"We are doing a good job of ensuring that patients receive the latest therapies for heart failure, but we still have a lot more work to do," said UCLA's Dr. Tamara Horwich.

Jason Speyer, a distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named the inaugural holder of the school's Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair in Engineering. The ...

Shaily Mahendra, an assistant professor of  civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been selected as a 2013 DuPont Young Professor. Mahendra is one of 14 faculty members hailing from ...

Susan Edelstein, founder and director of UCLA TIES for Families and an adjunct assistant professor of pediatrics in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, received an Advocate Award from RaiseAChild.US for her work on behalf of foster children ...

Second-year student Patrick Yew joined fellow Bruins today in writing the names of military service members on a Memorial Wall at the Court of Sciences. The project, tied in with the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, was organized by UCLA’s...

The Los Angeles County coroner's office said the death near Boelter Hall, which houses the engineering school, was a suicide.

Donna Coyne of UC Santa Barbara has been selected as the 2013-2015 Staff Advisor-designate to the University of California regents, UC President Mark Yudof announced Tuesday. Coyne, associate director of admissions for application services at...

In this latest installment of “After Hours” — a series about faculty and staff who balance their work lives with fascinating hobbies or side jobs — meet UCLA history professor Margaret Jacob and her beloved dog, Blizzard....

Kelsey Doorey and Anna Baxter, two M.B.A. students at UCLA Anderson School of Management, see nothing wrong with always being a bridesmaid — never a bride. To make the experience more pleasurable and more affordable, they are...

The effect of rising temperatures on the interaction of species "is going to have very important consequences for the stability and functioning of ecosystems," UCLA biologists say.

UCLA Anderson recently hosted a reception last week to celebrate the opening of ‘Dreamscapes,’ the celebrated artwork of Jane Gottlieb that will be on view at the school for the next decade. The collection includes 25...

Speyer has worked on the guidance, navigation and control systems of vital aerospace and military craft for 50 years, including NASA's Apollo missions to the moon.

UCLA volunteers planted 22 new trees on Sunday in Westwood Village as part of the fourth annual WOMP, the Westwood Organized Meaningful Projects service day.

With the three-day Memorial Day weekend coming up, veterans and their supporters on campus want everyone to take a moment to reflect on the many contributions made by service men and women, both those who have passed and those who are with us....

Joanna Schwartz is an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Law, who has a forthcoming article in the New York University Law Review that shows how medical malpractice claims help play a role in improving patient safety. This op-ed was...

Teachers, family members and friends of more than 300 jubilant J.D. graduates and approximately 96 master of law graduates attended commencement ceremonies Friday at Dickson Court North. The UCLA School of Law graduation was the first of more...

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union has asked its members to strike at UC medical centers May 21–22. Check this page for updates.

The UCLA Health System postponed twenty-five percent of the surgeries scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday and lowered the patient census to about 80 percent. Approximately 550 replacement workers and redeployed administration staff will fill in for striking workers.

Because many seniors with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer ultimately die of other causes, forgoing treatment may help preserve quailty of life.

In this Q&A, UCLA law professor Stuart Banner talks about his new book documenting the litigious history of America’s national pastime.

A suite of intimate, thematic exhibitions mounted this fall will highlight more than 800 artworks from the Fowler's vast, acclaimed global collections.

Despite budgetary constraints brought on by years of declining state funding, the University of California continues to outpace many of its peer institutions on critical measures of student success. UC — and UCLA in particular — ...

The 27th Annual Jazz Reggae Festival will be held on Memorial Day Weekend, May 26 and 27, and will feature artists such as Common, Santigold, Ziggy Marley, Jhene Aiko and others. Jazz Reggae is a two-day festival, the largest student-run music...

On Tuesday last week, a middle-aged scholar lectured in a Royce Hall conference room on the role of Padua as the true cradle of the Italian Renaissance. Later that day, that same Ph.D. candidate stepped into a different world. He walked...