Patricia Turner, professor of African-American Studies, urges the treasury department to select an image of Tubman that captures her formidable strength as an anti-slavery activist.

UCLA professor co-authored a study to determine which kinds of built environment are best and worst at dispersing vehicle emissions.

The concept of separating students by sex as a tool for education reform has fallen into a minefield of limited and dubious data as to its effectiveness.

When David Sedaris visits UCLA each year, the Poetry Bureau assembles outside Royce Hall. And types.

The rankings assess the international prestige of institutions of higher learning based on input from academic leaders around the world.

A policy report by the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability finds that Proposition 84 achieved some, but not all, of its ambitious goals.

With decades of experience in helping people with psychosis regain their place in society, UCLA neuroscientist Michael Green and his team of 10 psychiatrists, psychologists and other neuroscientists will look for ways to help formerly homeless veterans make the same transition.

UCLA cardiologist and molecular geneticist Dr. Stephen Young is renowned for his work on understanding mechanisms for human disease.

Jared Diamond, UCLA’s Pulitzer Prize-winning professor of geography and an astute intellectual observer of human life in multiple practices, faced a standing-room-only audience who came to hear his  compelling lecture titled 'The Evolution and Function of Human Religion.'

Viewers will have the rare opportunity to watch Mercury glide slowly across the sun.

Owen Husney, who teaches music business at UCLA Extension, recalls what made Prince’s music so different, negotiating the first record deal and how his experiences with Prince influence his teaching.

The finding could be a cause for concern because many countries rely on the agency to help pay for vital health care services for people with the diseases.

More than 1,000 high school and college students from across the United States descended last weekend on UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion to plug into LA Hacks, a collaborative computer programming event organized by two UCLA student groups and sponsored by LA 2024.

UCPD has confirmed that UCLA graduate student Alison Wu has been safely located. UCPD made contact with Wu on May 1, 2016. UCLA is grateful to all for helping to assure the safety of its students.

A new UCLA study examining child health in the context of asset poverty indicates that household wealth is linked more closely to health disparity than income or education level.

Go behind the scenes at the institute’s annual open house on April 30, which offers visitors a chance to learn about one of the world’s preeminent archaeology labs.

The report by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation recommends seven steps to bolster available resources for people who are victims and to aid in prevention.

A group of nearly 100 donors, including alumni, faculty and friends of the school, has come together to honor the former UCLA Engineering dean.

Law professor Noah Zatz argues that the sentencing concept of “working off debt” violates the 13th Amendment's prohibition against involuntary servitude and disproportionately punishes communities of color.

It's the season of purple-blue across the UCLA campus — and much of Los Angeles.

Politics and media experts from UCLA and Vanderbilt University are providing a data-backed understanding of commercials’ persuasiveness and effectiveness with a new rating system.

Associate Vice Chancellor Monroe Gorden Jr. will become interim vice chancellor of student affairs, effective July 1, following the retirement of Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Janina Montero. Associate Vice Chancellor Youlonda Copeland-Morgan will become vice provost for enrollment management.

UCLA and Horace Mann Middle School recently announced the Mann-UCLA Summer Institute, a suite of summer programs at the South Los Angeles middle school to boost educational success and opportunities.

UCLA Engineering grad student Gary Li won $1K in the system-wide contest with an exciting, accessible, 3-minute speech about his research on how plasma thrusters could replace conventional rockets for space travel.

“The Collector and the Dealer: Gifts of African Art from Jay T. Last and Merton D. Simpson” underscores the lasting impact that two men have had on the development of the museum’s acclaimed African art holdings.