Gary Segura has been named vice president of the American Political Science Association, the leading professional organization for the study of political science.

The scientists believe the technique, which focuses on cells’ mitochondria, could eventually lead to a way to delay the onset of Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

The finding that heart failure is linked to how DNA is packaged within heart cells represents a new way to think about the development of heart disease and its treatment.

University of California President Janet Napolitano and the leadership of the UC Board of Regents call on Congress to act to protect Dreamers.

Using traditional medical imaging processes the inflammation that sometimes results from immunotherapies can resemble neurological decline and tumor growth.

In address to the campus community, Chancellor Gene Block reaffirms UCLA’s commitment to supporting undocumented students.

The report ranked UCLA No. 11 among all American universities — public or private — and No. 15 overall worldwide.

Dr. Jeffrey Saver received the Gold Heart Award, the American Heart Association’s highest volunteer honor, for his work fighting heart disease and stroke.

The new hypothesis doesn’t rely on the “unlikely coincidences” that underpin other theories explaining primordial black holes.

The findings support the idea that all patients should be discreetly screened for substance abuse during their primary care visits.

Since its founding, the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment has produced analytical research to shape public policy and public opinion on labor issues.

Heather Maynard has been named a 2018 recipient of the American Chemical Society’s Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, which honors excellence in organic chemistry.

The effort to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey will take place at Sunday’s season-opening football game against Texas A&M at the Rose Bowl.

UCLA lab led by Nanthia Suthana is the first to study how the brain encodes memory during movement.

Seventy percent enrolled in either two- or four-year colleges, but only 25 percent went on to earn a college degree within six years.

This donation from alumnus A. Barry Cappello will provide scholarship support and extensive training opportunities for students interested in becoming trial attorneys.

James Gelvin suggests volunteers are drawn to a value system that asserts aggressive machismo, disparages work, and sustains the impulse for immediate gratification.

After 10 weeks of preparation, Startup UCLA’s summer accelerator teams will be showcasing their startups to the campus community.

The Opus Project was an honorable mention of the 2017 Larry L. Sautter Award given by the University of California.

A UCLA study finds that few teens do well with less than seven hours a night; more than 11 hours is sub-optimal too.

UCLA researchers highlight how the decade-plus since “An Inconvenient Truth ” has seen record-breaking climate changes and extremes.

Allegra Pesenti returns to the Hammer Museum at UCLA where she was the Grunwald Center curator from 2007 to 2013.

Just in time for back-to-school season, the Hammer Museum screens the classic dance film, “Stomp the Yard,” about a dancer who finds his place in college through stepping.

The study suggests a new possible framework for treating people with familial hypercholesterolemia, an inherited condition characterized by extremely high levels of LDL, the so-called “bad cholesterol.”

Under the direction of professor Ingrid Eagly, the students helped immigrant mothers and children detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center prepare for their interviews.