The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society selected professor King-Ning Tu for the 2013 EMPMD John Bardeen Award. This award is presented to a leader in the field of electronic materials who has made outstanding contributions within the field. A ...

At least two of the individuals are being treated for gunshot wounds sustained in today's airport shooting, a UCLA doctor said.

Bruce S. Dunn, the Nippon Sheet Glass Company Professor of Material Science and Engineering at UCLA, has been elected to the World Academy of Ceramics in recognition of his outstanding achievements in sol-gel materials and the development of new ...

Timothy Spangler, who teaches at UCLA School of Law, is an expert on financial regulation in the United States and Europe and corporate law. He advises on the structuring and operation of a wide variety of investment funds, including...

Rita Effros has been elected president of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging.  Efrros is a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine in the David Geffen ...

Alberto Alquicira, manager of the computer instruction lab in social sciences computing, won the First annual Staff Assembly Halloween costume contest with 160 "likes" on Staff Assembly's Facebook page, where you can view entries from all over...

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UCLA has been gifted $25,000 to further its efforts in the communities of Westwood, Sherman Oaks and Hollywood. The grant to the institute, which operates through UCLA Extension, comes from the Cannon Family ...

The drug, called MK-3475, which had already shown effectiveness in treating melanoma, shrank tumors in nearly a fourth of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

UCLA’s award-winning Mariachi de UCLAtlán will perform a free concert on Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Fowler Museum. The performance will include music from diverse Mexican communities and will highlight the special musical traditions of Día de...

Josie Bruin is considering her retirement options. If she claims her Social Security benefits when she turns 62, she will receive $1,339 every month for the rest of her life. But waiting until she’s 66 raises this to $1,793 a month; waiting till 70,...

Janet Napolitano announced three initiatives aimed at supporting undocumented students, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students across the 10-campus university.

Proclaiming that the University of California teaches for California and researches for the world, UC President Janet Napolitano Wednesday announced three initiatives aimed at supporting undocumented students, postdoctoral fellows and graduate...

Studying the depictions of garbage in art, documenatry and pop culture forces us to talk about a topic many consider taboo and trivial.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design has announced it will work with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. for its 2014–15 master of architecture II program known as SUPRASTUDIO.

Ian McLean, director of UCLA's Infrared Laboratory for Astrophysics, has received many honors in his distinguished career. Now he has an asteroid named after him. McLean was chosen the namesake of Asteroid #249544 (2010 HQ44) at a recent Scientific ...

Campus staff have a new opportunity for professional growth: ProShare Live, from UCLA’s Administrative Management Group (AMG), aims to help managers and aspiring managers expand their network of campus colleagues for mutual guidance and support....

The UCLA companies trace their roots to groundbreaking, federally funded university research conducted by engineering professor Aydogan Ozcan and physics professor Seth Putterman.

The report examines concussions that occurred among athletes aged 5 to 21 participating in a wide range of sports.

Be amazed and inspired by the Ninth Annual UCLA Retirees' Association Arts and Crafts Exhibit on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The show will be held at the UCLA Faculty Center's California Room and is co-sponsored by the UCLA...

Two professors, Paavo Monkkonen and Michael Lens, at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs have received a $610,000 grant to investigate how local governments spend and save during boom and bust economic times. The study hopes to determine whether ...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded UCLA a $7 million grant to investigate the links between substance abuse and HIV among Latino and African-American men who have sex with men. Pamina Gorbach, a professor of epidemiology at UCLA Fielding ...

The team found that the thicker the leaf, the larger the size of the cells in nearly all of its tissues. But a leaf's surface area, whether tiny or huge, has no relation to cell size.

As the proportion of Californians with job-based insurance fell below 50 percent, public programs stepped in to pick up the slack, according to the report

Leading up to Veterans Day on Nov. 11, UCLA will host a weeklong series of events to honor veterans, increase public understanding and appreciation for the challenges they face, and heighten awareness of the opportunities available to them on...

Laurence C. Smith (left), professor and chair UCLA Department of Geography, and Jan-Gunnar Winther, director of the Norwegian Polar Institute, are members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Arctic. This article appeared...