The gift is from the estate of alumna Mary Lou Steinmetz, continuing her family’s long history of support for the campus.

The study is the most comprehensive published effort to date to identify the source of neurodegeneration across species.

For the last two years volunteers have done work restoring and maintaining the 15-acre garden.

Martin Luther King Jr. once hailed Lawson as the world’s leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.

The United States should provide resources for the mitigation of a possible opioid epidemic in the same way the country provides resources for the ‘war on drugs’ in Mexico, researchers recommend.

Jones, associate director of the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute, received the UCLA Medal for her work to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

The six-year-long study about endocrine treatment is contrary to expectations.

William Worger has made digital copies of ‘Mighty Man’ and ‘Tiger Ingwe,’ which the South African government used to indirectly support apartheid, available to the public.

A new report identifies researchers in 21 fields whose work was most often referenced by other papers from 2006 to 2016.

A preview of the paper that was posted on the website ChemRxiv was downloaded 19,000 times in 24 hours, shattering the site’s previous record of 15,000 downloads in six months.

They are among 416 members so honored by the association for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

A report by UCLA and UC Berkeley experts suggests policies that could help California protect the progress the state made under the Affordable Care Act in expanding health coverage.

Christine Samuel-Nakamura and Mary Rezk-Hanna both earned their doctorates at the UCLA School of Nursing.

Researchers found that lower activity of an enzyme that helps maintain cells’ health along with DNA damage were associated with worse cognitive performance, such as attention and motor skills.

Psychology professor Adriana Galván says her research shows that the right pillow and comfortable bedding can serve as a relatively inexpensive solution.

New report found a significant increase in Latino ballots cast in several states during the November 2018 elections.

UCLA’s Carole Goldberg ‘has singlehandedly created an army of well-trained lawyers, judges and academics.’

Analysis of the 2016 election by Lynn Vavreck and co-authors John Sides and Michael Tesler dispels some myths about the contest.

The institute will continue to provide full two-year scholarships for six to eight international musicians participating in a prestigious master’s degree program.

Advances in genetics and computing helped biologist Tom Smith determine why seedcrackers’ bills vary in size.

Participants in the UCLA program get help changing diets, increasing exercise and adopting new habits.

The life scientists have provided the first cell “atlas” of the hippocampus — the part of the brain that helps regulate learning and memory — when it is affected by traumatic brain injury.

The event featured technology journalists Katie Benner, Nellie Bowles, Sheera Frenkel and Farhad Manjoo.

No research was lost at the La Kretz Center Field Station structure, but the wildfire’s effect on the broader habitat will affect several ongoing studies.

The 24-year-old entrepreneur invented a process that breaks the chemical bonds between plastic molecules, turning material that would otherwise be nonrecyclable into valuable chemicals.