Associate professor of electrical engineering Mona Jarrahi was a keynote speaker at the 14th International Conference on Nanotechnology held in Toronto, Canada in August 18-21. This is one of the largest nanotechnology conferences in the world.

Aaron Panofsky, associate professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, has been named the 2014-15 Kenneth L. Sokoloff Fellow at the UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy.

'American Winter,' a documentary about middle class families falling into poverty and searching for help, will be screened on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the UCLA Faculty Center.

Attend a special screening, hosted by HBO, of the first two installments of the upcoming miniseries, "Olive Kitteridge" on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. at UCLA's Melnitz Theater.

Natividad “Nati” Cano, Grammy-winning mariachi leader and former director of the Music of Mexico Ensemble at UCLA, died Oct. 3. Cano played a major role in bringing mariachi music from local cafes to concert halls around the world.

A Southern California disc jockey underwent a unique surgery to fix an aortic aneurysm without causing any harm to his vocal cords.

In a new mainstream biography, Kara Cooney sets out to rehabilitate the image of the pharaoh Hatshepsut, a woman whose successes were later erased or reassigned to male forebears.

Study finds that AT2101, a drug developed to treat Gaucher disease, helped halt the progression of Parkinson’s in mice.

UCLA senior managers, or aspiring senior managers, are invited to apply for the Chancellor’s Executive Education Fellowship to the UCLA Anderson Executive Program. This fellowship, made possible by the generous support of UCLA Anderson Dean Judy ...

Veteran journalist and author Jim Newton is taking on an enhanced role as a member of the staff and faculty at UCLA.

UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library will hold its annual open house on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 4:30-7 p.m.

The Center for the Art of Performance is presenting a week-long interactive art installation on Royce Quad to build understanding between veterans and civilians. It’s being offered in conjunction with a multimedia theatrical production, “Basetrack Live.”

Three faculty from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health who conduct HIV/AIDS prevention projects will receive grants from the Fogarty International Center, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s 2014-15 theater season features 13 events, including The Two Cities Project, and the Francis Ford Coppola One Act Marathon.

UCLA professor Rebecca Allen, an internationally recognized artist, research scientist and pioneer in 3D computer graphics, has been named chair of the Department of Design Media Arts.

Developed by UCLA’s Dr. Leonard Rome and Dr. Steven Dubinett, the treatment combines an immunotherapy agent with a drug delivery nanotechnology using nanoparticles called vaults.

Elijah Ozuna is one of 13 new Bruins who were admitted after completing UCLA's highly successful Vice Provost Initiative for Pre-College Scholars program. To date, 97 percent of the program’s 250 core participants have enrolled in four-year colleges.

After being sidelined because of poor circulation, the 16-year-old can practice and compete again thanks to an unusual aortic surgery.

Speaking at the first CTSI seminar of the academic year, Block told the audience about some of the challenges the university faces in the future and about the importance of interdisciplinary scholarship.

Hundreds of pie lovers came to campus on Sunday for a taste of KCRW’s 6th Annual Good Food Pie Contest at UCLA's Wilson Plaza, adjacent to the Fowler Museum.

A researcher at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center helped develop the combination drug therapy that also lowers the risk of secondary cancers.

Dr. Bramah N. Singh, a renowned UCLA cardiologist who pioneered a novel classification system used by researchers and clinicians worldwide to study and develop anti-arrhythmic medications, died on Sept. 20 at his home in Encino. He was 76.

For American cities to usher in a European-style bike renaissance, society will need to shift toward a more even distribution of child-rearing duties between women and men, say UCLA researchers.

The Chancellor updates the campus community about the recommendations made by UC President Janet Napolitano’s task force to prevent sexual assault and sexual misconduct.

Joel Aberbach, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at UCLA, discusses his new role as chair of the Academic Senate and what’s on its agenda for 2014-15.