Researchers say that medications recommended by national guidelines are not only effective in saving patients' lives but may also provide savings to the health care system.

UCLA men’s volleyball coach to lead U.S. Men's National Team. Staffer collaborates on documentary about 2011 Japanese disasters.

Although tax season doesn’t usually summon warm feelings for most of us, this year it might help to know that some students at UCLA use tax season to do some good in the world.UCLA is home to one of the most prestigious chapters of the the...

Courtney Lyder, the charismatic dean of UCLA’s School of Nursing, has become a regular at Westwood eateries — so much so that several of them have named cocktails or dishes after him.

In further recognition of UCLA Health's reputation for world-class patient care, more than 200 UCLA physicians have been named to the prestigious Best Doctors in America list for 2013.  The national list, which is compiled every two years by ...

The daylong event will explore the shifting paradigm of storytelling, emerging technologies and the blurring boundaries between entertainment and politics.

A new method for super-cooling molecules could be a key step in the development of quantum computing.

UCLA plastic and reconstructive surgeon Reza Jarrahy realized that he was missing something when his young Guatemalan patient developed a mysterious infection after undergoing surgery. That puzzled the surgeon, who travels Guatemala twice a year to...

The UCLA findings are particularly important in park-starved California, where only one out of every four adolescents lives near a park or open space.

Renee Tajima-Peña, a professor of film and digital media at UC Santa Cruz, has been appointed a professor of Asian American Studies and the Alumni and Friends of Japanese American Ancestry Endowed Chair, effective July 1. She will direct the Center ...

The list, compiled every two years, identifies the best trained, most experienced and most skilled specialists, regardless of where they practice.

CRESST is being tapped by a federally funded consortium developng new educational assessments for students in nearly half the states in the U.S., including California.

A collaboration led by the UCLA  Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been awarded a $1.6-million grant to study the formation of colonies of bacteria, with the goals of improving treatment of infections and exploring beneficial ...

"Man in Korean Costume," about 1617, Peter Paul Rubens. The J. Paul Getty Museum A new exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum, "Looking East: Ruben’s Encounter with Asia," is built around a drawing of a man in Asian dress created by Peter Paul...

Faculty from UCLA’s African Studies Center will be focusing their attention for the next two-and-a-half years on improving the bleak future for girls growing up in Rwanda by building a partnership with a key teacher-training institute in...

Twitter has been a flurry of ecstatic tweets as high school seniors across the nation learn if they've been admitted to UCLA’s fall 2013 freshman class.

The abnormal growth appears to be associated with an increased risk of neuroendocrine tumors, say researchers from UCLA and the University of Florida.

The development could help women and their physicians better prepare for the onset of bone loss and increased cardiovascular risk factors.

Dr. Eugene Washington, dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and vice chancellor for health sciences, has been appointed vice chair of the California Wellness Foundation. A member of the foundation's Board since 2008, Washington is a ...

As assistant director for professional development at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA, Margaret Heritage has written a new book, “Formative Assessment in Practice: A Process of Inquiry and ...

Twitter has been a flurry of ecstatic tweets as high school seniors across the nation learn if they've been admitted to UCLA’s fall 2013 freshman class. Starting last Friday, March 22, at 5 p.m., they got the news by...

Docents recently led a group of UCLA Staff Assembly members on a tour of the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. For the first time in several years, the garden is seeking volunteer docents. No background in botany is required. Training consists of...

Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero informed Howland of the decision on Sunday afternoon. A national search for a successor has begun. Click for full UCLA statement.

Researchers found that youth with Type 1 diabetes who had moved from pediatric to adult care were more than twice as likely to have chronically high blood glucose levels.

Construction beginning Saturday, March 23, will cause serious traffic woes on Coldwater Canyon, and though UCLA commuters most likely already use roads farther west, displaced Coldwater drivers could increase traffic on favored Bruin routes.