For many women, the joy that follows the birth of a child is overwhelmed by crippling anxiety and depression. At UCLA, researchers are finding ways to help.

With an irrepressible spirit and unwavering dedication to the university she served as First Lady for nearly three decades, Sue Young was a force to be reckoned with.

Sociologist David Halle has never been one simply to interpret how people feel about controversial art. He actually goes out and asks them.

Spending by UCLA and its people contributes billions of dollars to the local, regional and state economics.

A scholar gives his perspective on the volatile combination of U.S. arrogance and Muslim fundamentalism that has bred an extreme form of puritan Islam.

Deaf since childhood, Lara and Michael Wall came to UCLA for a chance at hearing the sound of each other’s voice.

The UCLA Anderson Forecast is an essential tool for the nation’s economic policymakers.

The Hope Street Family Center gives children of Los Angeles’ working poor a chance to reach their full potential.

Law Professor Gary Blasi and a group of students spent five months investigating California’s public schools, uncovering Dickensian conditions of squalor and neglect.

UCLA’s researchers are making the most of modern tools and techniques to unlock the secrets of our shared pasts and cultures.

UCLA scientists were the first to identify AIDS in 1981. Will they now become the first to develop a vaccine against the disease?

Judith Baca’s large-scale murals have illuminated the history and stories of Los Angeles’ diverse communities. Today, her students are learning to carry on the tradition.

John Wooden was the most successful coach in college basketball history, but for him, winning never really was the name of the game.

UCLA is a place where innovation and ingenuity have led to groundbreaking achievements and life-changing discoveries.

There’s an air of sunny optimism permeating The Anderson School as its newest M.B.A.s prepare to launch themselves into the uncharted territory of the dot-com world.

A bioterrorist attack or lethal disease run amuck is the stuff of shock fiction and bad TV movies, but to epidemiologist Scott Layne these scenarios are very real.

In Reconcilable Differences, UCLA psychologist Andrew Christensen offers a prescription for building better relationships.

Jim Heath’s computers will be billions of times more efficient than anything we’ve ever imagined, holding the promise of benefits that will affect all our lives.

Three UCLA Nobel laureates have gone on to achievements that deepen our understanding of human existence and perhaps even open the gateway to longer life.

Ann Philbin, the new doyenne of the L.A. art scene, is turning UCLA’s Hammer Museum into the city’s hottest cultural center.

As the technological revolution turns inward on ourselves, the issue of whether we can license the very essence of life itself is taking center stage.

While a student at UCLA, Ted Stevens had no inkling of where his life might take him. Five decades later he’s the senior senator from Alaska.

To an outsider’s eye, Kosovo appears to be on the mend. But a UCLA family-practice resident learns firsthand that the scars of war are never far from the surface.

Chancellor Albert Carnesale reflects on UCLA’s challenges and opportunities.

With his flair for artistic daring-do, David Sefton plans to elevate UCLA Performing Arts to new heights of creative innovation.