Professors Sholmo Benartzi and Alan Castel say that as people age, they tend to focus on positive memories and those blindspots to past negatives can have bad financial consequences.

UCLA students study aging through a prism of disciplines, from biology through public health, and interact with older adults.

Findings from UCLA-led research lend support to the idea that physician assistants and nurse practitioners could fill gap in health care services as nation faces doctor shortage.

Bhaumik, a native of West Bengal, India, played a key role in developing the technology that paved the way for Lasik eye surgery.

A UCLA-led research team used big data analysis and new levels of precision to study three decades of data. The new tool could be useful for studying other regions.

The hospital was recognized in all 10 specialties included in U.S. News and World Report’s rankings — and in the top 20 in nephrology and orthopedics.

President Obama announced a $70 million award today to a nonprofit co-founded by UCLA to create a nationwide Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute.

The recognition “reflects our commitment to delivering the highest quality of care to this community,” said Karen Grimley, UCLA Health’s chief nurse executive.

The public perception is that lobbyists only fight for lax regulations that allow businesses to pollute more. Green firms lobby too.

The L.A. Energy Atlas project, a first-of-its-kind interactive website, enables policymakers and the public to sort energy consumption and emissions by building size, neighborhood and other metrics.

Many midlife and older gay men experience the stress of being part of a sexual minority group. They perceive that they need to conceal their sexual orientation, or that others are uncomfortable with or avoid them because they are gay.

A world-class scientist and educator, Kruglyak is a professor of human genetics and biological chemistry.

Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board and a UCLA faculty member, is a fierce fighter for the environment. She has championed a difficult cause without succumbing to bitterness or wallowing in the polarization that has crippled Sacramento and Washington.

One honoree, UCLA alumna Kelly Dumke, is already working on the front lines in communities in L.A. County against a well-known and entrenched enemy, early childhood obesity.

Jimmie D. White, 68, who served as a counselor, administrator and attorney advisor in UCLA Student Affairs for 35 years, died in Los Angeles on May 27 of cancer.  

UCLA professor Zrinka Stahuljak spent three years translating, annotating, traveling and even co-creating a podcast-inspired blog to showcase “The Romance of Gillion de Trazegnies.”

Law professor Adam Winkler writes that it’s time for Congress to pass a law that safeguards due process and forbids suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms.

The matching gift, which is intended to inspire others to donate, “will benefit our students, faculty and society for generations to come,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block.

Jason Valdry has been selected by UC President Janet Napolitano as the next staff advisor-designate to the UC Regents.

Because of the pioneering work of Dr. Donald Kohn, a researcher with UCLA's Broad Stem Cell Research Center, the potential to bring stem cell therapies to patients is now a reality.

More than 5,500 seniors attended Friday's two commencement ceremonies for the UCLA College.

A staff scientist in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biochemistry, Amirsakis passed away on May 24.

Chancellor Gene Block was joined by members of UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association to announce the task force.

Altogether, the university has awarded more than 32,000 doctoral degrees since 1939.

The new director of the Higher Educational Research Institute at UCLA underscores the importance of community colleges for historically marginalized groups of students.