In a city famous for traffic jams and rush-hour gridlock, a return to rail may be putting Los Angeles on the right track.

The study is the first to evaluate the medication as a possible treatment for alcoholism.

Ginny Steel, the Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, has been elected to chair the steering committee of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.

Featuring more than 160 works of art, “Enduring Splendor: Jewelry of India’s Thar Desert” opens Feb. 19.

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts has awarded Andrea Fraser, professor of art at UCLA, a $40,000 unrestricted grant, one of four given to visual artists.

The "global village" of open communication that the Internet was supposed to have formed hasn't materialized, says Ramesh Srinivasan in a new book.

The researchers will identify biomarkers associated with the development of epilepsy and develop therapies designed to prevent or modify the condition.

Leading the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is "a mission I can embrace and get behind. ... This was the right fit for me," said the new dean.

UCLA joins a rising chorus of opposition to President Trump’s immigration ban, which “directly challenges the core values and mission of universities” to encourage the free exchange of ideas.

Don’t miss your chance to engage with the next generation of cultural leaders.

Sixty-two percent of California voters said access to coastal areas is a problem, and even more said that they were deterred by the cost of parking, overnight accommodations and transportation options.

The project led by architect Michael Maltzan includes two new gallery spaces, frontage along a full block on Wilshire Boulevard and additional workspace for staff.

The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA is hosting a series of events held in honor of Black History Month.

Join Dr. Anne Schuchat, acting director for the Centers for Disease Control for a discussion on the inevitability of health threats and the preventability of global health catastrophes.

Recently, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, a socio-cultural anthropologist in the UCLA Department of Asian American Studies, answered a few random questions for the Zócalo Public Square website before appearing on a Zócalo/UCLA panel at the Japanese American Museum.

James Gelvin coauthors an op-ed pointing out that because of wars what remains of Syria is severe unemployment, extreme poverty and public health disasters.

To counter likely cuts in federal funding for research into climate change and energy innovation, California’s government must fill the gap.

The medal of the American Institute of Graphic Arts is the most distinguished awarded in the field.

CEO of AARP Jo Ann Jenkins seeks to "disrupt aging" with a fresh outlook on the nation's increasingly older population — and how society will change as a result.

Veronica Santos, UCLA associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received a $719,000 grant from the Department of Defense’s Office of Naval Research.

 New ideas, programs and fresh faces are playing a big role at the UCLA International Institute this academic year.

UCLA School of Law students honed their research, analytic and drafting skills when they worked on an amicus curiae brief on a case that will be argued Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

A 45-minute set of original music written by the members of the ensemble from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA will be followed by an open jam session.

Dr. Joel Braslow and Philippe Bourgois of the Center for Social Medicine and the Humanities at UCLA’s Semel Institute have won a three-year, $1 million grant from the L.A. County Department of Mental Health to study how the county deploys urgent psychiatric care.

Researchers found that combining a vaccine developed at UCLA with two drugs that modulate distinct aspects of the immune system was more effective at allowing T cells to attack glioblastoma than the vaccine alone.