The grant “will enable our department to better fulfill its mission to enrich our understanding of the world’s languages,” said professor and department chair Tim Stowell.

A new study is the first to reveal how sleep deprivation disrupts our brain cells’ ability to communicate with each other, which scientists believe leads to temporary mental lapses.

The council has selected Dr. Vishad Nabili as the recipient of the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award for 2018.

The $3.5 million in funding will allow researchers to test various incentives to promote caregiver behaviors that prevent tooth decay in young children.

Economics professor Adriana Lleras-Muney has been elected to the executive committee of the American Economic Association.

UCLA cancer researcher Dr. Steven Dubinett will co-lead a $5 million collaborative grant from Stand Up to Cancer.

“Romance Tropical” to premiere Nov. 4 as part of a UCLA Film and Television Archive exhibition, which celebrates the Spanish-language film culture of downtown Los Angeles.

The UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies is screening the movie about the intersections of transportation and gentrification as part of an event series about equity and community.

The UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program has received The SCAN Foundation’s first Innovation in Health Care Award.

Dr. Anubhuti Goel, a postdoctoral neuroscience researcher, has been designated a 2017 “Wunderkind” by STAT News, one of 26 young scientists to watch.

In the Veterans Legal Clinic students help veterans gain access to benefits and address criminal justice issues to enhance their opportunities for jobs, housing and stability.

The program will examine new trends in migration with a special emphasis on European and North American perspectives.

A report by UCLA’s Darnell Hunt also found that major networks’ diversity programs are failing to meaningfully improve opportunities for black writers and other writers of color.

The report maps out specific strategies for mitigating disparities in care, and for breaking away from the predominantly one-size-fits-all approaches for preventing and treating cancer.

Researchers found substandard access and quality, reflecting inequities for this often-overlooked segment of the state's population.

In presenting the campus’s highest honor, Chancellor Gene Block praised the poet’s achievements as both an artist and an activist.

A UCLA study looks at more than four decades’ worth of data; the findings help public health officials design interventions to address disparities in health care.

Liz Buda, Joey Siara, Godwin Itai Jabangwe and Eric Mallory Morgan were honored for excellence in dramatic writing in the 62nd annual competition.

Data in UCLA researchers' policy brief also show another year of statewide health insurance gains, now at risk under potential federal funding changes.

UCLA study finds more genetic variation than expected among affected animals in the Santa Monica Mountains.

The lottery will close on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 9 a.m.

Till von Wachter will work with the director for research and civic engagement to find opportunities for enhancing the division’s research infrastructure.

Dr. John Clemens, accepted the prestigious prize on behalf of icddr,b, a Bangladesh-based public health research institution of which he is executive director.

New center provides the men’s and women’s basketball teams with vital resources, and also frees up facility access for other programs and student-athletes.

Fill your Halloween with with zombies and scares with a screening of George Romero’s classic at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater.