When the worst typhoon in history devastated the Philippines last November, UCLA nurse Joanne Contreras e-mailed Dr. David Feinberg, president of the UCLA Health System and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System.

Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, recently responded to a few quirky questions in the informality of Zocalo's green room before participating in a panel last month in a "Thinking L.A." event co-sponsored by UCLA.

Drawing lessons from the Northridge earthquake and many more since, dozens of UCLA researchers are helping ensure that we are better prepared for future quakes.

Two UCLA sociologists reveal the logic behind the tough gambles movie studios make — and the financial results of success or failure at the box office.

Daniel J.B. Mitchell is a professor emeritus of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and Luskin School of Public Affairs. This was adapted from a commentary that appeared in a weekly column of the Employment Policy Research Network.Every once in...

Benjamin Britten Continuing the long and fruitful relationship between UCLA and the L.A. Opera, prolific conductor James Conlon will present a series of lectures on the works of British composer Benjamin Britten beginning Thursday, Feb. 6. The...

The online master’s degree program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been ranked the No. 2 online engineering program in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

This mild, summerish winter we're experiencing is making it easy to forget what season we are in without consulting the calendar. January? Really?

UCLA professor Mark Kleiman says that getting rid of prohibition throws up problems that call for smarter policies.

The powerful Gemini Planet Imager, with an advanced spectrometer designed at UCLA, has collected its first set of images and spectra from several distant planetary systems.

In the debate about which plant and animal species endangered by climate change should be rescued and which are expendable, a small band of UCLA botanists is fervently championing a desert plant most of us have never seen or heard of.

In 2013, people with unique experience and expertise in world affairs on many levels came from every corner of the globe to participate in events at the UCLA International Institute and its affiliated centers. 

Rep. Raul Ruiz, a 1994 graduate, was dubbed by Politico as a freshman lawmaker most likely to succeed. The 41-year-old California Democrat from the Coachella Valley is a member of No Labels, a group of almost 100 Republicans and Democrats dedicated to ending partisan gridlock.

A huge, historic off-campus facility gives UCLA architecture grad students the opportunity to explore how robotic technology can help design intelligent buildings.

University of California medical centers and physicians are playing an important part in helping increase access to health care through the federal Affordable Care Act.   The law is expected to expand health insurance coverage to millions of...

Because such infections are the most common reason for antibiotic use among all children, the costs associated with them are under more scrutiny than ever by health care and government administrators.

The two-and-a-half-year UCLA study found that the protein expression of a typical gene is influenced by many more genetic variants than previously thought.

Researchers also found that black patients tend to fare worst after diagnosis, while Asians and Hispanics survive the longest with the disease.

The online master’s degree program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been ranked the No. 2 online engineering program in the country by U.S. News and World Report.   UCLA is the highest-ranked...

  There’s something smelly about researcher Christina Agapakis’ recent work — which is just as she intended.Emitting odors that range from fragrant to fetid are nearly a dozen one-of-a-kind, designer cheeses that Agapakis, a...

Camping out in comfort. Students stake their claim to the best seats for the Jan. 9 men's basketball game between UCLA and No. 1-ranked Arizona. Photo by Christelle Snow, UCLA. Several hundred students camped out (one group even had a big-screen...

Jarrahi is among 102 scientists and engineers to receive this year's award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on researchers in the early stages of their careers.

Telling a crop-fertilizing strain from its potential bioterrorist-agent cousin is tricky, said researchers whose bioinformatics analysis shed light on the Burkholderia bacteria genus.

"Many of these are the first rocks that formed anywhere in the solar system," curator John Wasson said of the gallery's 1,500 meterorite specimens.

Brenda E. Stevenson is professor of history at UCLA. She is the past chair of the history department and past chair of Afro-American Studies. Her books include the award-winning "Life in Black and White: Family and Community in the Slave...