A few days after host Neil Patrick Harris joked the Oscars honored “Hollywood’s best and whitest,” entertainment insiders addressed the lack of diversity in the industry.

Law professor emeritus Gary Blasi has received the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award for his work in the public interest.

Abundant research has revealed that pregnancy is a key period of increased risk for developing obesity in women and that obesity in pregnancy may genetically “program” offspring to become overweight or obese later in life.

Study by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health points out another disturbing impact of income inequality: its effect on people’s health.

Diane de Anda, UCLA professor emerita of social welfare, embarked on a new career as an author of children's books after her retirement.

Radiation therapy is the most common treatment for men with prostate cancer, but it may not always be worthwhile.

Angel investors Scott and Cyan Banister have given $125,000 to support UCLA School of Law’s First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic.

Patrick Allard, UCLA assistant professor of environmental health sciences, has been awarded the 2015 International ToxScholar Grant from the Society of Toxicology.

UCLA analysis of movies and TV shows in 2012 and 2013 reveals that race and gender representation in Hollywood is out of step with the rest of America, its authors say.

Nurit Katz, UCLA’s inaugural sustainability officer, took the post of new executive officer of UCLA Facilities Management on Feb. 1.

Melnitz Movies, a program of the UCLA Graduate Student Association, presents a free preview of 'The Iron Ministry,' a new documentary film by director J.P. Sniadecki, on Friday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. at the James Bridges Theater.

Most of the laws of nature treat particles and antiparticles equally, but stars and planets are made of particles, or matter, and not antiparticles, or antimatter. That asymmetry puzzled scientists for many years.

Screening travelers for fever on arrival has been criticized as ineffective, but the scientists found it can catch cases that screeners miss at departure.

Contributions to the UC Retirement Plan will not increase in July, as they have in the past few years. Because of reforms recommended by the Post-Employment Benefits Task Force and approved by the regents in 2010, employer and employee contributions now cover the annual cost of the plan.

UCLA bioengineers have developed a revolutionary approach that brings together traditional drugs and nanotechnology-enhanced medications to create safer and more effective treatments.

Donna Coyne, associate director of admissions at UC Santa Barbara, reflects on her two-year term, ending July 1, as staff advisor to the UC Regents.

The UCLA study offers a new approach for treating depression in older adults that could get them out of depression much faster than the standard antidepressants.

The book 'Immigration Outside the Law,' by UCLA School of Law professor Hiroshi Motomura, has won the Association of American Publishers 2015 Professional and Scholarly Excellence Award in the Law and Legal Studies category.

Smadar Naoz, assistant professor in the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been selected to receive a 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Only 36 percent of commuters drive alone, according to UCLA’s annual State of the Commute report.

A professor in the UCLA Anderson School writes that the ubiquitous and dreaded review discourages honesty and impedes personal improvement.

Two engineering graduates are the first employees in a new Mountain View startup that will use their innovation in the design of an important semiconductor chip.

UC chief investment officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher manages the UC pension, endowment, short-term and total-return investment pools.

Hilal Elver, the newly appointed United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, will participate in two UCLA School of Law events.

Dr. John Mazziotta will become vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and dean of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, effective March 1, and Dr. David Feinberg will step down as president of UCLA Health System and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System.