China’s enormous economic growth over the past three decades has fueled an “age of ambition,” said journalist Evan Osnos during a presentation he gave Oct. 6 at the UCLA School of Law.

A $2.5 million gift from Tadashi Yanai will help transform UCLA’s Department of Asian Languages and Cultures into one of the world’s leading centers for the study of Japanese literature and culture.

Research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that a pent-up demand for health care will decline significantly after the first year of enrollment.

Economist Lee Ohanian makes the case that income inequality is not nearly so rampant as reports suggest and that a better indicator of well-being is consumption.

Undocumented UC students who qualify for in-state tuition but are ineligible for federal assistance soon will be able to borrow up to $4,000 a year to make up the shortfall, thanks to a new law supported by the University of California and state legislators.

The finding could explain the early onset of many age-related diseases, including liver cancer, in obese people.

SACNAS at UCLA is trying to bring more Latinos and Native Americans into science and engineering, a crucial step to help the U.S. keep pace with the rest of the technological world.

Former patients of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit reunited with their nurses, doctors and other health care professionals at a reunion that was held at UCLA’s Wilson Plaza Sunday, Oct. 12. 

The second-annual Inventathon encourages interdisciplinary teams of young inventors to develop innovative solutions using the latest technology and mobile applications.

The Westwood Technology Transfer will focus on better protecting and optimizing the discoveries and inventions developed through campus research.

The UCLA Labor Center produces the nation's only storytelling radio show that focuses on workers and the issues they face. Students and community members work on Re:Work Radio and learn storytelling skills and multimedia production.

In the 18th century, two teams of scientists set out to answer whether the earth was shaped more like a tomato or a Japanese eggplant?

The $2.3 million National Institutes of Health awards go to scientists from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA for work in stem cells and neuroscience in medicine.

The Foundation also announced new board members Chris Adams, Susan Baumgarten, Jeffrey Brown and Russell Hagey and new terms for returning members Yolanda Gorman and chair emeritus Peter Taylor.

The proposal calls for College undergraduates to complete a course that substantially addresses racial, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, religious or other types of diversity.

UCLA researchers demonstrated that, in pregnant mice, inflammation can trigger an excessive division of neural stem cells that can cause “overgrowth” in the offspring’s brain.

Campus visitors, students, faculty and staff should allow extra time when traveling to and from UCLA today and Friday because of street closures and possible traffic congestion.

UCLA will create analytic tools to address the daunting challenges facing researchers in accessing, standardizing and sharing scientific data to foster new discoveries in medicine.

Harriet Kerr is the director of prevention and community education at UCLA's Rape Treatment Center. She has been helping children and adults cope with the trauma of sexual assault for more than 20 years.

In a UCLA study more than twice as many people ended up with coverage. These findings could prove useful in finding ways to increase participation in plans and reduce disparities in health insurance coverage.

Natividad “Nati” Cano, Grammy-winning mariachi leader and former director of the Music of Mexico Ensemble at UCLA, died Oct. 3. Cano played a major role in bringing mariachi music from local cafes to concert halls around the world.

A Southern California disc jockey underwent a unique surgery to fix an aortic aneurysm without causing any harm to his vocal cords.

In a new mainstream biography, Kara Cooney sets out to rehabilitate the image of the pharaoh Hatshepsut, a woman whose successes were later erased or reassigned to male forebears.

Study finds that AT2101, a drug developed to treat Gaucher disease, helped halt the progression of Parkinson’s in mice.

Veteran journalist and author Jim Newton is taking on an enhanced role as a member of the staff and faculty at UCLA.