Joshua Bloom, a UCLA Ph.D. candidate in sociology, received an American Book Award on Oct. 26 for a history of the Black Panthers. He shares the prize with co-author Waldo Martin, a UC Berkeley historian.

Charitable giving in Los Angeles County has yet to return to pre-recession levels, according to a report released Tuesday by the Center for Civil Society at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

The gift by Bob and Marion Wilson is the largest scholarship donation the dental school has ever received and will be used to support students dedicated to academic excellence and public service.

UCLA research may lead to a simple saliva test to diagnose at an early stage diabetes and cancer, and perhaps neurological disorders and autoimmune diseases.

Jennifer Reilly was 28 years old when she had a stroke. Her UCLA doctors say that quickly seeking medical attention after symptoms emerged likely spared her potentially debilitating consequences.

The following is a statement in response to Wednesday's "speak out" event called by the California Nurses Association union and National Nurses United.

The landmark new research and patient-care facility on UCLA’s Stein Plaza completes the trio of buildings envisioned for the Stein Eye Institute more than half a century ago.

UCLA joins the Billion Dollar Green Challenge with a $15 million fund dedicated to sustainability projects. The savings created by each project will help support the next.

UCLA linguist Pamela Munro writes about the nearly forgotten language of the Gabrielino-Tongva Indians and her efforts to revive it for descendants of Southern California’s Tongva people.

The rankings, published today, focus on institutions’ overall academic research and reputation. The survey ranked 500 universities from 49 countries.

UCLA researchers have shown for the first time that the quality of diagnostic staging for biopsies of bladder cancer is directly linked with patients’ survival rates.

If you’re enrolled in UC’s Supplemental Disability plan and have a 7-day or 30-day waiting period, you’ll be paying a higher premium in 2015. But you can lessen the impact of rising rates by selecting a longer waiting period.

UC Human Resources is making available four new videos in English and Spanish to help you understand the basics about your medical benefits.

The technology, which could be used in smartphones and other wireless devices, would reduce demand on the radio spectrum without compromising quality or speed of communications.

Four centers — the Latin American Institute, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Asia Institute and the National Heritage Language Resource Center — received Title VI funding for area and language studies.

UCLA education professor Sylvia Hurtado’s research on the effect of campus climate on student academic progress as well as on student and faculty retention has caught the attention of many in higher education.

The UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program hope to increase the diversity of faculty by attracting high-caliber researchers and providing them with the professional development training and opportunities to help them compete for highly selective tenure-track positions.

Retired four-star Army General Wesley Clark discussed his latest book, “Don't Wait for the Next War: A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership” (Public Affairs 2014) and outlined a formula for American success in the 21st century.

The joint effort will accelerate the implementation of clinical trials and delivery of stem cell therapies by providing state-of-the-art infrastructure to support clinical research.

Bruce Whiteman, librarian emeritus of UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and a Canadian poet and writer, returns to the Clark to read from his work on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 4 p.m.

UCLA professor Peter Narins has been elected president of the International Society for Neuroethology. Narins is a distinguished professor of integrative biology and physiology, as well as ecology and evolutionary.

UCLA professor of history Janice Reiff, immediate past chair of UCLA's Academic Senate, will serve as the 2014-15 senate–administration liaison for online education.

UCLA Campus Human Resources is presenting Open Enrollment information sessions for faculty and staff, Nov. 3-21.

With their special electronic and optical properties, nanomaterials such as graphene and molybdenum sulfide have created excitement among scientists for their potential to revolutionize transistors and circuits. 

UCLA study shows that community-based interventions lead to better health outcomes in both mothers and children.