Jocelyn Samuels, who advanced LGBT and civil rights in the Obama administration, will lead UCLA School of Law’s LGBT research and policy center.

The UCLA Stein Eye Institute marked its 50th anniversary and the reopening of the Jules Stein Building, recently renovated to create a state-of-the-art facility to advance UCLA’s work in the field of ophthalmology.

Less than half of individuals with peripheral artery disease, a narrowing of arteries to the limbs, stomach and head, are treated with appropriate medications and lifestyle counseling. These findings highlight the need to improve care.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music has created the Center for Musical Humanities to advance interdisciplinary interest in music and the humanities across the university.

UCLA professor’s analysis of nearly 14 million tweets from the Arab Spring showed that normal people drive huge movements.

UCLA study identifies a potential test that may help select patients for whom it could be most effective.

Just 42.3 percent of freshmen characterized their political orientation as middle of the road — the lowest figure since the survey began in 1966.

Nearly half of adults who had been employed before experiencing and surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome were jobless one year after hospital discharge.

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the L.A. riots, UCLA faculty, artists, authors and community leaders will reflect on this flash point and the aftermath in a series of talks and programs.

Despite initiatives launched by community groups, foundations and government agencies, unemployment and poverty have worsened in most areas of South Los Angeles.

New state and local policies promoting energy use transparency, public transit funding and sustainable development make researchers are optimistic for improvement.

Because of his shortage of Capitol Hill contacts and his complete lack of experience in wrangling legislation, Trump may feel more tempted — or obliged — than previous presidents to try and cram his agenda through by executive fiat, the panelists said.

A UCLA report finds that big cuts to health care benefits would hurt the disabled, children and elderly Americans.

On May 4, the campus community and public can celebrate the impact of this initiative at the #DreamRevolution event at Sunset Recreation Center.

May cover story notes that Terence Tao is “widely considered one of the greatest minds currently working in mathematics.”

Chef Massimo Bottura, whose Osteria Francescana is among the world’s most highly regarded restaurants, will appear at the fifth annual public lecture.

Two days after delivering his annual address on the State of the City at City Hall, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti returned to the UCLA Lab School where he had “the most important educational experience of my life.”

Los Angeles Dodgers manager David Roberts, who graduated from UCLA in 1995, remembers his four years as a student and Bruin athlete as some of the best of his life.

This one-time event will feature work by current and former UCLA faculty and alumni to support the renovation and expansion of the studios.

Scientists from UCLA and other universities developed a system that tests when global warming contributes to record-setting weather events, and to what extent.

Sam Emaminejad, assistant professor of electrical engineering at UCLA, has demonstrated that a wearable biosensor can be used in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, diabetes and other diseases.

UCLA researchers found that volunteerism surged among people in low-income groups who lived in states that enacted the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.

UCLA study indicates a need to improve detection and treatment in primary health settings.

Rankings by the Milken Institute put UCLA No. 1 in the nation when it comes to the number of startup companies launched as a result of campus research, no. 15 overall.

What exactly does “healthy” mean — and can you rely on it? The Food and Drug Administration is trying to find out.