Nile Green, the William Andrews Clark Professor of history and director of the Program on Central Asia in the UCLA International Institute, has edited a new book, “Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes,” published by Oxford University Press.

The assistant professor of dentistry was awarded for research that advances scientific knowledge in implant dentistry and tissue engineering.

UCLA students can now compete for a chance to assist UCLA Chancellor Gene Block with developing his idea into a mobile application that will use voice and speech recognition to analyze and improve the dynamics of group interactions.

Nile Green, the William Andrews Clark Professor of history and director of the UCLA Program on Central Asia of the UCLA International Institute, has edited a new book, “Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes,” published by Oxford University Press.  

Register soon for the sure-to-sellout event, which offers two routes that start and finish on the UCLA campus.

The new technique assesses how changes in a person’s immune response can help predict the effectiveness of a new therapy in people who have the most common and deadly type of brain cancer.

Jake Heggie, who earned a B.A. and M.A. in music at UCLA, was a PR writer when the general director of the San Francisco Opera handpicked to compose a score for a libretto by playwright Terrence McNally. Today, he has three operas currently in the pipeline.

Lee Cooper writes about how UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge will leverage the university’s students to make Los Angeles energy and water independent.

Fairytale, puppetry, music and more combine to chronicle 5,000 years of human and environmental change.

The Bruins take on Pepperdine in the final match of the men’s volleyball season on Saturday, April 9, 7 p.m., at Pauley Pavilion.

UCLA is tied for sixth in the number of honorees. In all, 178 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada received awards.

Highlights of the event scheduled for April 20 include a panel with Arianna Huffington and Chancellor Gene Block, performances by UCLA musical groups, and awards for students, faculty, staff and administrators.

Françoise Girard, president of the International Women's Health Coalition, speaks on reproductive rights and women's health.

Learn from sleep experts, ask Arianna Huffington to sign a free copy of her new book and more at the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative Celebration.

Wong, director of the UCLA Labor Center, recently edited a book with the Rev. James Lawson, a renowned civil rights activist who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and helped launch key campaigns for social justice.

Professors Walter Allen, Mitchell Chang, Robert Cooper and John Rogers were honored by the national research society.

'Transitions' was lauded for candid view of developmental adaptation of immigrant children to new cultures, languages and social structures.

The new technique can accurately identify a person’s optimal drug and dose combinations throughout an entire course of treatment, without complex, time-consuming genetic analysis.

A new public service campaign will inform apartment tenants about the risks of secondhand smoke and provide tools for working with landlords on smoke-free policies.

New survey by the UCLA Luskin School’s Los Angeles Initiative, led by Zev Yaroslavsky, reveals the depth of financial insecurity among county residents.

For California, the forecast calls for a steady decrease in the unemployment rate, to about 5.0 percent by the end of 2018.

UCLA researchers found that workouts, in addition to brain games, appear to trigger a protein that restores connections between neurons.

As a volunteer surgeon for more than 20 years, Freymiller performs life-changing dental surgery on children with cleft lips and cleft palate deformities.

The approach can help physicians identify disorders that may have gone undiagnosed for years. UCLA has been a leader in using the test since 2012.

Measures put in place by the state have mitigated financial impacts that could be expected as costs passed along to electricity, natural gas and gasoline consumers.