The UCLA campus community filled Bruin Plaza on Thursday night to share messages of solidarity and healing in a candlelight ceremony.

In the statement, she expresses her sorrow and asks that the media respect the family’s wish for privacy and not attempt to contact them.

The undergraduates each received $1,000 at a ceremony and reception held May 31 at the Pavilion Club in Pauley Pavilion. All proceeds will be directed to a public service project of the awardees’ choice.

Teen mother, former farmworker, three-time cancer survivor and grandson of Vietnamese war hero highlight the 200-plus students in the Class of 2016 who will receive their medical degrees June 3.

Klug, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, died June 1 in a shooting in his office.

A team of scientists led by doctors at UCLA demonstrated that a modified virus has been shown to extend the lives of people with recurrent gliobastoma.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block mourns the loss of William Klug, who earned his master’s degree at UCLA and was a member of the faculty since 2003.

Grief counselors are available to students, faculty and staff. Classes resume Thursday.

Chancellor Gene Block addresses the campus community.

Update: Two adult males are confirmed dead in an engineering building at UCLA.

With a $1 million gift, a military veteran, who graduated from UCLA with help from the GI Bill, is giving back to UCLA student veterans whose GI Bill funds have run dry.

UCLA scientists use brain imaging to show that social media approval activates the same areas in teens’ brains as eating a favorite food or winning a competition.

Scientists found that a protein called cystatin E/M can inhibit cellular inflammation, which is a major contributor to the growth of the disease; the discovery could lead to the development of new treatments.

Channing Dungey, the first African-American to lead a major broadcast network, BlackRock CEO and chairman Laurence D. Fink and Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak are among those who will address graduates.

UCLA researchers used geographic modeling to reveal 121 sites where important Indian texts from the third century B.C. could be carved into rock.

Kepler-62f could have atmospheric compositions that allow it to be warm enough to have surface liquid water, which would make it possible for the planet to support life.

Actress Kate Hudson was honored at the event benefiting the Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA.

History professor Benjamin Madley details how the state enacted policies that clearly meet the U.N. definition of genocide.

California Governor Jerry Brown has been fighting for the environment for decades. He reflects on that history.

A memorial will be held on Wednesday, June 8 at the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute.

UCLA Extension’s new class about beer offers students a chance to learn about some of the history, science and business of beer and brewing.

The researchers made the discovery using an effect called gravitational lensing to see the incredibly faint object, which was born just after the Big Bang.

UCLA professor of design media arts Jennifer Steinkamp has created an animation featuring thousands of flowers that is now playing on electronic billboards in Times Square.

The UCLA education professor reflects on some of the sweeping changes the survey has observed in students and society.

While aging weakens these connections, the researchers devised a way for the middle-aged brain to reconnect separate memories.