On the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Dr. Jody Heymann, dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and founding director of the WORLD Policy Analysis Center, and co-authors Kristen Savage and Aleta Sprague examine the progress made toward securing children’s rights around the world.

Professor emeritus of anthropology Peter Hammond, who traveled the world for his academic studies and ethnographic research, died on Oct. 4 in Los Angeles. He was 86.

Researchers suggest that practicing the ancient Chinese martial art could potentially lower the risk for cancer recurrence and other chronic diseases in cancer survivors.

Jeffery F. Miller, a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, is the new director of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh announced today.

The University of California Board of Regents announced it will consider a new five-year plan for low, predictable tuition that will provide funding to increase access for California students, maintain the university’s robust financial aid program and invest in educational quality.

The world has backed away from supporting contraception in the developing world because of politics, said the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

For over 15 years, the Senior Fellows Leadership Program has been helping to prepare UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs students for careers as change agents in the world by pairing them with leaders in their fields as mentors.

The technique, developed by researchers from UCLA and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, shows promise in powering the next generation of particle accelerators.

Two scholars — one from UCLA and another from Chapman University — discuss the importance of train transportation in L.A.'s history and whether or not rail will play an integral role in the city's future.

The UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress will work with the defense department to train health specialists who work on military bases to provide assistance for military families affected by traumatic stress.

The disease may be more harmful than previously thought, say UCLA researchers, who found genetic damage is present not only in the lungs but also in circulating blood.

With an office full of antique projectors known as “magic lanterns” and a conviction to retell media history, Erkki Huhtamo has pioneered the field of media archaeology.

Digital media artist Refik Anadol and UCLA design students will produce an explosion of images aligned with the gestures and body language of LA Philharmonic conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Scientists explained the bizarre object in the center of the Milky Way that some astronomers believed was a hydrogen gas cloud headed toward our galaxy’s enormous black hole.

UCLA researchers have developed a standard to assess how closely stem cell culture conditions in the lab resemble a developing embryo.

That most people have never heard of Hatshepsut — a pharaoh of ancient Egypt, who was the greatest female ruler of the ancient world — is emblematic of the challenges women have always faced in politics, writes UCLA Egyptologist Kara Cooney.

Kelly Schmader, UCLA assistant vice chancellor for facilities management, served 28 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps.

Tigon Abalos, a dental student at UCLA, a Army veteran and former refugee from Vietnam, will draw on her deep appreciation for her service experience when she speaks at UCLA’s annual Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 10.

UCLA professor Lynn Vavreck writes in The New York Times that if the Democrats lose the Senate, it would follow recent electoral history for the party of an unpopular president. Also, watch a video of Vavreck speaking about political TV ads.

If also approved by two Academic Senate bodies, the proposal would require all College undergraduates to complete a course focused on diversity.

UCLA officials went downtown on Wednesday to recognize campus programs that serve communities throughout Los Angeles County and, together with volunteer ambassadors, met with local officials to discuss UCLA's public service efforts in each of their respective districts.

The app was developed to better serve magazine readers in the digital age and bring them the very best of UCLA arts, athletics, entertainment and discovery.

Two facilities heavily used by UCLA students and intercollegiate athletic teams have reopened following completion of flood-damage repairs.

UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library urges you to consult a 1665 treatise on the seven signs that witchcraft or necromancy is behind your ailments.

Study by UCLA and Rand Corporation found that three states that enacted malpractice reform saw no change in doctors’ use of expensive imaging tests and rates of hospitalization following emergency visits.