Awards will be presented June 8 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center.

Since opening a decade ago, the Robert F. Kennedy UCLA Community School has greatly increased the college-going rate in largely immigrant neighborhoods.

The $140 million endeavor is devoted to using data to transform U.S. manufacturing for global competitiveness and energy productivity.

If the same change were made by all of the U.S., it would account for one-third of the greenhouse gas reduction prescribed in the 2013 President’s Climate Action Plan.

The Bruins, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, defeated the top-seeded University of Southern California 3-0 in the championship round.

The UCLA Social Sciences LRW Big Data Research Partnership will link undergraduates and graduate students with paid internships in data science.

Coming back with memories and a tan is nice, but an NCAA title is even better.

The internationally renowned scholar and composer of African music died on March 13 at his home in Legon, near Accra, the capital of his native Ghana.

With release of new issue of UCLA Blueprint magazine, civic leaders, scholars and citizens discussed ‘the most pressing problem in this region.’

“India’s Subterranean Stepwells: Photographs by Victoria Lautman” showcases the massive water storage systems and runs May 5 through Oct. 20.

“Lost Childhood” will have its world premiere staged production at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse.

College Signing Day was hosted by UC and Reach Higher, the college access and success initiative launched by the former first lady.

Rep. Karen Bass opened the inaugural conference about issues facing Southern California.

Flint has been named a fellow of the society, a prestigious academy that includes some of the world’s most eminent scientists.

The findings will both help identify women who are at highest risk of developing ovarian cancer and pave the way for identifying new therapies that can target these specific genes.

UCLA makes the world better in countless ways.

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Stories on the Internet, Arthur Ashe and The Simpsons.

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Stories on ethnic studies, Yang Yang and clean water studies.

Stories on artificial intelligence, Angela Davis and alumni writers.

A public university exists not only to impart knowledge, but also to apply that knowledge to make a better world. For 100 years, UCLA has done just that.