The University of California is sending so many athletes that they make up 8 percent of the U.S. delegation. In all, UC participants are competing in 18 sports under the flags of 27 countries.

Ann Carlson, professor of environmental law and the inaugural faculty co-director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, has given a series of lectures in Berlin and Frankfurt at the invitation of the U.S. State Department.

UCLA and Inter-American Development Bank study finds progress toward universal health coverage, but persistent gaps in how citizens assess the quality and effectiveness of primary care.

Stephen Hubbell, a distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA, is the 2016 laureate of the International Prize for Biology for his outstanding contributions to biology research.

Thanks to the record generosity of UCLA students, the campus transformed old clothes into more than $1,600 for UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital this week.  

Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center say findings in new study will help physicians and patients make informed decisions.

Blake Krikorian, who played on UCLA's water polo team for four years between 1986 and 1989, died Wednesday, Aug. 3 while surfing in the San Francisco area.

Devon Carbado, the Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law, is the inaugural associate vice chancellor of BruinX, a multidisciplinary unit within UCLA’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

The internet itself is neither good nor bad, says Werner Herzog, director of “Lo and Behold,” a new documentary on the communication revolution.

UCLA professor Blaire Van Valkenburgh said the animals in question “are all that is left of a once much more diverse megafauna that populated the planet only 12,000 years ago.”

Lewin has joined UCLA as play-by-play announcer for Bruins football and men's basketball games.

UCLA study shows that meditation and similar strategies may reduce the likelihood of relapse for certain people struggling with addiction.

Distinguished Professor Ronald Harper developed a device that signals the brain to breathe because it thinks the body is running.

UCLA health care professionals met with Los Angeles inner-city students during a UCLA Health Allied Health Job Fair at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Department of Art Professor Catherine Opie got permission from actress Elizabeth Taylor before she died in 2011 to photograph the star’s home and personal possessions during the last year of her life.

The “Fowler in Focus: The Spun Universe: Wixárika (Huichol) Yarn Paintings” exhibition chronicles artistic production by the Wixárika people, commonly referred to as the Huichol.

Disclosure of employee compensation data for 2015 is part of the university's commitment to being transparent and publicly accountable for its conduct.

On Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m., the Hammer Museum and the UCLA Confucius Institute present "Body of the Buddha: Art of the Dunhuang Temples." The conversation will be led by historian D. Neil Schmid.

Kristina Louie, a UCLA postdoctoral student who suddenly and tragically died in 2004 after receiving her Ph.D.

UCLA Anderson’s George Geis writes that the company’s poor merger and acquisition practices ultimately led to its purchase by Verizon for a quarter of what Yahoo has spent on past acquisitions.

First-year medical students enrolled in Doctoring 1 join in hospital chaplain rounds.

On Thursday at 8 p.m., trombonist Michael Vlatkovich and his band of versatile improvisers will perform in the Hammer Museum’s courtyard as part of the museum's 11th annual Jazz POP series of free concerts.  

The Greek tragedy, named after the first extant Jewish play by Ezekiel the Poet, highlights the shared struggles of ancient and modern peoples.

On Tuesday Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m., the Hammer Museum presents two political science experts to assess the likely outcome of November’s vote.

COSMOS-1908 is 12 billion light years away, which is “by far” the most distant galaxy scientists have accurately measured oxygen abundance in.