The UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities has received a $900,000 award to establish a national Health Care Transitions Research Network for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

The Westwood Technology Transfer will focus on better protecting and optimizing the discoveries and inventions developed through campus research.

UCLA's 7th annual “Dribble for the Cure” on Oct. 26 will see participants dribbling basketballs in a race across campus to support pediatric cancer research and treatment.

U.S. Department of State foreign service officer Michelle G. Los Banos will serve as diplomat in residence at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

UCLA's Confucius Institute will present the second China Oncreen Biennial from Oct. 17 to Nov. 14 at the UCLA Film and Television Archive's Billy Wilder Theater and other L.A. venues.

The UCLA Labor Center produces the nation's only storytelling radio show that focuses on workers and the issues they face. Students and community members work on Re:Work Radio and learn storytelling skills and multimedia production.

Zócalo Public Square and UCLA present a discussion on neighborhood revival at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Tuesday October 14 at 7:30 p.m.

In the 18th century, two teams of scientists set out to answer whether the earth was shaped more like a tomato or a Japanese eggplant?

The $2.3 million National Institutes of Health awards go to scientists from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA for work in stem cells and neuroscience in medicine.

UCLA campus leaders are invited to participate in the 2014-15 Management Seminar Series, “Transformational Leadership: The Art of Influence.”

The UCLA Anderson School of Management has received a $1.5 million gift to establish the Donnalisa and William M. Barnum, Jr. Endowed Term Chair in Management.

Join UCLA history professor William Worger at the Fowler Museum on Thursday Oct. 16 at 12 p.m., for a discussion of post-apartheid South Africa.

The Foundation also announced new board members Chris Adams, Susan Baumgarten, Jeffrey Brown and Russell Hagey and new terms for returning members Yolanda Gorman and chair emeritus Peter Taylor.

The proposal calls for College undergraduates to complete a course that substantially addresses racial, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, religious or other types of diversity.

UCLA engineering professors Mani Srivastava and Tyson Condie of are part of a new NIH Center of Excellence to enable the use of big data computing in the biomedical sciences to advance human health.

UCLA researchers demonstrated that, in pregnant mice, inflammation can trigger an excessive division of neural stem cells that can cause “overgrowth” in the offspring’s brain.

Campus visitors, students, faculty and staff should allow extra time when traveling to and from UCLA today and Friday because of street closures and possible traffic congestion.

UCLA will create analytic tools to address the daunting challenges facing researchers in accessing, standardizing and sharing scientific data to foster new discoveries in medicine.

Harriet Kerr is the director of prevention and community education at UCLA's Rape Treatment Center. She has been helping children and adults cope with the trauma of sexual assault for more than 20 years.

Professor Kirk Stark has been named the endowed chair for the Barrall Family Professor of Tax Law and Policy.

UCLA faculty, staff and students have an opportunity to receive a used bike or bike parts for free on Bike (Re)cycling Day, Sunday, Oct. 19.

Professor of medicine Betty Tsao, on faculty in the division of rheumatology and arthritis at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and a member of the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center, received a research grant from the Lupus Foundation of America.

UCLA Transportation and UCLA Recreation will host a fun walk for Bruins on Thursday, Oct. 9, to celebrate Rideshare Week.

In a UCLA study more than twice as many people ended up with coverage. These findings could prove useful in finding ways to increase participation in plans and reduce disparities in health insurance coverage.

The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations presents: "Don’t Wait for the Next War: A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership" with Gen. Wesley K. Clark Retired.