The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) has announced that Dr. Cun-Yu Wang, professor and chair of the Department of Oral Biology and Medicine and associate dean for graduate studies at the School of Dentistry at UCLA, is the ...

Laura Abrams, associate professor of social welfare at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, has been awarded a three-year grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to evaluate their transition of foster youth in Los Angeles and New York City. The ...

Norris. C. Hundley, Jr., a professor emeritus of history who was widely known for his work on western water rights, died April 28 in a Santa Barbara long-term care facility after a protracted battle with Lewy body dementia. He was 77 Hundley's ...

A strike by AFSCME patient care and service workers could involve more than 4,000 UCLA Health System and medical school employees, most of whom take care of patients and their families.

"In the Shadow" was the Czech Republic’s 2012 entry into the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Film category. The noir thriller about corruption during the Communist regime of the 1950s will be shown on June 3 at the UCLA Film & Television...

James Gibson has been named assistant vice chancellor, environment, health and safety. The title change for Gibson, who also serves as the executive director of the UC Center for Laboratory Safety and is an adjunct assistant professor in the Fielding ...

Three UCLA emeriti professors have been selected to receive the 2013 Dickson Emeritus/a Professorship Award, which is given each year in recognition of continuing scholarship, teaching and service at UCLA after retirement. The award, which includes a ...

Each student received $1,000 for a public service project of their choice at a campus ceremony for family and friends.

The UCLA Anderson School of Management will bring together MBA students, alumni, faculty and regional entrepreneurs and investors to discuss the latest developments in entrepreneurship and emerging business trends.

Chancellor Gene Block and UCLA staff members gathered today for 10 minutes of exercise to honor Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and advocate for health equity and proponent of "Instant Recess."

Approximately 150 staff and faculty, including Chancellor Gene Block and his staff, took an Instant Recess break and exercised this afternoon (May 7) in the Center for Health Sciences plaza as a tribute to Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, a public...

Campus leaders said they appreciate Adidas' responsiveness to an outstanding labor issue

Findings from UCLA School of Dentistry researchers could pave the way toward new treatments for head and neck cancers.

UCLA scientists developed a way to program and control the shape of fluids flowing through pipes or conduits without the need to solve complex and time-consuming fluid-motion equations.

A hotter future is projected for the Southwestern United States, and the anticipated threats unique to the region are detailed in a landmark report released May 2, with contributions from two experts at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and ...

Robert P. Liberman, distinguished professor of the UCLA Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral  Sciences, was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Spanish Colegio de Psicologos on March 22 in Vallalodid, Spain.  The award was given for his ...

Carlos Alberto Torres is a critical social theorist and Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and Director of the Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA. This op-ed appeared originally on May 4 in...

Bruins have an opportunity to be part of a nationwide tribute to Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, who died April 23 after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. More than 50 organizations across the country will participate at 1 p.m. Tuesday in...

Mick Jagger has been lamenting for 47 years that he "can't get no satisfaction." On a star-studded Friday night, the UCLA Bruin Marching Band got plenty from 19,000 rabid Rolling Stones fans on hand for the opening night of the Stones' "50 & Counting" tour at the Staples Center arena in Los Angeles.

UCLA life scientists have identified a gene previously implicated in Parkinson's disease that can delay the onset of aging and extend the healthy life span of fruit flies.

With a simple push of an iPad button, UCLA physicians can send the robot gliding down the hall to a patient's room to perform an examination in real time.

UCLA researchers and their partners across Los Angeles County have been awarded an $11 million grant to fund research on community-based interventions to reduce the higher rates of stroke and death from stroke among disadvantaged Hispanics, African ...

Teresa Hildebrand (left), UCLA Health System sustainability programs manager, and Patti Oliver, director of nutrition.UCLA Health System facilities were honored with sustainability awards presented in April at CleanMed, the global conference for ...

The university is expected to confer an estimated 10,000 bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degrees during the ceremonies, which run from May 17 to June 15.

Facebook was by far the most popular platform, followed by LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube -- particularly among those in private practice who perform cosmetic procedures.