The $5 million donation to UCLA Engineering from alumnus David Mong will help support the building of the Mong Learning Center as part of the new Engineering VI building.

At the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, more than 200 faculty members are working to translate the promise of stem cells into viable treatments for some of society’s most vexing medical conditions.

This 1948 short film by Popular Science magazine screened in movie theaters before Paramount Pictures features. It shows a "differential analyzer" in use by UCLA engineering students and researchers.

Roger E. A. Farmer is distinguished professor of economics at UCLA and currently Senior Houblon Norman Fellow at the Bank of England. This op-ed appreared in the Financial Times on July 18, 2013.   Ben Bernanke suggested in June that the...

Reggie Love (at right) finds his shot blocked by President Barack Obama on a basketball court at St. Bartholomew Church in New York City on Sept. 23, 2009. Official White House photo by Pete Souza. What was it like to spend...

One of soccer's most storied teams, Spain's Real Madrid, will train on UCLA's top-notch field this summer, from July 29 through Aug. 5. Practices are private and closed to the public.

Gordon L. Fain, distinguished professor of integrative biology and physiology, ophthalmology and neuroscience, is the recipient of Brandeis University’s fourth annual Jay Pepose ’75 Award in Vision Sciences. Fain is the leading physiologist studying ...

Mike Rose, UCLA professor of education and author of “Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education,” has written a new book, “Public Education Under Siege,” which focuses on alternative perspectives concerning education reform in ...

Shown above are some of the stem cells derived by scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA. To see more, click here.  Stem cells are the body’s “master” cells....

Dmitri Kondrashov, a researcher with UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, has been awarded a federally funded grant from the National Science Foundation to study changes in the Earth’s climate as well as the consequences of climate ...

Stefan Timmermans is a professor and chair of the UCLA department of sociology and faculty associate with the Institute for Society and Genetics. He is the author of the book "Saving Babies? The Consequences of Newborn Genetic Screening." This op-ed...

Wayne Smutz, executive director of Pennsylvania State University’s World Campus and associate vice president for academic outreach, has been selected as the new dean of continuing education and UCLA Extension, subject to approval by interim action of the UC regents.

"These findings would represent a major challenge to existing theories of a sex 'addiction,' " said UCLA's Nicole Prause, who studied the brain responses of individuals with hypersexual problems.

In the current American Journal of Public Health, UCLA's Dr. Richard Jackson discusses advances in community design that help make our cities better for our health.

The University of California Board of Regents today appointed Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a two-term governor of Arizona, as the 20th president of the University of California.   Napolitano, the...

Bruce Varner, chair of the UC Board of Regents, issued this letter regarding the appointment of Janet Napolitano as president of the University of California:    Dear UC Colleagues,   As chairman of the UC Board of Regents, I am...

Leo Trujillo-Cox (left), founding executive director of the Law Fellows Program and Tony Tolbert, longtime associate director, were honored July 12 for their professional achievements by For People of Color, Inc. (FPOC). Trujillo-Cox received the ...

More than half of the world's countries have some constitutional protection of a right to public health and medical care for their citizens -- but not the U.S., a new study shows.

Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a two-term governor of Arizona, will become the 20th president of the University of California. She succeeds Mark G. Yudof, who steered the university through the depths of California's financial crisis that led to sharp cutbacks in state support for public higher education.

Juliana Gondek, music professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Music's voice division, will perform Aug. 18 at the Martin Luther King Jr. 50th anniversary concert, “Symphony of Brotherhood,” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights ...

The Regents of the University of California and Dr. Christian Head today reached a settlement in a civil case he brought against the University last year. The matter was settled to the mutual satisfaction of the parties.

Baseball player Cody Regis represented the men's athletics program at the ESPY awards for winning UCLA's first-ever Capital One Cup.

For seven days this summer, high school students from around the world converged on UCLA to become diplomats at an academic simulation of the United Nations.   High school students from around the world gathered at UCLA to test their skills...

World Arts and Cultures/Dance (WAC/D) Professor Mary "Polly" Nooter Roberts, who serves as a consulting curator for African arts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, recently established a gallery there dedicated to the arts of Africa. The ...

Olga Koumoundouros's Dream Home Resource Center is located in the UCLA Hammer Museum's Lobby Gallery, which is free to enter. Photos by Marianne Williams. When we go to art museums, it’s usually to marvel at beautiful artworks or learn...