The professor of choreography in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance and chair of the Disability Studies minor assumed the role effective July 1, 2017.

Knapp held various leadership positions on many UCLA boards and commissions associated with fundraising, faculty recruitment and retention, alumni affairs and the Anderson School of Management.

Catherine Carpenter of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center explains how a few small adjustments to your barbecuing protocol can reduce your exposure to carcinogens.

The initiative will be led by the school’s Program on Understanding Law, Science and Evidence, which studies how innovations in science and evidence influence law and policy making.

A look at the articles in UCLA Magazine’s 2017 summer issue.

UCLA’s beach volleyball program is already among the best. With a ranking as high as No. 2, the Bruins are ready to spike their way to the top.

UCLA is reviving and enriching a previously declining school in the heart of the inner city. Meet the Horace Mann UCLA Community School.

Looking for some water fun? Check out our Bruin guide to campus pools.

UCLA has been a leader in solving complex transportation problems, applying multidisciplinary excellence in the heart of a congested city.

Rachel Sumekh loves to feed people — especially those who are truly hungry.

Professor José Luis Valenzuela stood up for multicultural theater, even when it meant living as a hostage for 11 days.

Kids spend an average of seven hours a day staring at electronic screens just for entertainment. What is the effect on their developing brains?

With NASA, Professor Christopher Russell is exploring what the science of the future can tell us about the past.

Barbie’s connections to UCLA go way back.

From UCLA’s Clark Library, an Oscar Wilde portrait traveled to London and is on display in the Tate Britain’s Queer British Art 1861–1967 exhibition.

From Rhinopolis to Sophie-Topia, kids at a Hammer Museum workshop created their own countries.

Take a look at some of the inscriptions on campus that you may have missed before.

Over the past 100 years, we have reached out to members of our community — and they have responded in kind.

Dr. Michael Steinberg, director of clinical affairs at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, recognized by the American Society for Radiation Oncology for his lifetime contributions.

It took 23 specialists, including heart surgeons, obstetricians, anesthesiologists, neonatologists, nurses, among others, more than 12 hours.

Ann Carlson received the honor at the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference in Santa Barbara.

Researchers have identified gut microbiota that interact with brain regions associated with behavior. This may be the first time that behavioral and neurobiological differences linked to microbial composition in healthy humans have been identified.

The University of California today announced new systemwide procedures for responding to alleged sexual misconduct by faculty and staff that provide greater transparency, consistency and timeliness in investigating and adjudicating such cases.

Daniel Saavedra, assistant professor of accounting, will receive the 2017 Competitive Manuscript Award from the American Accounting Association.

Two UCLA doctors say that although public acceptance has grown, more research is needed to judge the effects on health.