the Herb Alpert School of Music.
Without changes being made by 2040, the report found, certain locales would be guaranteed to experience power failures at the hottest times of the year.
The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies was founded in 2016 to support the creation of media about environmental issues for non-English speakers and people from different cultural backgrounds.
Lisa Ranran Hu’s movie, “Escape,” has challenged the status quo in her of home country of China and even attracted the attention of actress Emma Watson.
The workshop is open to faculty, staff and students and will teach ways to manage and enhance internet technology literacy on smartphones, social media and browsers.
Bernard Kester, UCLA professor emeritus of design media arts who taught ceramics, weaving and design and initiated the university’s fiber art program, died Oct. 26. He was 90.
Doctoral student Zeeshan Parvez plans to use his studies in materials chemistry to create a business that provides tools and training to protect against IEDs.
UCLA’s Baljit Khakh will receive $1.5 million over three years for research into astrocytes, which are thought to play an important role in Alzheimer’s disease.