UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection."As we've gotten to this sort of zero-tolerance mentality, that kind of policy has been especially applied to poor kids...

GSE&IS master's student Lawrence Grey Berkowitz won one of the 2013 Rishwain Social Justice Entrepreneurship Awards for his work teaching arts and computer skills to students in low-income neighborhoods through his electronic music class. Watch the video.

A study comparing the gestures of a baby chimpanzee, bonobo and human provides new insights into the origins of language and the co-evolution of gestures and speech.

  Each morning as the gate to fenced-in Gladys Park is unlocked, homeless men and women move in from wherever they have spent the night on downtown L.A.’s skid row. One group gathers near the portable bathroom stalls in the park; others...

The Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences will foster innovative instruction and feature state-of-the-art technology, while providing much-needed amenities for students.

The new pluripotent stem cells, which were isolated as the result of a "scientific accident," could prove a boon to regenerative medicine, UCLA researchers say.

The former U.N. secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize laureate delivered UCLA's second annual Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership on May 30.

An advisor calls Chanell Grismore 'one of the most charismatic and gifted leaders' he's met. The native of Inglewood, Calif., made community service a focal point of her years at UCLA.

"It's not a recovery. It's not even normal growth," director Edward Leamer says in the Forecast's latest quarterly outlook. "It's bad."

Brettler, who is completing his M.F.A. in screenwriting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, recently won the $50,000 Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize awarded annually to the best student screenplay in the nation that uses science and technology themes or characters to tell an engaging story.

Ambassador Ryan Crocker identified three top priorities for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East when he delivered the annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace organized by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations on May 30.

UCLA study finds that more intense surveillance and treatment in the first two years after diagnosis could reduce the chance that the disease returns.

Ambassador Ryan Crocker identified three top priorities for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East when he delivered the annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace organized by the UCLA Burkle Center for International...

UCLA vocal studies chair Michael Dean coaches graduating seniors Shannon Foley and Ashley Yoon, who will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at commencement ceremonies on June 14 at Pauley Pavilion.

The sweet scent of strawberries and other locally grown produce attracted students, faculty and passersby to the last Farmers' Market of the academic year in Bruin Plaza Thursday. "I’ve been here twice today,” said first-year...

Students on The Hill swapped hundreds of books, clothes, electronic items and more during the End-of-Year Exchange at DeNeve Plaza last Saturday afternoon. Sponsored by the On-Campus Housing Council, a student organization, the event was...

Shlomo Benartzi (far left) is professor at the Anderson School of Management. John Payne is at Duke University, where he is the Joseph J. Ruvane Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Fuqua School of Business, as well as professor of...

Classics major David Shamash and communications major Serena Lee were chosen to speak to the College of Letters and Science's dual ceremonies at Pauley Pavilion.

UCLA's Film and Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program present a very special evening with the legendary Kirk Douglas as part of their celebration of Burt Lancaster's enduring legacy on the centennial of his birth...

The gene mutation that causes Fragile X syndrome results in misshapen neurons and leads to hyperexcitable brain networks, UCLA researchers say.

UCLA Department of Art seniors will be showcasing their work this week at an end-of-year exhibition. This year's exhibition is titled "Loading Zone." An opening reception will be held Thursday, June 6 from 5 to 8...

In a preliminary test by UCLA researchers, 38 percent of patients with advanced skin cancer who took the drug saw confirmed improvement.

The pulse oximetry test, which becomes mandatory statewide July 1, has been routinely offered by Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA as part of its early detection program.

UCLA spine surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Wang loves professional football, but he often winces when he watches players hit the ground.   "I don’t think the average sports fan understands the physical consequences of playing football," said...

Susanna Hecht is a professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and is also on faculty in the Department of Geography and affiliated with UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Her new book,...