Professors Chandrashekhar Joshi and Alan N. Willson Jr. are among 67 engineers honored by the prestigious organization.

"We aim to restore patients' independence by returning their ability to type on a keyboard, open doors and transfer themselves between their bed and wheelchair," said UCLA's Daniel Lu.

The UCLA professor of public health and psychiatry answered a few off-the-cuff questions in the Zocalo green room before a panel discussion on how Angelenos eat.

A team from the Fielding School of Public Health is working with East Los Angeles families to help them eat better.

Edward Prescott (far left), the 2004 Nobel laureate in economics, is a professor of economics and director of the Center for the Advanced Study in Economic Efficiency at Arizona State University. Lee Ohanian is a professor of economics at UCLA,...

A UCLA alum draws on his experience to advocate for speaking patients' language and bringing health fairs to the community.

Center for the Art of Performance director Edmunds named 'catalyst in residence' at Pew Center Kristy Edmunds, executive and artistic director of the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, became The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s first...

The UCLA-affiliated clinic and the nonprofit will together provide comprehensive HIV services for low-income and homeless patients on Los Angeles' Westside.

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda will talk about his nation's recovery from the genocide of 1994, its subsequent economic advances and future challenges at a Fe. 12 dinner cohosted by UCLA's Center for World Health and the Los Angeles World...

With more than 60 works in various media, the exhibition examines important and often controversial sacred figures from Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Argentina and the U.S.

UCLA scientists have found that an individual's genetic makeup could increase his or her chance of developing the debilitating disease two- to six-fold after pesticide exposure.

Demanding careers… relationship problems… financial struggles … family strife, not to mention the hour you just spent stuck in traffic — to be sure, life can be stressful. But with evidence continuing to mount that carrying all of that mental...

Join UCLA football coach Jim Mora, his coaching staff and the UCLA football team Wednesday, Feb. 5, to celebrate the 2014 Signing Class at Pauley Pavilion. Last season, UCLA had six freshman all-Americans, three of whom topped nearly every...

The authors say couples can have productive conversations with each other about diet and exercise if they focus on motivation, encouragement and support.

Daniel Treisman is a professor of political science at UCLA, and author of "The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev." This op-ed appeared Feb. 3 on CNN.      As Russian President Vladimir Putin opens the Winter...

Michael Suk-Young Chwe, a political scientist at UCLA., is the author of “Jane Austen, Game Theorist. ” This op-ed appeared in the New York Times on Jan. 31.       Science is in crisis, just when we need it most. Two...

Eight UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television students have labored to create gorgeous, half-scale costumes that were entered into a competition. The winner will be announced Saturday, Feb. 8. The costumes they created were...

The device — which can be produced using a 3-D printer — would enable anyone with even minimal training to test water for toxic mercury contamination.

The UCLA researchers devised a way to produce solar cells using those materials more efficiently and cost-effectively — which could hold promise for large-scale manufacturing.

The 2014 Winter Games will take place from Feb. 7 to 23 in the southern Russian city of Sochi. UCLA has experts on sports injuries and doping; Russian politics, security issues and terrorism; and Russia's policies regarding sexual minorities.

Frederick Zimmerman is a professor and chair of health policy and management at Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. His op-ed appeared Jan. 27 in JAMA Pediatrics.

UCLA will honor John Wooden’s 1973 UCLA NCAA championship men’s basketball team on Sunday, March 2, at 6 p.m. during UCLA’s final home game of the season. The team will be honored at a pre-game reception and halftime ceremony as...

The former secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady will speak and participate in a question-and-answer session at Royce Hall on Wednesday, March 5.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright accepted the UCLA Medal before a packed house in Royce Hall and delivered a keynote address that focused on the difficulty of creating effective foreign policy in the face of rapid technological change and growing global interdependence.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's current screening strategy, researchers say, misses opportunities to decrease fracture risk in at-risk women.