The 'Code for the Mission' contest seeks faculty, staff and students to create apps exploring the liberal arts, tackling health care problems and closing the education gap.
The funding from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine will support Dr. John Chute's research aimed at creating new stem cell therapies for use in medical practice.
In clinical trials at UCLA, doctors are seeing major treatment successes with an experimental drug called MK-3475 in two types of cancer with historically low survival rates: metastatic melanoma and lung cancer.
The UCLA community celebrated the addition of a new entrance to UCLA’s Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, the first step in a series of renovations to the seven-acre garden, made possible by donor Morton La Kretz.
Philanthropist and entertainment industry magnate David Geffen received UCLA's highest honor — the UCLA Medal — prior to speaking to the 2014 graduates at the Geffen School of Medicine's Hippocratic Oath ceremony.
"Policymakers should ensure that the impending shift in federal funding does not destabilize institutions that are the backbone of public health in California," UCLA researchers warn.
The transition of the MPTF outpatient health care system into the UCLA Health System gives entertainment industry members access to UCLA’s world-renowned specialty care and services.
In less than 40 years, the number of Asian Americans elected or appointed to public office has jumped from just over 100 to more than 4,000, according to a new political almanac published by UCLA.
Despite the fact that early Japanese immigrants to California faced discrimination on multiple levels, one group that arrived in northern California showed little bitterness, according to a little-known documentary that recently resurfaced after 30 years.
A new report by professors from UCLA and five other universities concludes that climate engineering won't suffice, and we have to cut down the amount of carbon being released into the atmosphere.
A new book by UCLA sociologist Edward T. Walker pulls back the curtain on a lucrative industry of consultants who mobilize public activism as a marketable service.
A small group of law students from UCLA has helped community advocates add their voice to the debate over who should oversee the investigation of inmate abuse and monitor what's going on in L.A. county jails.
"David Geffen exemplifies the spirit of optimism and innovation that is the hallmark of UCLA," said Chancellor Gene Block, who will present the UCLA Medal to the entertainment magnate and philanthropist on May 30.