UCLA professor Edward Walker explains how corporations — from Verizon to Wal-Mart — manufacture citizen lobbyists.

Washington Post reporter Niraj Chokshi spoke with Mark Kleiman, a professor of public policy at UCLA, about the legalization of marijuana that has been approved by the voters in Washington state and Colorado.

Water researchers from UCLA, the Natural History Museum and elsewhere are helping the region understand issues, history and possible solutions related to the drought. A discussion series featuring panels of experts begins July 10.

A UCLA School of Nursing study found that young adults believe that hookah smoking is not harmful to their health, despite warnings from the CDC that it's just as dangerous as cigarettes.

Kligman is a renowned expert on Jewish music, from sacred liturgical traditions to contemporary popular music. He joined the UCLA faculty July 1.

Marking Ramadan as a "new American tradition" not only overlooks the holy month observed by enslaved Muslims many years ago, but also perpetuates their erasure from Muslim American history.

Raquel Ulma's accomplishments are just what was envisioned when UCLA School of Dentistry started its special outreach program for underrepresented and disadvantaged students.

It's been 30 years this month since UCLA was transformed into an international Olympic Village, when residence halls housed over 4,000 people, Bruin Walk bustled with activity, and over 160,000 spectators roared at Pauley Pavilion.

The mood on campus changes over the summer. It's hard to put it into words, so let's try it with photos.

In Q&A with the Los Angeles Times, Shoup says much should be changed about how the city provides parking.

With millions in the West now utilizing traditional Chinese medicine, the need for accurate medical translations is more crucial than ever, the authors of a new UCLA paper say.

Two people whose lives intersected at times over the last couple of decades discovered only a few months ago that they are actually brother and sister in time for life-saving surgery. 

Janet Napolitano stops at UCLA to share news of a major initiative intended to marshal resources across the UC system to address global food needs.

The Centennial Campaign for UCLA will create a higher education model for a new century.

Endowed chairs give top scholars the resources to more fully pursue their fields of study.

The Ronald A. Katz Center for Collaborative Military Medicine at UCLA is the first university-based military medicine center on the West Coast.

In 1994, UCLA fundraisers couldn’t understand why more women didn’t give to the university. Turns out, all they had to do was ask.

The Herb Alpert School of Music’s global perspective and industry savvy have placed it solidly among the nation’s top music programs.

Jonathan Fielding is an acclaimed UCLA professor and the top public health official for the County of Los Angeles.

From “Love & Basketball” to “The Secret Life of Bees,” director Gina Prince-Bythewood ’91 specializes in personal stories she’s passionate to share.

The campus is one of six U.S. institutions chosen by the NIH to join the agency's efforts to tackle the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and develop ways to diagnose rare genetic disorders.

From the beginning, the people of Los Angeles have lent their support to UCLA and rallied to its needs.

Law professor Adam Winkler says that minority groups could be at risk of losing legal protections after the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case.

Longtime Bruins Robert Naples, Gay Macdonald and David Miller have a combined total of 62 years filling important roles in the evolution of our campus.

Aydogan Ozcan and Tracy Johnson have been named Howard Hughes Medical Institute professors in recognition of their breakthrough research and innovative approaches to undergraduate education.