Dr. Victor Marder, a UCLA scientist and recognized leader in the field of hematology research, died Jan. 29 at his home in Los Angeles, California.

A rare event organized by the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center brought together a man who survived a horrific motorcycle crash with some of the 196 blood donors who helped save his life.

A team led by engineers from UCLA and Columbia University controlled light at tiny lengths around 500 nanometers — smaller than the light’s own wavelength — by using random crystal lattice structures.

Attorneys Lane Dilg and Ina Bryant have joined the UCLA Office of Legal Affairs as senior campus counsel.

UCLA engineering faculty members Yang Yang and Richard Kaner have been named 2015 fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Linda McDermott, night shift lead nurse in labor and delivery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, has spent nearly three decades assisting couples when their 'big day' occurs at night.

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Distinguished Professor of Education at UCLA, will hold the inaugural Wasserman Endowed Deanship of Education and Information Studies.

The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations welcomes best-selling author James Mann to discuss his latest book.

The surgery offers hope to people who were resigned to dealing with the debilitating condition for life.

In recognition of American Heart Month here are 12 tips for a healthier heart.

The number of cities across the globe that experience heat waves has increased since the 1970s — as has the frequency of those heat waves — as the heat island effect amplifies global warming.

Dr. Richard Jackson, a professor of environmental health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been selected to receive the Henry Hope Reed Award from the University of Notre Dame.

'Fragments of Extinction: An Environmental Sound-Art Project on the Acoustic Biodiversity of Rainforests' will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 26, 5:30 p.m. at the California NanoSystems Institute.

Professor Jonathan Furner has assumed the post of chair of information studies at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

A team of life scientists has found part of the answer: The amount and intensity of striping in different zebra populations can be best predicted by temperature.

A group of nursing students and faculty members on an educational mission were enthusiastically welcomed in Havana following news of closer relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

Benjamin Nathan will join UCLA Health Sciences as the chief information officer for the David Geffen School of Medicine, effective on May 4.  Nathan will provide the vision and leadership for the administration, research and educational information systems of the medical school.

UCLA Recreation presents its annual "I Heart Walking" Feb. 9 - 12. Walk campus routes with your fellow Bruins and get a free T-shirt. 

UCLA will honor alumni who joined a mass protest in 1961 and became Freedom Riders to protest segregation encountered by African Americans when they traveled between states on buses, trains and used public facilities.

UCLA released the following statement from Chancellor Gene Block regarding the Department of Veteran Affairs settlement of a lawsuit concerning the agency's West LA property.

As a part of its series on the films of DeMille, the UCLA Film and Television Archive screens “Union Pacific” Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. at the Billy Wilder Theater.

Join fellow Bruins, family and friends on Sunday, March 8, for the 2nd Annual UCLA True Bruin Move and Groove 5K.

About 400 community-engaged courses are offered, and hundreds of thousands of hours of community service are performed by UCLA students, staff and faculty each year.

The facility's recruiting lounge and terrace will be named in honor of Marilyn Silva-Lund and David Lund.

Genes relating to immune function and histone methylation — molecular changes that alter DNA expression — are risk factors.