The results “have the potential to substantively change the way that lung cancer is treated,” said Dr. Edward Garon, a member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

See a free sneak preview of the film, "Far from the Madding Crowd," on Thursday, April 30, at UCLA James Bridges Theater.

Developed under the leadership of UCLA’s Dr. Antoni Ribas, the drug has signaled a paradigm shift in the way melanoma is treated.

UCLA professors Donald and Sherie Morrison provided the gift to establish the Morrison Family Center for Marketing Studies and Data Analytics.

The UCLA Center for World Health and its partners currently participate in 170 projects in 65 countries worldwide. It focuses not only on education, training and capacity building to improve health, but projects also include research and clinical care initiatives.

Spring Sing, an annual showcase for talented students, features a top-tier selection of performers who compete for top honors. This year's event will be held May 16 at Pauley Pavilion.

Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, will receive Liberty Hill Foundation’s Upton Sinclair Award, given to those dedicated to advancing social justice.

The UCLA Academic Senate has named associate professor Paul Barber and professor Dwayne Simmons as joint recipients of the 2014-2015 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery on April 16 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology and the Friends of Jazz at UCLA are honoring Duke Ellington and the music of Ellingtonia and Billy Strayhorn’s 100th year anniversary with two free concerts on April 28 and 29.

The UCLA Academic Personnel Office recently announced the recipients of the Unit 18 professional development awards for 2014-15. The awards support the professional growth and pedagogical initiatives of lecturers, officially known as Unit 18 ...

Dr. Marshall T. Morgan, 73, died Thursday, April 16, in Los Angeles after being ill for several months. A professor of clinical medicine and chief of emergency medicine at UCLA, he was widely recognized as an outstanding physician.

Using a new stent retriever device in addition to a clot-busting drug led to a significant increase in the percentage of stroke sufferers who could function independently three months later.

Only 9 percent of academic medical practices in the U.S. have procedures to connect patients with LGBT-competent physicians; only 4 percent had policies to identify those physicians.

The American Planning Association has named 'parking guru' Donald Shoup, UCLA professor of urban planning, as the recipient of its 2015 National Planning Pioneer Award.

More than 200 university undergraduate students will compete April 24-26 at UCLA’s 2015 DataFest competition.

On the 40th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge’s proclamation of victory in Cambodia, UCLA demographer Patrick Heuveline has produced new estimates of the regime’s death toll between 1975 and 1979.

Marcus Sedgwick, an award-winning young adult fiction author, will deliver the Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture at UCLA on April 26.

The Bruins offered hitting and fielding instruction to veterans and hosted a barbecue at the team’s longtime home field, Jackie Robinson Stadium.

UCLA researchers analyzed state policies in nine categories that influence the health of immigrants and their families.

UCLA professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein launches her newest book, "Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950," on April 21 in the UCLA Faculty Center.

A coalition of students, faculty and staff is a hosting an April 23 forum to encourage dialogue on campus climate and diversity-related issues.  The program will include facilitated discussions addressing issues such as bias response, student ...

UCLA faculty, staff and students are invited to enter the second annual ‘Code for the Mission’ competition to develop mobile applications promoting UCLA’s mission of education, research and service.

In this piece for Zócalo, author Naomi Hirahara explains the history of the Los Angeles area recently designated by the city as “Sawtelle Japantown.”

Some 1,000 cyclists will raise funds for the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center while enjoying a fresh-air tour of West Los Angeles on April 26 during the 18th annual City of Angels Fun Ride, which will start at UCLA.