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.    “This approach is potentially a new way to treat cancer.”    — Yi...

Feb. 19 update: Organizers say this year's Dance Marathon raised a record $475,422.57 to benefit pediatric AIDS.      Have you ever danced for six hours straight, then realized there were 20 more hours to go? You have if you’ve...

Funding from state taxpayers helped Lei Zhang, a researcher with the UCLA School of Dentistry, get the state-of-the-art equipment he needs in his quest to develop a more accurate, less costly and less invasive test for breast cancer. It might...

The exhibition, which runs through July 7, brings 125 extremely rare prints by one of South Africa's first black photojournalists to the U.S. for the first time.

UCLA has an expert who can explain the origin and significance of Valentine's Day.

Two UCLA faculty members in the School of Theater, Film and Television have credits on the zombie movie, "Warm Bodies," which opened at No. 1 at the box office after its Feb. 1 release and grossed $20.3 million on the weekend of the Super Bowl, ...

Los Angeles city officials opened two "parklets," or micro urban parks, as part of an initiative led by an urban design team at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

"Our findings show how far nations still have to go to realize a world where all children have a chance to thrive, not just survive," said UCLA's Jody Heymann, the study's co-author.

John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineering and a nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. This piece was originally posted Feb. 1, 2012, on the website, Fast Company.   One day in December 1955, former...

Almost a year after researchers at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the State University of New York–Stony Brook released a study showing that the unemployed face discrimination in the hiring process because of their jobless status,...

Maestro James Conlon, music director of the LA Opera and the 2013 UCLA Regents' Lecturer, will give a series of public lectures on Verdi and Wagner, "Struggle, Success, and Mastery: Romantic Opera in Three Acts," at the Hammer Museum...

The Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice Dental Center (VDC) was recently awarded a generous grant from the Ahmanson Foundation to support much-needed upgrades to its IT infrastructure. The IT upgrades are expected to be completed in approximately ...

Researchers say that a new minimally invasive "keyhole" surgery to remove blood from the brain may benefit patients previously deemed lost causes.

The CH25H enzyme has broad virus-fighting properties and potentially could be used as a weapon against deadly pathogens that cause HIV, Ebola and Rift Valley Fever.

After toiling for 18 years in the English Department’s reading room, head librarian Lynda Tolly admits she would be hard-pressed to put into words what makes the wood-paneled sanctuary so special.   "I can think of only about five words...

In her most recent book, Tamara Levitz shows how Stravinksy's "Persephone" fiasco was largely the result of a tug of war between a burgeoning gay rights movement and the religious right.

Raphael Levine, UCLA distinguished professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, will be awarded the 2012 Israel Chemical Society (ICS) Gold Medal for his fundamental contributions to understanding chemical reactivity on the ...

  In a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Los Angeles city officials officially opened two "parklets," or micro urban parks, on Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, the result, in part, of an initiative led by an urban design team at the...

The world's first physician to be board-certified in both pediatrics and ophthalmology, UCLA's Apt was a tireless innovator who was best known for developing an eye drop to prevent surgery-related blindness.

More than 200 Bruins and members of the UCLA community dropped in for free haircuts Thursday to donate their tresses to make children's wigs.

Los Angeles is a movie town, so it’s no surprise that it’s filled with film festivals and documentary screenings, but even amidst all the variety the only L.A. film series you’ll find focused on human rights is at UCLA.

More than 200 Bruins and members of the UCLA community dropped by campus for free haircuts Thursday to donate their tresses to make children's wigs.

In this latest installment of "After Hours" — a series about faculty and staff who balance their work lives with fascinating hobbies or side jobs — meet Brigham Harwell, a development assistant for the UCLA Fund who spends his weekends...