Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur fellow Jared Diamond, a professor of geography at UCLA, will appear at Royce Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. to discuss his new book. "The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional...

  A three-part documentary series produced by UCTV explores the heartache for those suffering from and coping with Alzheimer's disease and the hope offered by UCLA researchers leading the charge to slow its progress...

The grant funds a unique project that brings together faculty from architecture, urban studies and the humanities to study contemporary issues in four of the world's most complex cities.

Gov. Jerry Brown today (Jan. 10) proposed a state spending plan for the coming fiscal year that would provide a modest boost to the University of California's operating budget for 2013-14.   The state legislature still must agree to the...

"A Portrait of Piotr Kajzer" (1944) is one of 114 drawings by Franciszek Jazwiecki that were created in the concentration camps. Imagine toiling in secrecy, trying to create a drawing on bits of toilet paper or using a nail sharpened on a piece...

As part of its new initiative, UCLA's Burkle Center will work with the UN and other groups to provide writers and producers with ideas, expertise and creative opportunities.

The ruling has affirmed UCLA's commitment to fair business practices and the speedy commercialization of university technologies for the benefit of the public.

UCLA faculty member Tony Tolbert moved out of his home and rented it to a homeless family for $1 a month.

Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state and national security adviser to President George W. Bush and currently on faculty at Stanford University, will be on campus to deliver the 2013 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture on Feb. 27 at 5...

Markov, whose colorful life involved stints as a battlefield courier and farmworker, followed by a long career as a pioneering academic, died Jan. 1. He was 91.

On Jan. 7, critics of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center published a guest opinion column in the Daily Bruin, elaborating on their lawsuit challenging the project. UCLA Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen...

"This is a hidden gem on the UCLA campus," La Kretz said of the seven-acre oasis, which is home to thousands of species of plants. "I'm delighted to be able to lend my support."

Jane Margolis, one of the driving forces behind Center X’s efforts to make computer science accessible to all Los Angeles Unified School District students, particularly students of color, knows from experience that inequities exist in the...

On March 1, UCLA Health System will begin rolling out its electronic health record program, to be used by physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other clinicians and staff members. The new electronic system will allow integration of inpatient and...

A. Janet Tomiyama is a UCLA assistant professor of psychology and director of the Dieting, Stress, and Health Laboratory. The op-ed, which she co-authored, appeared recently in the Huffington Post. It was co-authored by Britt Ahlstrom,...

Prof Daniel Blumstein argues for an new amendment to the constitution to protect people's right to clean air, pure water and the preservation of the environment.

  What happens when a group of young, talented musicians are given free rein in a world-class museum? Things get wild.   See for yourself in the first episode of "Museum Meets Orchestra," a new UCTV Prime documentary series that goes...

For the millions of holiday shoppers who recently spent $42.3 billion for online purchases, the conveniences are irrefutable, from browsing the virtual aisles 24/7 — even from home all cozy in our pajamas — to seeing our stuff...

The ultimate aim of UC survey, the largest of its kind ever in American higher education, is to help foster and maintain a positive, inclusive campus environment for everyone.

UCLA researchers studying mice found that the overall amount of high-fat, high-sugar food one consumes has surprisingly little to do with how obese one becomes.

"The mentoring experience will be profound for us," said Hancock of his and Shorter's new role instructing jazz performance students at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

The new tax legislation that Congress approved on Jan. 1 and President Obama recently signed may affect the 2013 federal income tax withholding on your paychecks.   The tax rate will go up for individuals earning $400,000 or more a year and for...

UCLA, NBC4 and the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs have joined together to co-host a jobs-focused mayoral debate on Monday, Jan. 28, at Royce Hall. The debate will be broadcast live on NBC4 from 7 to 8 p.m. and will...

The Jan. 28 event at UCLA, to be broadcast live on KNBC-Channel 4, will feature the four major candidates discussing issues related to jobs and the economy.

Fourth graders at Earl Warren Elementary School, a Title 1 school located in an economically depressed area of Lake Elsinore, Calif., recently conducted molecular biology research and learned how to extract DNA from split peas using...