The collection of some 1,500 meteorites includes a 357-pound chunk from Arizona donated to UCLA by philanthropist William Andrews Clark, Jr.

In the midst of a raging national debate on how Americans use marijuana, a team of student researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is collecting data that could help separate marijuana fact from fiction.

Spring Sing's relocation to Pauley Pavilion from the Los Angeles Tennis Center increases audience capacity by almost 20 percent and production capabilities by far more. "We’ve sold more tickets so far than the Alumni Association has ever sold," says executive director Turner Pope.

Alvaro Huerta, a UCLA visiting scholar at the Chicano Studies Research Center, is the author of the forthcoming book, "Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Towards a Humanistic Paradigm," by San Diego State University Press. This op-ed was...

Hammer Museum appoints Connie Butler as chief curator, Aram Moshayedi as curator  Connie Butler has been named the new chief curator at the UCLA Hammer Museum. Since 2006 Butler has been The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings...

It was 6 a.m. Wednesday in Pauley Pavilion, and dozens of undergrads were hoisting lights onto scaffolding, pounding floorboards and pushing massive speakers on dollies into place. Two days before Spring Sing, these members of the UCLA Student...

Nearly 2,000 UCLA alumni and friends are expected to gather on campus this Saturday (May 18) to participate in the annual UCLA Alumni Day, which will feature speeches and activities for professional networking and personal growth.

A groundbreaking membrane material developed by Eric Hoek, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Richard Kaner, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and of materials science and engineering, has received an international award for ...

"I've saved people's lives. I'm a pretty smart guy," said Jorge Gonzalez, 24, who returned home to East L.A. after four years of military service in Iraq. "I thought that counted for something."   Gonzalez was ready to find a job and begin a...

Dr. Susan Partovi is a family medicine physician and a volunteer instructor at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and the medical director for Homeless Health Care Los Angeles. This op-ed was originally published in the Los Angeles Times on May...

Mark Wise, trained at the United States Air Force Academy as an Army infantry officer, was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 as a platoon leader, where he suffered severe injuries when an explosive device detonated just inches away from him. He...

Faculty and staff whose to-do lists include items like "schedule an eye exam" or "get new glasses" can look forward to taking care of these tasks on campus when a new full-service optometry center opens summer 2014 at Ackerman Student Union....

UCLA's Alumni Association honors six alumni on May 17 for outstanding achievement in their professional fields and contributions to society.

Sharon Belkin, a UCLA biological artist who provided graphics for medical research for 18 years before she retired, is one of 26 emeriti whose work will be showcased at the Sylvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti Arts and Crafts Exhibit on Tuesday, May 21,...

University of California President Mark Yudof presented the Board of Regents Wednesday a report that charted the significant changes of the past six years and offered a candid assessment of how UC is performing today.   Yudof, who will step...

UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection. "We're always counting on science to tell us where we came from." David Paige, professor in the UCLA Department of...

In the midst of a raging national debate on how Americans use marijuana, a team of student researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is collecting data that could help separate marijuana fact from fiction. Led by social welfare...

University of California students remain highly satisfied with their education overall, and with their access to courses needed to graduate, according to a survey of UC undergraduates released this week.   Despite dramatic reductions in state...

Five UCLA researchers were awarded grants for projects designed to improve patient care and reduce the risk of clinical harm to UC surgery patients. The grants come from a new joint venture between the UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation and ...

In addition to changing HDL from "good" to "bad," the inhalation of emissions activates other components of oxidation, the early cell and tissue damage that causes inflammation, leading to hardening of the arteries.

Their breakthrough findings could potentially help scientists develop new treatments for Alzheimer's, stroke and other conditions involving damage to the hippocampus.

Gary Orfield, professor of education and director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA, has been selected by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) to present the 2013 Brown Lecture in Education Research. “It is ...

Canyon Diablo, a 357-pound chunk of a meteor that slammed into Earth 50,000 years ago, sits center stage at UCLA's new Meteorite Museum. Nearly 50,000 years ago, an asteroid fragment slammed into Earth approximately 40 miles east of what is...

Edgar A. Jones, Jr., UCLA School of Law professor emeritus and a national expert on labor law and arbitration, died May 10 in Los Angeles. He was 92. Jones was a distinguished legal scholar and an esteemed member of the UCLA School of Law faculty for ...

On Monday, May 13, UCLA officially kicked off its first annual Diversity Symposium, a weeklong series of programs ending May 18— including keynote speakers, lectures, film screenings, workshops and exhibits —  to promote diversity...