How do high-achieving students like James Franco reach their intellectual goals? Ask the UCLA counseling office.

Nanotechnology — the science of microscopic machines that promise miracles in almost every area of society — is the Next Big Thing. And UCLA is a major player.

In 1925, five student leaders launched the Southern Branch of the California Alumni Association. Today, that group has become a 91,000-member organization.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — ADHD — gets a lot of bad press. But it’s no illusion, and it isn’t a smokescreen for bad parenting.

UCLA bid farewell to the 53-year-old Center for the Health Sciences and began life anew in the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

It’s been six years since the Bruins won their last NCAA title. And this season, UCLA will face five of the last seven NCAA men’s soccer champions.

All over the world, people are reexamining what the word “freedom” means to them — and whether democracy is the best way to deliver it.

Bruin undergrads from UCLA’s Student Initiated Access Center are working with high school students to get ready for higher education.

“Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain,” a UCLA scientist notes. The right food can improve memory or fight depression, schizophrenia or dementia.

The summer games always bring out the best in Bruins, and Bruins always play a pivotal role in America’s Olympic success. This year is no exception.

UCLA’s Office of Intellectual Property brings scientists and commerce together for the benefit of all of us.

Jonathan Friedlander has spent 30 years collecting pop culture artifacts that reflect our fascination with the Middle East.

UCLA was one of the first universities to see the potential of hip-hop as a serious subject of study and an important part of academic inquiry.

Rick Neuheisel, UCLA’s 16th head football coach, looks forward to the high expectations.

U.S. foreign policy toward rogue states dominates the headlines as policy experts — including prominent thinkers at UCLA — debate the issue.

UCLA’s School Management Program has helped hundreds of K–12 schools across the country improve their performance.

UCLA scholar Chon Noriega channels his lifelong passion into “Phantom Sightings,” LACMA’s first exhibit of Chicano art in nearly two decades.

Two Bruin culinary experts share their favorites for perfect meals during nights on the town or quiet dining at home.

If caught early, eating disorders can be treated. Here are six tips to help you identify if someone you love is at risk.

UCLA basketball coach John Wooden became the first basketball figure to be inducted into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum’s Court of Honor.

The appointment is effective April 2.

Operation Mend is a partnership that unites wounded soldiers from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, with UCLA doctors.

The UCLA Bruin Marching Band updates the navy-blue uniforms it wore for decades.

UCLA’s High Speed, High Volume Laboratory Network for Infectious Diseases can track thousands of bioterror threats or infectious disease outbreaks.

UCLA faces the challenge of replacing a huge wave of retiring Baby Boomer professors.