New book sparks a national conversation around its central premise: Was Austen ahead of her time as a romance strategist? "Sir, you flatter me," Austen responds from the dead.

If you want to know how the public feels about the cities of New York, Los Angeles or Chicago, you don’t have to do extensive polling or launch in-depth surveys. Just look at how they are portrayed in hit movies, suggest new findings from a...

Amsterdam fashion designer Iris Van Herpen collaborated with architect and UCLA lecturer Julia Koerner on the making of this dress using 3-D printing. It debuted in the haute couture show in Paris in January. A video at the end of this story shows...

The UCLA scholars are among 198 new fellows of the academy, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and policy research centers.

John Villasenor is professor of electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. This op-ed was posted on Slate on April 23,...

John Ullmen John Ullmen is a lecturer on leadership at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and overseas MotivationRules.com. Dr.Mark Goulston, is a business psychiatrist, executive consultant, keynote speaker and co-founder of Heartfelt...

At 15, Debra Duardo was already the mother of a baby with a birth defect that required nearly a dozen surgeries in his first fragile year of life. Her future seemed limited to the Kentucky Fried Chicken where she worked...

Economic modernization has already created classes of people who are impatient with Putin's paternalistic regime, says UCLA professor of political science Daniel Treisman in an interview with Peggy McInerny, director of communications for the...

"An event like this shows how involved UCLA is with things that span beyond this campus," said a student participaing in the activities, which included a campus walk and blood drive.

Russell Burgos, a lecturer in UCLA's International Institute, has a résumé that pretty much sums up the word eclectic. During his sophomore year at Loyola University Chicago, Burgos joined the Army. Three years later, he went back to college, and...

Retiree health is a benefit employers rarely offer, but UC has chosen to maintain it as part of its employment package. About half of current faculty and staff will be affected by new eligibility rules for retiree health benefits that go into effect...

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco is a distinguished professor and dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Carola Suárez-Orozco is professor of education and co-director of the UCLA Institute for...

A multidisplinary UCLA research team will lead a national effort to determine within weeks, rather than years, if certain drug compounds hold promise for treating the disorder.

  Need your football fix? Come to the annual UCLA Football Spring Showcase on Saturday, April 27, at 5 p.m. at the Rose Bowl. Tailgate on the grounds at 12 p.m. and enjoy a pregame fan zone with food, games and live music from 1-5 p.m....

The research can help us better understand where to look for new meteroid debris that could potentially become dangerous to Earth.

Some 150 years before game theory was used by superpowers during the Cold War, Austen mapped its strategies in all six of her novels, UCLA's Michael Suk-Young Chwe argues.

UCLA went completely tobacco-free today, becoming the first UC campus to do so and one of the largest of more than 1,000 campuses nationwide that are making smoke- or tobacco-free environments the new normal.

There are no ifs, ands or butts about it: UCLA became a tobacco-free campus today. People passing through Bruin Plaza stopped to pick up information on how to quit at an event marking the launch of the new policy. For more information on...

Imagine how much you could save on your electricity bill if you could use the excess heat your computer generates to actually power the machine.

Anne Coscarelli receives clinical care award Anne Coscarelli Anne Coscarelli, director of the Simms/Mann–UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology and member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded the 2013...

UCLA scientits have discovered a molecule that kills potentially dangerous stem cells that fail to differentiate while leaving their differentiated progeny unharmed.

A library director for more than 11 years, Steel has significant leadership experience within the UC system and at Association of Research Libraries institutions. "She brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise and perspective to this critical role," wrote Scott Waugh, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost.

Knowledge of the complex swimming patterns of human and animal sperm could improve understanding of fertilization processes, with potential clinical applications.

In Los Angeles, said professor of architecture Thom Mayne, architects find it difficult to be catalysts for cultural change.

More than 1,000 colleges and universities nationwide have gone smoke or tobacco-free. Next week, UCLA joins the crowd.