John Laslett (far left) is a research professor of history and author of "Sunshine Was Never Enough: Los Angeles Workers, 1880-2010." Chris Tilly is a professor of urban planning and director of the Institute for Research on Labor and...

Most of what you think you know about the 2012 presidential race is wrong, suggests a forthcoming book by political scientists at UCLA and George Washington University. They argue in "The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election" that the race was influenced more by the economy than any other factor.

Junior Steven Ng started a non-profit to sell bracelets he designed to raise money for famine relief.

When Peter Clayson was an undergraduate student at Brigham Young University majoring in psychology and Russian, he did scholarly research on the brain science behind cognitive and emotional processing — work that included participating in two...

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alums Battiste Fenwick and Esther Julie-Anne became the first married couple in Telluride’s 40-year history to show two separate projects in the same year. First-time documentary filmmakers and...

By engaging at-risk men in Facebook discussion groups, researchers saw a boost in HIV awareness and prevention. The approach, they said, could work for other diseases as well.

Difficulty swallowing is a common side effect of radiation treatment, but a UCLA study shows that following a regimen of swallowing exercises can significantly minimize the problem.

When government, the media and the public try to make sense of drug policy in America, the expert they turn to is Mark Kleiman, public policy professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Kleiman became the go-to voice on this complex and controversial topic almost by accident.

If you’re looking to satisfy your outdoor theater fix, UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library presents its final Arts on the Grounds performance of the summer this weekend. Artistic Director Annie Loui and the Counter-Balance Theater...

UCLA researchers received four of the 12 CIRM grants to advance promising discoveries using stem cells; no other institution received more than one.

UCLA professor Glen MacDonald notes that threats to water supplies and air quality by California's Rim Fire and the earlier Black Forest Fire in Colorado should send city dwellers an important message: even distant wildfire is part of their lives.

Retired general Wesley Clark, the former supreme commander of NATO, led alliance military forces in the Kosovo war in 1999. He is a senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA. This commentary appeared in Zocalo Public...

With bright sun, free food, an amazing singer and a packed dance floor, thousands of UCLA staff members enjoyed the ninth annual All-Staff Picnic.

Parklets, like this one on Spring Street, have the power to enliven a neighborhood, researchers discovered. Despite their tiny size, parklets — those popular pockets of public space that are formed from parking spaces, alleyways...

Today's strike by low-wage employees at fast-food chains across the nation has started a national conversation about the minimum wage. UCLA has experts.

Every morning and afternoon, Patient Business Services employees at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center push back from their computers, step out of their cubicles and move, stretch or dance to music for the duration of one...

Public schools have shown great improvement in getting and keeping students engaged using a program devised by the directors of UCLA's Center for Mental Health in schools.

Beginning next year, consumers walking into a chain restaurant anywhere in the country will get an eyeful — calorie counts next to their favorite triple-triple burger with extra everything. While many jurisdictions, including California,...

UCLA released this statement Aug. 29 in response to a court ruling concerning Veterans Affairs property and Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Shuhsi Kao, emerita professor in the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies, died Aug. 9 in Madison, Wis. from complications of diabetes, heart disease and lung disease. She was 68.

UCLA Prof Tom Smith has conducted research in the West African nation of Cameroon for 30 years, and sees the country's remarkable biodiversity and resources threatened by much-needed but ill-managed economic growth.

When government, the media and the public try to make sense of drug policy in America, the expert they turn to is Mark Kleiman, public policy professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. A renowned researcher, blogger, author and...

Laurence C. Smith is professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Geography and author of "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future." This article appeared Tuesday, Aug. 27, in Strategy + Business.   As the ice...

As a sports fan with expertise in biomechanical engineering, UCLA professor Vijay Gupta marvels at the efficient, effective way the human body is built. But the head wasn’t designed to withstand the shockwaves resulting from a collision with a 250-pound football player wearing a helmet.

Ten members of the octogenarian Taiwanese Grandriders motorcyclers dropped by Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA Friday. UCLA Health System Chief Operating Officer Shannon O'Kelley (left) greeted the riders, who were finishing a...