UCLA study shows that community-based interventions lead to better health outcomes in both mothers and children.

The new Parent Worker Project, run out of the UCLA Labor Center in partnership with SEIU United Service Workers West/Building Skills Partnership, helps janitors become effective advocates in their children’s education, starting with pre-school through third grade.

With an organic salad bar in the middle of campus, one of the nation’s healthiest dining halls and a hospital cafeteria with an array of locally grown produce, UCLA is becoming an ever-easier place to eat sustainably.

Campus will use $2.1 million to launch the NIH Diversity Program Consortium Coordination and Evaluation Center.

Rejeana Mathis, 2014-25 president of UCLA Staff Assembly, has led hundreds of staff and faculty in dozens of classes, workshops and retreats in her role as a management development coordinator with Campus Human Resources.

The star-studded fundraiser featured tributes to artist Mark Bradford, musician Joni Mitchell and a performance by pop singer Sia.

A landmark UCLA study makes a persuasive argument for the routine clinical use of DNA sequencing as a tool for diagnosing children with rare genetic disorders.

A state court judge ruled that the university was in full compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act when planning the the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, now under construction on campus.

Nearly 1,100 students from Washington Preparatory High School, located in southeast Los Angeles County, heard senior leaders from UCLA deliver a simple but inspiring message: A UC education is within your reach.

“Round Trip: Bicycling Asia Minor, 1891” opens Dec. 14 and features 42 black-and-white photos from the historic trip.

A UCLA-led study says that the risk-assessment tools currently used failed to predict the majority of women who later experienced major fractures.

The findings could eventually lead to radiation and chemotherapy treatments that are more effective for people with cancer and other blood-related diseases.

UCLA Parents’ Weekend returns to campus for the 15th year, bringing more than 4,000 together to experience the best of what UCLA has to offer.

Dr. James Economou, a tumor immunologist and UCLA’s vice chancellor for research, received one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

On Oct. 22 and 23, Joseph Martinus, a fourth-year English major and professionally trained chef, will be presenting three interactive cooking demonstrations as part of UCLA’s Food Day celebration.

After 10 years of research at UCLA, the first mobile website to function as a storytelling trail guide to help people explore the past, present and future of certain downtown L.A. neighborhoods —  as they walk, bike or skateboard in those locations — was unveiled.

The drill was designed to test the hospital’s plan and processes for caring for people with Ebola.

Research funded by the grant will help scientists understand how disrupted genes affect brain structure, both in healthy individuals and in those with neurologic and psychiatric diseases.

Stability is the watchword for this fall’s Open Enrollment. All of the current medical plans will be available in 2015, with a few benefits enhancements and no major changes.

UCLA police are searching for a man who displayed a handgun to a student in Westwood early Friday morning.

Two UCLA pediatricians write about the societal risks that result from working- and middle-class parents being forced to choose between paying for their children’s medical expenses and household bills.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation lauded UCLA for its commitment to equitable, inclusive medical care for LGBT patients and their families.

A new report on college costs and accessibility shows that the University of California’s financial aid program has shielded low-income students and their families from tuition increases caused by substantial declines in state funding for higher education.

Public policy professor John Villasenor calls for a thorough reexamining of safety measures and recommends more rigorous training protocols to protect those charged with treating people who are sick.

New UCLA research may lead to dramatically fewer bladder infections following spinal cord injuries and other traumatic injuries — infections that can cause kidney damage, and even death.