Nearly 2,000 UCLA alumni and friends are expected to gather on campus this Saturday (May 18) to participate in the annual UCLA Alumni Day, which will feature speeches and activities for professional networking and personal growth.

"I've saved people's lives. I'm a pretty smart guy," said Jorge Gonzalez, 24, who returned home to East L.A. after four years of military service in Iraq. "I thought that counted for something."   Gonzalez was ready to find a job and begin a...

Dr. Susan Partovi is a family medicine physician and a volunteer instructor at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and the medical director for Homeless Health Care Los Angeles. This op-ed was originally published in the Los Angeles Times on May...

Mark Wise, trained at the United States Air Force Academy as an Army infantry officer, was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 as a platoon leader, where he suffered severe injuries when an explosive device detonated just inches away from him. He...

Faculty and staff whose to-do lists include items like "schedule an eye exam" or "get new glasses" can look forward to taking care of these tasks on campus when a new full-service optometry center opens summer 2014 at Ackerman Student Union....

UCLA's Alumni Association honors six alumni on May 17 for outstanding achievement in their professional fields and contributions to society.

Sharon Belkin, a UCLA biological artist who provided graphics for medical research for 18 years before she retired, is one of 26 emeriti whose work will be showcased at the Sylvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti Arts and Crafts Exhibit on Tuesday, May 21,...

University of California President Mark Yudof presented the Board of Regents Wednesday a report that charted the significant changes of the past six years and offered a candid assessment of how UC is performing today.   Yudof, who will step...

UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection. "We're always counting on science to tell us where we came from." David Paige, professor in the UCLA Department of...

In the midst of a raging national debate on how Americans use marijuana, a team of student researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is collecting data that could help separate marijuana fact from fiction. Led by social welfare...

University of California students remain highly satisfied with their education overall, and with their access to courses needed to graduate, according to a survey of UC undergraduates released this week.   Despite dramatic reductions in state...

In addition to changing HDL from "good" to "bad," the inhalation of emissions activates other components of oxidation, the early cell and tissue damage that causes inflammation, leading to hardening of the arteries.

Their breakthrough findings could potentially help scientists develop new treatments for Alzheimer's, stroke and other conditions involving damage to the hippocampus.

Canyon Diablo, a 357-pound chunk of a meteor that slammed into Earth 50,000 years ago, sits center stage at UCLA's new Meteorite Museum. Nearly 50,000 years ago, an asteroid fragment slammed into Earth approximately 40 miles east of what is...

On Monday, May 13, UCLA officially kicked off its first annual Diversity Symposium, a weeklong series of programs ending May 18— including keynote speakers, lectures, film screenings, workshops and exhibits —  to promote diversity...

Using a novel method for measuring land-based temperatures, UCLA researchers found the region is now 10 to 14 degrees hotter than 20,000 years ago, during the last ice age.

UCLA faculty and industry professionals will participate in panels, discussions and events that chart a dynamic new future for architecture in L.A. and beyond.

Marjorie Faulstrich Orellana is an associate professor of education in the division of urban school at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Her research interests involve sociocultural and ethnographic approaches to the...

What does French stoneware from the 19th century have in common with the camera used to make Hollywood’s first feature movie and a miniature etching bearing the well-known slogan, “War is unhealthy for children and other living...

The Human Rights & International Criminal Law Online Forum, started by law professor Richard Steinberg and his students, has become a closely watched international "moot court" that more than 100,000 people have visited to read opinions written by top international jurists, legal scholars, lawyers and policymakers.

Angela Horne appointed new head of Anderson School Library Angela Horne has been appointed head of the Eugene and Maxine Rosenfeld Management Library at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Horne came to UCLA from the Catherwood,...

The University of California today announced it will seek a restraining order against the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union, in response to an announcement from the union that it is asking UC patient care and service employees to strike at UC medical centers May 21–22.

Understanding the plant's unique genetic makeup could lead scientists to new ideas about how to extend the healthy lives of humans and agricultural crops.

Annelie Rugg rides from West Hills in the San Fernando Valley, crossing the Santa Monica Mountains.

Studying human neural cells — as opposed to laboratory mice — was a key advance because the disease affects people and animals differently.