On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. surgeon general's first report on the hazards of lighting up, there's good news about nurses who smoke: There are a lot less of them.

Lee Baca, Los Angeles County sheriff since 1998, is expected to announce his retirement amid a federal investigation into abuse and misconduct by his department at Los Angeles County jails. UCLA has faculty with related expertise.

Dr. Jody Heymann is dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and distinguished professor of epidemiology, medicine and public policy at UCLA. Prior to this, she held a Canada Research Chair in...

While some oft-cited labor statistics suggest that the average American worker will have as many as seven careers over his or her lifetime, many researchers say that number is implausibly high. But Dr. James I. Ausman has come close.   In the...

Fowler Out Loud will feature a free concert by jazz trio The Chrio on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. The Chrio is led by jazz studies major Harmony Chua, with bass from Nashir Janmohamed and drums by David Laudicina. The Chrio will improvise on themes...

Join the UCLA Film and Television Archive in celebrating the career of Emmy-award winning director Robert Butler at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 24. Butler, who directed pilot episodes of such series as "Hogan’s Heroes," "Star Trek"...

The research, showing that we perceive risk-seeking individuals to be taller and stronger than those who are risk-averse, may have implications for law enforcement, the prison system and the military.

Did you end up enrolled in the wrong medical plan for 2014?   UC made significant changes to its medical plan offerings for 2014, and some faculty and staff who did not make selections during Open Enrollment may have been defaulted to a plan...

Doctors caring for Ariel Sharon, the 85-year-old former general and prime minister of Israel who has been in a vegetative state since suffering a brain hemorrhage in 2006, say the leader is nearing death as his organs fail. UCLA experts can discuss Sharon's military and political legacy, as well as his physical condition.

Dr. Brad Spellberg is a professor of medicine at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He is the co-author of "Rising Plague: The Global Threat from Deadly Bacteria and Our Dwindling Arsenal to Fight Them."...

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block issued a statement Jan. 2 regarding the American Studies Association vote endorsing an academic boycott of Israel.

The UCLA men’s basketball team opens its Pac-12 schedule at home against crosstown rival USC this Sunday at 12 p.m. Led by sophomore guard Jordan Adams, the high-scoring Bruins (14th in the country at 85.5 ppg) are 11-2 and the team is off to...

Women’s Swimming and Diving may be one of UCLA’s lesser-known sports, but it springs into the new season with plenty of promise.

The man who edits and publishes Martin Luther King Jr.’s papers isn’t just a scholar of the civil rights movement. Clayborne Carson lived it.

UCLA is at the forefront of applying digital technology to news and the social sciences.

Decades ago, the legendary photographer trained his camera’s eye on the University of California campuses and took hundreds of shots of UCLA.

The 41-year-old California Democrat is dedicated to ending partisan gridlock.

UCLA and UC have signed a “master agreement” for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), which will be the most powerful and advanced ever built.

Find out how campus buildings got their names.

Chris McKinlay met fellow Bruin Christine Tien Wang while studying the science behind OkCupid.

UC Online Education in partnership with systemwide Human Resources — Employee Relations, is offering a 33 percent discount on UCOE courses for the term beginning January 2014, on a pilot basis.   Registration is open now. To see the...

The University of California looked back upon 2013 as a year marked by transition and celebration — starting with several changes in leadership.   UC President Janet Napolitano chats with members of the UC Santa Cruz women's soccer...

The Stein Eye Institute is in the midst of one of the largest transformations in its history, and the groundbreaking of the Edie and Lew Wasserman Building in October 2010 signaled a beginning of exciting new changes to come.   The UCLA...

Hair follicle stem cells, the cells of origin for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, a common skin cancer, cannot initiate cancer growth during their quiescent phase, UCLA researchers found.

For many, the holiday season produces stress and anxiety that can amplify behavioral problems and lead to depression or uncharacteristic behavior. UCLA has experts who can help explain the issues.