Every year as Californians file their state income taxes, they have an opportunity to help University of California researchers and others in the fight against cancer.

The Companion Care Program provides specially trained volunteers who offer individualized companionship to older adult patients while they are hospitalized.

As part of Desert X, a contemporary art exhibition in Palm Springs, UCLA art professor Jennifer Bolande provides a cinematic experience for passersby animated by driving along the Gene Autry Trail.

The UCLA Luskin Community Scholars received national recognition in the applied research category from the American Planning Association’s professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, for a 2015-16 study.

UCLA professor and vice chair of the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences Alex Hall will be honored as an innovator in climate change research by Climate Resolve, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit.

The biannual Faculty Research Lecture presents the work of UCLA's most distinguished scholars to give the campus and the greater community an opportunity to gain a new perspective on their scholarly achievements.

UCLA Campus Architect Jeffrey B. Averill, 61, who oversaw the design of every major campus building for 15 years and shepherded UCLA’s transformation into an environmentally friendly institution, died Feb. 27.

UCLA physics professor Joseph Rudnick recalls his father's bold experiment and result that verified a later theory that won three other physicists the 2016 Nobel Prize.

Twenty-three high school students are getting a unique opportunity to launch their future careers in the health care field, thanks to a new hands-on internship program.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics Reports, more than one in five U.S. births now occur in states where marijuana is legal.

Staff across the UC system with an interest in public policy, advocacy and the future direction of the university are encouraged to apply.

Jessica Peake, director of UCLA School of Law's International and Comparative Law Program, traveled to Kabul in January to serve as a judge at the Afghanistan National Rounds of the Phillip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

UCLA professor of radiological sciences Michael McNitt-Gray has agreed to serve as the new assistant vice chancellor for radiation safety.

UCLA’s extensive water-saving program garnered the Water Efficiency Project of the Year award, presented by the environmentally focused organization the Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge at its third annual Innovation Awards ceremony.

UCLA will hold three workshops on campus over the next year to assess and enhance STEM programs for undergraduates.

UCLA’s Leah Boustan looks at how the influx of millions of black workers from the South reshaped labor markets and neighborhoods in the North and West.

In early February, South Africa’s University of the Free State, Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands and UCLA held their fourth symposium on diversity and equity in higher education.

Now in its 20th year, the UCLA Law Fellows program, run by UCLA School of Law, demystifies law school for undergraduates from various colleges and universities, who aspire to law careers.

The event is a tribute to Dr. David Coffey, a psychiatrist and UCLA faculty member who died in 2012. He was a movie aficionado, and the annual screening is held in his honor.

The UCLA Academic Personnel Office announced the recipients of the Unit 18 professional development awards. The annual awards support the professional growth and pedagogical initiatives of lecturers, officially known as Unit 18.

UCLA Professor of Education Tyrone Howard has been selected as one of 14 2017 AERA Fellows by the American Educational Research Association.

Assistant adjunct professor of ethnomusicology and renowned tabla player Abhiman Kaushal was featured on White Sun’s Grammy award winning album “White Sun II.”

New recommendations are needed in part because people with cancer are living longer thanks to improved treatments, giving tumors more time to spread to other parts of the body.

The Marian Group formulates theoretical models of how materials will behavior under conditions that are nearly impossible to physically replicate, such as ultrafast heating, high-dose irradiation or very fast deformation rates.

Jill Horwitz took a few minutes to answer a few fun, random questions about tacos and her favorite book in Zócalo's green room before participating in the Zócalo/UCLA panel “Can Anything Stop America’s Opioid Addiction?"