Marjorie Crear, 66, lives alone and suffers from hypertension and diabetes with complications. She is recovering from a recent stroke and a heart attack. The Los Angeles resident shows up often in the UCLA Emergency Department and has been...

The funds will establish the UCLA–First 5 LA Children's Dental Care Program, which will benefit residents of underserved communities, who are at high risk for dental disease.

If you happen to be strolling by the Broad Art Center on April 3 around noon and notice someone walking down the side of the eight-story building, don't panic.

Researchers found that individuals with higher stroke risk performed worse on cognitive tests, and their brain scans showed evidence of plaques and tangles found Alzheimer's.

A new entrepreneur-in-residence program (EIR) launched at UCLA this month comes to the aid of campus inventors by bringing in experienced entrepreneurs to provide guidance and advice.

"Man Walking down the Side of a Building" was performed in New York in 2010. If you happen to be strolling by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center today around noon and suddenly notice someone walking down the side of the eight-story building,...

UCLA’s Professional Development Program (PDP), designed to fast-track high-potential employees for leadership positions, is accepting applications for its 2013-14 session until April 25. Now in its 19th year, PDP is one of the most successful...

The institute will pioneer advancements in pediatric medicine in four key research areas: the brain and behavior; nutrition and metabolism; cancer; and inflammation, infection and immunity.

"When you think of excellence, and when you think of college basketball at its pinnacle, it's UCLA basketball," Steve Alford told reporters and well-wishers at an April 2 press conference.

For nearly a decade, dedicated teams of therapy dogs and their human companions have brought comfort to thousands of critically ill patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center through UCLA’s People-Animal Connection (PAC)....

Members of the UCLA delegation are pioneering research related to the new initiative, which will fund projects seeking new ways to treat, cure and prevent brain disorders.

Andrea Ghez, award-winning professor of physics and astronomy whose work in techniques, such as the adaptive-optics system used by the Keck telescopes, has led to discoveries about star-forming regions and the super-massive black hole...

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design presents a series of public events this spring, including lectures and exhibitions.

Many dance schools teach technique. At UCLA, something more ambitious swirls through the classrooms: a conviction that art really can change the world.

Is technology good for our brains, or is it bad? Does it improve thinking, or imperil it? The debate rages, digitally or otherwise. The experts see it both ways.

Members of the UCLA family have left their mark on the contemporary metropolis that is the city of Los Angeles.

More and more, a visit to the doctor means a meeting with a nurse practitioner. These hybrid health-care providers are becoming increasingly common and critical.

UCLA Associate Professor of Electrical and Bioengineering Aydogan Ozcan is one of the world’s “Brilliant 10” scientists, as proclaimed by Popular Science magazine.

University of California Regent Edward A. Dickson decided upon Westwood for the new home of the Southern Branch of the University of California.

Actors, athletes, scientists and other groundbreakers are among the alumni and faculty featured in the second phase of UCLA's national ad campaign.

The realization that caring for indigenous people requires more than medical knowledge and skills has brought a physician, anthropologists and others from across UCLA to learn from each other.

The Department of Ethnomusicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers a series of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the spring, including performances and academic lectures.

 UCLA staff and faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.   “Much more work must be done on the television diversity front before the corps of writers...

The new map lets residents find how much energy the average customer in their neighborhood uses, see how that use relates to income level and track energy use over time.