An innovative program that serves low-income and uninsured children in Los Angeles has more than tripled preventive dental visits for children from birth to age 5, according to a new UCLA policy brief.

Popular KCRW “Good Food” host Evan Kleiman is treating UCLA students to a thoughtful exploration into issues of food and sustainability in her summer course, “We are Stardust: The Moral Ecology of Food."

New five-year grant supports biomedical research that accelerates the translation of laboratory discoveries into more effective treatments for patients.

Graduation keynote speaker and perennial Extension student Peggie Fariss reminisced about the early '80s when her career with the Walt Disney was at a crossroads.

Researchers found that substances in e-cigarettes damage the top layer of skin cells, which could increase users’ risk for certain diseases.

UCLA researchers conducted the most comprehensive global study to date of constitutional protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Lynn’s firm is among 12 of the best contemporary architecture and design teams chosen from across the country to take on the challenge.

In addition to uncovering interesting insights about the auto industry, the UCLA study offers a new lens through which researchers could analyze cultural and technological change.

The “virtual heart” can simulate tiny, subtle changes in cells and tissues as well as the larger impact on the entire organ.

Prescription drug monitoring programs and laws aimed at preventing opioid abuse are not doing much to stem this growing threat to public health.

'Out of the Shallow End' by Civil Rights Project coordinator Laurie Russman was recently screened at the Director's Guild of America.

Professors Sholmo Benartzi and Alan Castel say that as people age, they tend to focus on positive memories and those blindspots to past negatives can have bad financial consequences.

UCLA students study aging through a prism of disciplines, from biology through public health, and interact with older adults.

Findings from UCLA-led research lend support to the idea that physician assistants and nurse practitioners could fill gap in health care services as nation faces doctor shortage.

Bhaumik, a native of West Bengal, India, played a key role in developing the technology that paved the way for Lasik eye surgery.

A UCLA-led research team used big data analysis and new levels of precision to study three decades of data. The new tool could be useful for studying other regions.

The hospital was recognized in all 10 specialties included in U.S. News and World Report’s rankings — and in the top 20 in nephrology and orthopedics.

President Obama announced a $70 million award today to a nonprofit co-founded by UCLA to create a nationwide Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute.

The recognition “reflects our commitment to delivering the highest quality of care to this community,” said Karen Grimley, UCLA Health’s chief nurse executive.

The public perception is that lobbyists only fight for lax regulations that allow businesses to pollute more. Green firms lobby too.

The L.A. Energy Atlas project, a first-of-its-kind interactive website, enables policymakers and the public to sort energy consumption and emissions by building size, neighborhood and other metrics.

Many midlife and older gay men experience the stress of being part of a sexual minority group. They perceive that they need to conceal their sexual orientation, or that others are uncomfortable with or avoid them because they are gay.

A world-class scientist and educator, Kruglyak is a professor of human genetics and biological chemistry.

Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board and a UCLA faculty member, is a fierce fighter for the environment. She has championed a difficult cause without succumbing to bitterness or wallowing in the polarization that has crippled Sacramento and Washington.

One honoree, UCLA alumna Kelly Dumke, is already working on the front lines in communities in L.A. County against a well-known and entrenched enemy, early childhood obesity.