Douglas Kellner is the George F. Kneller Professor of the Philosophy of Education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. This op-ed was originally posted Dec. 20 in the Huffington Post.   Will the brutal...

Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, dean of UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, is a former adviser on Education, Peace, and Justice to the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, and is co-author of Cultures...

Bruins Women's Gymnastics vaults into its new season this Sunday, Jan. 6, against Southern Utah in the annual John Wooden Challenge at the new Pauley Pavilion. The six-time NCAA champions and returning 2012 Pac-12 champs are...

UCLA crime prevention officer Erik Rakowski and his colleagues with the 40-member Police Officers Association (POA) decided this year to forego door prizes for their annual holiday party as "something we didn't really need," he...

The UCLA Department of Urology has received a $4.6 million gift from the estate of Frank and Dorothy H. Clark, longtime benefactors who helped to create leading-edge pediatric and adult urology centers in Westwood and Santa Monica. The gift, from the ...

Pauley Pavilion reopened this fall after a 33-month, $136-million makeover with a jam-packed week of celebration for the entire Bruin family.

As Los Angeles looks to gain recognition as “Silicon Beach,” UCLA faculty and students are playing major roles in the transformation.

UCLA is home to approximately 50 club sports, ranging from the more traditional to the quirky to the downright crazy.

Policies that promote urban health is possible, say the experts whose job it is to ponder futures in public-health policy and practices in the City of Angels.

There is much in traditional societies that those of us in advanced cultures can adopt to live better as nations and individuals, says Jared Diamond.

A growing body of evidence links the ability to be resilient in the face of life’s stresses with success and happiness.

Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, David and Goliath, explores the art and science of underdogs.

UCLA and the American president go way back in all sorts of ways. Think you know about UCLA presidential history? Here’s your chance to prove it.

Faculty in the economics and mathematics departments at UCLA celebrated Monday the awarding of the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics to their longtime colleague, Lloyd Shapley.

Lloyd S. Shapley, a professor emeritus of economics and mathematics at UCLA, has been awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He shares the award with Harvard University economist Alvin E. Roth.

A look at how the October 31 holiday evolved from a colorful but relatively minor-league American celebration to an iconic autumnal festival.

UCLA’s most venerated venue is back in action after a two-and-a-half year, $130-million-plus renovation.

UCLA scientists and engineers are in the vanguard of the study of how to build “thinking” machines and their present and possible future impact on human society.

The groundbreaking fund that arose out of last year’s Lincy Foundation gift to UCLA will help organizations and people bring their ideas to life.

One of the nation’s most influential political scientists is breaking new ground in bringing academic insight into the American election as it’s happening.

Filmmaker, marketer and film distributor Ava DuVernay is the founder of entertainment marketing firm The DuVernay Agency and organizer of film company AFFRM.

It was only one sentence, but it changed everything in college sports.

UCLA researchers test blood and saliva samples, compare bite marks and use claw swabs and traces of fur to track the family tree and the animals’ behavior.

UCLA experts in diverse disciplines are exploring how vegetarianism can boost human health and alleviate a host of environmental challenges.

UCLA’s vaunted health-care system has established itself as a national leader in the integration of Eastern ideas and approaches into Western medicine.