Environmental law report suggests policies that could help San Joaquin Valley gain from high-speed rail, but the region must plan now to reap the benefits.

A suite of intimate, thematic exhibitions mounted this fall will highlight more than 800 artworks from the UCLA Fowler Museum's vast, acclaimed global collections.

For third consecutive year, the magazine names UCLA among the nation's best, based on measures such as social mobility, research and service.

A new weekly coaches' radio show, the Bruin Insider Show, will begin airing this Tuesday from 7-8 p.m., live from Barney's Beanery in Westwood on KLAC (570AM).   UCLA head football coach Jim Mora on air. UCLA head football coach Jim Mora...

This 2-millimeter-thick polymer has shown early promise as a way to decrease the risk of concussions. As a sports fan with expertise in biomechanical engineering, UCLA professor Vijay Gupta marvels at the efficient, effective way the human...

Steven L. Spiegel is professor of political Science and director of the Center for Middle East Development at UCLA, and also provides assistance to Middle East programs at the statewide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation of the UC San...

A team led by Aydogan Ozcan has developed a smartphone add-on that would allow people at risk for diabetes, kidney disease and other ailments to test themselves instead of having to visit a doctor.

Every day, the interlacing towers perform a tiny pirouette to the sun — bending away in the rising light and heat, circling back as the day darkens. When the wind blows, the towers shiver. The resulting cracks threaten Simon Rodia's creation.

The research findings support the need to incorporate better diets and regular exercise, as opposed to concentrating on weight loss alone, to improve children's long-term well-being.

UCLA expert on marijuana policy proposes that the U.S. attorney general allow state-licensed production and sales, and focus resources on cooperating with states to shut down illegal growing.

 

Captain America, Spider-Man and their fellow superheroes wowed kids at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA Wednesday when they swooped in to wash the windows five stories up in the pediatric unit.

Beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, people driving east on Wilshire Boulevard will not be able to get on the I-405 northbound ramp because of construction.   The closure will be in effect 24 hours a day for 90 days with an estimated...

Jon Christensen is an adjunct assistant professor and Pritzker fellow in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the department of history at the UCLA. This article appeared Aug. 21 in The New Yorker.   The Hyperloop,...

UCLA researchers found that each Part D patient, as well as the government, could save hundreds by substituting generic or therapeutic alternatives for brand-name drugs.

Developed by researchers at UCLA and Charles R. Drew University of Science and Medicine, the intervention takes a holistic, culturally sensitive approach.

Brett Hundley (left) and the Bruins are getting ready to take on Nevada in their season opener Saturday, Aug. 31, in the first of six home games scheduled for the Rose Bowl. Faculty and staff can purchase season tickets with reserved seating for...

Brenda Stevenson is a UCLA professor of history and African-American studies, as well as author of "Life in Black and White: Family and Community in the Slave South" and the forthcoming book "What is Slavery?" This op-ed appeared Aug. 19 on the...

With $512 million in gifts and pledges, UCLA reached historic fundraising heights for the fiscal year ending June 30. The amount is UCLA's largest ever for a single fiscal year, surpassing the previous high of $509 million, set in 2001–02. A...

Nearly 58,000 donors contributed to help UCLA surpass the campus's ambitious $500 million goal, strengthening progress toward a more self-reliant future.

Using an advanced MRI technique, researchers determined that elevated iron levels in the hippocampus were associated with the destruction of myelin and tissue damage characteristic of the disease.

Teresa Barnett and her staff at UCLA Library’s Center for Oral History Research document the history of Los Angeles and its environs. They have 1,216 interviewees so far on the history of the film industry, mayoral politics, the civil rights movement and institutions like UCLA.

Los Angeles Laker Jordan Farmar, a former Bruin, stopped by UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, to visit sick kids and cancer patients.

Five UCLA graduate students and a recent graduate, led by professor Eric Hoek, traveled by bus, truck, ferry and seaplane then hiked jungle paths in 100-degree heat to reach 16 villages and settlements in Fiji to assess their drinking water.

UCLA Anderson School of Management students produce report that shows sports have a $4.1 billion annual impact on the economy in Los Angeles and Orange counties.