Daniel Treisman is a professor of political science at UCLA, and author of "The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev." This op-ed appeared Feb. 3 on CNN.      As Russian President Vladimir Putin opens the Winter...

Michael Suk-Young Chwe, a political scientist at UCLA., is the author of “Jane Austen, Game Theorist. ” This op-ed appeared in the New York Times on Jan. 31.       Science is in crisis, just when we need it most. Two...

Eight UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television students have labored to create gorgeous, half-scale costumes that were entered into a competition. The winner will be announced Saturday, Feb. 8. The costumes they created were...

The device — which can be produced using a 3-D printer — would enable anyone with even minimal training to test water for toxic mercury contamination.

The UCLA researchers devised a way to produce solar cells using those materials more efficiently and cost-effectively — which could hold promise for large-scale manufacturing.

The 2014 Winter Games will take place from Feb. 7 to 23 in the southern Russian city of Sochi. UCLA has experts on sports injuries and doping; Russian politics, security issues and terrorism; and Russia's policies regarding sexual minorities.

Robert Candler, assistant professor of electrical engineering, received a National Science Foundation Career Award for his research, "Microscale Magnetic Devices for Next Generation Coherent X-Ray Sources." The research sets out a scientific process ...

Aydogan Ozcan, associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and colleagues have been acknowledged for their paper, "Detection and Spatial Mapping of Mercury ...

Johanna Drucker, a professor in the Department of Information Studies in UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS)  has published a new book, "What Is?: Nine Epistemological Essays" (University of Houston-Victoria Cuneiform ...

Jorge Torres, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been awarded the American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant by the American Cancer Society. These grants support innovative cancer research across a wide range of disciplines to ...

Leisy Abrego, assistant professor in UCLA's Cesar Chavez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, has published a new book, which examines the nature of families that cross El Salvadoran and United States boundaries."Sacrificing Families: Navigating ...

Frederick Zimmerman is a professor and chair of health policy and management at Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. His op-ed appeared Jan. 27 in JAMA Pediatrics.

UCLA will honor John Wooden’s 1973 UCLA NCAA championship men’s basketball team on Sunday, March 2, at 6 p.m. during UCLA’s final home game of the season. The team will be honored at a pre-game reception and halftime ceremony as...

The Julian Schwinger Foundation for Physics Research has created a first-of-its-kind award for the physics and astronomy department in the UCLA College of Letters and Science by endowing the department with a $1.2 million fellowship.

The former secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady will speak and participate in a question-and-answer session at Royce Hall on Wednesday, March 5.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright accepted the UCLA Medal before a packed house in Royce Hall and delivered a keynote address that focused on the difficulty of creating effective foreign policy in the face of rapid technological change and growing global interdependence.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's current screening strategy, researchers say, misses opportunities to decrease fracture risk in at-risk women.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talked to a sold-out Royce Hall audience Wednesday about the difficulty of creating effective foreign policy in the face of rapid technological change and growing global interdependence....

Scientists from the Broad Stem Cell Research Center have been awarded new grants totaling more than $3.5 million the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine.

Bass players from the Herb Alpert School of Music performed as the famous rock band announced its final tour.

“I’ve always been interested in carrying out experiments to try to understand how things work,” said professor Richard Kaner, who knew from childhood that he wanted to become a scientist.

  Marc Bolin has played at hundreds of funerals in his 42 years, but none quite like the one he played the tuba at on Tuesday.   A woman uses her mobile device to record the event. Photo by Rebecca Kendall. Bolin, a student at...

UCLA researchers and their colleagues also confirmed a twofold increase in heart attack risk among men older than 65 who use the popular gels and patches.

The proposal seeks to build on the increasing popularity of the Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies by converting it to a full academic department.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks to law students and faculty during a daylong visit to UCLA School of Law Tuesday. Her schedule included a Q&A session, a student reception, lunch with the law faculty and a visit to a class...