Story of altruistic organ donor acts as tipping point for son’s decision to donate a kidney to his ailing father.

Jon Christensen warns that as the city rediscovers the river, the future of communities along its path hangs in the balance.

The money from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation will establish the Hearst Theater Lab Initiative.

Students and city leaders weigh policy options regarding homelessness during annual UCLA Luskin Day at Los Angeles City Hall.

The new method uses 'nanospears' to deliver genes directly to patient cells. Gene therapy has shown great promise as a treatment for a host of diseases, including hemophilia and certain types of cancer.

“Downdrift,” by Johanna Drucker, highlights how human behaviors threaten life on Earth.

Lauren McCarthy’s work will be part of “Authenticate” at the Cypress College art gallery.

Alexander Spokoyny is among 24 scientists nationally to be selected. He is also senior author of research published recently in the journal Nature Materials.

“Steel Pier” tells the story of a champion dancer in honky-tonk Atlantic City during the Depression-era.

Two-time Olympian Erika Stebbins, who coaches the UCLA Bruin Masters Swim Club, was named the 2017 Coach of the Year by Southern Pacific Masters Swimming.

Approximately 505,000 hip replacements and 723,000 knee replacements were performed in the U.S. in 2014.

Conditions such as higher blood pressure and glucose levels were especially pronounced among older homeowners and people still in the work force.

The UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families will address the complex needs of youth in foster care by bringing together resources and expertise from numerous units on campus.

More than 600 people attended the “Get College Ready” workshops, which aimed to demystify the financial aid and college application processes.

UCLA-led research shows more than 550 payments for ecosystem services programs are active worldwide with more than $36 billion in annual transactions.

The study appears to be the first to underscore significant clinical differences between men and women with the condition, and points to the need for different treatment approaches to address these varied symptoms.

UCLA-led research shows Earth may be approaching a carbon dioxide threshold for melting ice in the Arctic.

Charles Ray will read ghost stories at the Hammer Museum at 7:30 p.m.

Eighteen professors, researchers and clinicians have been named recipients of financial awards from the UCLA Innovation Fund Biomedical Competition.

UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center is holding a two-day conference this weekend looking back at a critical moment in the Civil Rights Era.

The deadline to nominate UCLA managers and staffers who have demonstrated leadership and made significant contributions to campus is 5 p.m. on Friday, April 6.

These “superlattices” could lead to improved and new classes of electronics, from transistors to LEDs.

Applications for award honoring innovation in information technology are being accepted through May 18.

The UCLA Academic Personnel Office has selected 67 lecturers across campus to receive the Unit 18 Professional Development Award for 2017-2018.

The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and the Fowler Museum are collaborating on two days of programming featuring speakers and screenings.