Armen A. Alchian, a UCLA economist known for groundbreaking research on the employee–employer relationship, the hidden inefficiencies of governmental regulation, and the forces that determine the success of firms, died today at his home in Los Angeles. The professor emeritus of economics was 98.

Today’s tech-savvy young people expect quick answers from both people and machines, and are more tolerant of social, ethnic and cultural differences, according to a well-known Harvard educator who spoke to a capacity crowd at Schoenberg Hall...

Dear Colleagues:   Over the last few months, many of you have been in touch with me regarding the possibility of systemwide salary increases for UC staff.   It is my hope that the passage of Proposition 30 last fall, and the proposed...

By combining a signaling molecule with a polymer, the team created a therapy that mimics the body's natural ability to heal itself and that can be shipped and stored safely.

Meyers Drysdale will deliver the keynote address at both the 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ceremonies on June 14 at the newly opened Pauley Pavilion.

Kal Raustiala is a professor of law and a professor at the UCLA International Institute, where he teaches in the Program on Global Studies. Since 2007 he has served as the director of the UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International...

The groundbreaking method uses a DVD burner to fabricate the graphene-based devices, which can charge and discharge up to a thousand times faster than standard batteries.

A new "pill" created by UCLA engineers and colleagues mimics the action of the human liver, helping speed up the elimination of alcohol from the body.

Depressed seniors not being treated with antidepressants showed a weaker immune response to the shingles virus — and thus were less able to respond to the vaccine.

Jeffrey Simon, a visiting professor of political science and expert on terrorism and political violence, is the author of a new book, “Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat."

More than 50 of the world’s top Mars scientists gathered in Royce Hall last week to discuss whether life could survive on the red planet.

Adam Winkler is a professor at UCLA School of Law and the author of "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America." This op-ed was originally published today (Feb. 15) in the Los Angeles...

Dance Marathon is in its 12th year of busting moves for pediatric AIDS – 26 hours of moves. On Feb. 16 at 11 a.m., the dancing will commence for hundreds of students in Ackerman Grand Ballroom, and it won’t stop until 1 p.m. the next day.

Bright. Visible. Flexible. These words describe the new Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) Learning Lab @ Rolfe, a new technology-enabled presentation and collaboration space for teaching and learning at UCLA.     Annelie Rugg...

More than 50 of the world’s top Mars scientists gathered in Royce Hall last week to discuss whether life could survive on the red planet. Three dozen talks over two days covered topics ranging widely from the current liquid water activity on...

Art history chair Miwon Kwon has received the highest book award from the leading professional organization in her field for "Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974" (Prestel Publishing), a book she co-authored with Philipp Kaiser, director of Museum ...

UCLA's Jeffrey Simon, a visiting professor of political science and expert on terrorism and political violence, discusses the case of fugitive ex-L.A. cop Christopher Dorner.

The Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN) in January received the California Governor's Environmental Economic Leadership Award. The center was co-founded by Yoram Cohen, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, ...

Technological developments by Dino Di Carlo and Aydogan Ozcan have been recognized by the Journal of Laboratory Automation as two of the top 10 breakthroughs of 2012. Di Carlo, associate professor of bioengineering, was recognized for his ...

Professor Ali H. Sayed is co-recipient, with former Ph.D. student Zhi Quan and co-author S. Cui, of the 2012 Best Paper Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society for the article, "Optimal linear cooperation for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio ...

Yahya Rahmat-Samii, distinguished professor of electrical engineering and holder of the Northrop Grumman Chair in Electrical Engineering/ Electromagnetics, has been selected a fellow of Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES), the ...

UCLA Engineering faculty members Aydogan Ozcan, associate professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering, and Qibing Pei, professor of materials science and engineering, were among 69 scientists and engineers worldwide elected this year as ...

More than 1,450 staff and faculty hit the sidewalks and walkways in and around campus this week to take part in UCLA Recreation's annual spring-into-fitness event, I♥Walking. Celebrate Valentine's Day with a gift to yourself. Today from noon...

Gaurav Sant, a UCLA assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and holder of the Edward K. and Linda L. Rice Endowed Term Chair in Materials Science, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National ...