On Dec. 14, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced funding for 290 projects in 43 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

UCLA professor of education Carlos Alberto Torres recently received a Doutoramento Honoris Causa from the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.

Join the Fowler Museum for an engaging afternoon as Lyssa Stapleton and Holly Jerger lead tours of exhibitions to examine contemporary work in the fiber arts at the Fowler Museum and at the Craft and Folk Art Museum.

The discovery could have important implications for treating white matter strokes, a major cause of dementia that also accelerate Alzheimer’s disease.

“As a university we have a deep commitment to research innovative solutions for tomorrow, to serve the greater public good and to educate the leaders of future generations,” said Chancellor Gene Block.

Local high school students learn about the life of a UCLA scientist and practical uses for nanotechnology.

There are ways to both enjoy the holidays and keep healthy at the same time, says Erin Morse, chief clinical dietitian at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

This month, in a historic agreement crafted in part by the U.S. ambassador to Argentina and UCLA leaders, 94 educators from Argentina participated in a two-week Fulbright program at UCLA.

Tyrone Howard's Black Male Institute at UCLA focuses on finding ways to propel black male youth to college and prepare them for success in academia and professional life.

John Russell Cauble, 83, a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television who headed the multimillion-dollar renovation of Royce Hall auditorium in 1998 four years after the Northridge earthquake, died Wednesday, Dec. 7.

The applicants represent the most economically, ethnically and geographically diverse group ever to apply. Pool includes a record number of applications from California high school seniors.

A recipient of three Academy Awards and eight Grammy Awards, Burt Bacharach performs at Royce Hall in a concert that was originally scheduled for Oct. 1.

More than 300 UCLA staff stayed fit for the coming holidays by participating in UCLA Recreation's "12 Staircases of December" event that had them climbing a different set of stairs in 12 campus buildings beginning on Dec. 1.

Sale ends 12 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 18, so get your tickets now.

UCLA brain stimulation research using ultrasound to jump-start a man’s brain following a coma is the eighth best thing that happened in 2016 Wired reports in its ‘Best of 2016’ edition. The research may lead to new ways to treat patients in coma, Wired reports.

The UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center pharmacy will serve students and, in Fall 2017, faculty and staff.

Economist Lee Ohanian on how the president-elect’s plans to reduce globalization and immigration could undermine his promises of job growth and prosperity.

The team found a way to correct the instability by resetting the stem cells from a later stage of development to an earlier stage. These results could have great impact on the creation of healthy tissues to cure disease.

Nearly half of 125 pregnancies studied resulted in defects among newborns or ended in fetal death.

Two UCLA faculty members — molecular biologist Robert Goldberg and international law and policy scholar Edward Parson — defended the use of genetically modified organisms in food production at a Zócalo/UCLA discussion held in downtown Los Angeles.

A simple and inexpensive attachment could help to expand testing to regions with limited resources.

Jazz, classical, world music, and composition faculty and staff at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music are among the artists who contributed to projects recognized by the Recording Academy with 2017 Grammy nominations.

University Librarian Ginny Steel said Powell has been “one of the library’s most generous and visionary donors for many, many years, and this magnificent gift further demonstrates the strength of his support.”

The findings could help improve upon standard behavioral therapy, in which people are exposed to the objects they’re afraid of — which can be frightening enough that some cannot complete treatment.

The Middle East Librarians Association presented the 2016 David H. Partington Award to David Hirsch, a UCLA librarian who has specialized in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies since 1989.