Mark Kleiman, professor of public policy at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, has been selected to advise the State of Washington as it develops rules for its new industry in legal, taxed marijuana. Kleiman, who is an expert on many aspects of ...

For UCLA bioengineering professor Wentai Liu, more than two decades of visionary research burst into the headlines last month when the FDA approved what it called “the first bionic eye for the blind.”

SACRAMENTO — A spirited contingent of 40 volunteer faculty, staff, students and friends descended on the State Capitol Tuesday, UC Day, to tell 33 Los Angeles area state legislators and their representatives how UCLA has...

UCLA’s Center for Community Learning was named to the the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency, established the honor roll in 2006 ...

Daniel Blumstein is a professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and co-author of "The Failure of Environmental Education (and How We Can Fix It)." His op-ed...

UCLA's Asian American Studies Center recently announced the publication of “The State of Illness and Disability in Asian America,” first issue of the Amerasia Journal entirely devoted to disabilities studies. This groundbreaking interdisciplinary ...

The California Transportation Foundation released its list of annual awards on Wednesday, naming ACCESS Magazine, housed inside the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, as its organization of the year. Distinguished professor of urban planning Donald ...

When spring break begins this weekend, some UCLA students are packing bathing suits and heading to the beach, but other Bruins are packing grubby work clothes to restore the bayou in New Orleans or headed for research in the mountains.

Bioengineering professor Wentai Liu uses a toy eyeball to illustrate the electronic retinal implant that helps restore eyesight to the blind. Photos and video by Sebastian Hernandez.For UCLA bioengineering professor Wentai Liu, more than two...

Mack, a longtime civil rights leader and vice president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, will speak April 4 at the annual UCLA Bunche Center-sponored event.

"ARCHIZINES" will be on display at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design's Perloff Gallery from April 12 through May 31.

Even after genetically modified T cells stop fighting cancer, they seem to give rise to a new batch of tumor-killing T cells.

Members of the UCLA women’s basketball team erupted in cheers after learning they had earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They will face No. 14 Stetson on Saturday, March 23, in first-round action in the Oklahoma City Region. This...

    If you want to see a dancer take her art form to a higher plane, look up. Way way up.   Amelia Rudolph, a choreographer and performer, took a gravity-defying stroll down the eight-story-high Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center...

Closure-device therapy may be a useful strategy for younger patients with a history of strokes potentially caused by a hole in the wall of the heart.

"We can improve care while reducing costs by making sure that everything we do is centered on what the patient wants," says UCLA's Dr. Jonathan Bergman.

Pulmonary fibrosis was slowly destroying Fernando Padilla's lungs. But an experimental transplant technology at UCLA left the 57-year-old grandpa breathing a whole lot easier.

Richard Kaner of chemistry and biochemistry and Katherine Stone of law have been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate as recipients of the 115th and 116th Faculty Research Lectureships respectively for the 2013-14. Each year, two of UCLA’s most ...

Located in Malibu, 26 miles from campus, the seldom used 2,000-square-foot home has led to financial losses for the university in recent years.

Courtney Lyder (photo by Joe Toreno) So you call yourself a foodie? Come talk to us when you’ve got menu items named after you at several different restaurants.   That’s the case with Courtney Lyder, the charismatic dean of...

Jonathan Fielding is a man with many hats. Not only is he the founding director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, but he's also a faculty member in the Fielding School of Public Health and a philanthropist....

You can run off to join the circus. Or you can use the circus to train for a career in performing arts. That's the inventive approach of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, which has a unique partnership with Cirque du Soleil.

You can run off to join the circus. Or you can use the circus to train for a career in performing arts. The former is an All-American childhood dream. The latter is the latest inventive approach to entertainment education from the UCLA School of...

Nurses and midwives can play a critical role in lessening people's risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, according to a groundbreaking new report issued by the World Health Organization and co-authored...

Scientisits found that consuming the genetically engineered fruit helped curb inflammation, boost antioxidant activity and reduce plaques that can lead to atherosclerosis.