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Racial diversity does make a marked difference to television's bottom line, said UCLA's Darnell Hunt, director of the Bunche Center for African American Studies and author of the new study.

The Galaxy Health program, designed jointly by UCLA and USC, debuted at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center in 2012 and has demonstrated the benefit of intuitive and inexpensive health care interventions.

Later in life, persons with the 22q11.2 deletion are at an increased risk of developing severe psychopathology, particularly schizophrenia, as well as depression and anxiety disorder.

The department presents faculty and student recitals and performances in various genres, as well as visiting artists of national and international renown.

The lawsuit challenges how the university collects certain taxes at its guest facilities, including the planned Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center.

UCLA has been rated the No. 12 university in the world in the prestigious Times Higher Education annual rankings, moving up one spot from last year.

UCLA researchers found that the drug stimulated receptors in CD4 T cells that allowed these immune cells to be infected, leading to new production of the virus.

The funds will further UCLA's standing as a leader in environmental research, a campus that cares about access for all students, and a vital community resource for the arts.

The donation, part of a larger $20 million gift, will help UCLA's environmental institute study and create solutions to the global challenges of the 21st century.

UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance (WACD) is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall.

A grant of $12 million from the NIH recognizes the UC's potential to translate leading-edge discoveries into innovative products that benefit patients.

The Department of Ethnomusicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers a series of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the fall quarter, including performances and academic lectures.

Mice fed a fatty diet gained more than twice as much as other mice and were far more likely to develop pancreatic lesions known to be precursors to cancer.

The effects of childhood abuse and a lack of parental affection can last a lifetime, taking a toll both emotionally and physically, UCLA researchers say.

Discussion — in Spanish and English — will focus on the importance of closing the Latino education gap and increasing the number of Latino students who go on to higher education.

UCLA chemical engineering researchers have created a new synthetic metabolic pathway for breaking down glucose that could lead to a 50 percent increase in the production of biofuels.   The new pathway is intended to replace the natural...

The new Teaching and Learning Center will bring medical instruction into the 21st century, with a focus on cutting-edge technologies and innovative teaching methods.

UCLA's new high-speed microscopy technique, which was inspired by wireless communications, is some 10 times faster than current fluorescence-imaging technologies.

"We have finally found what powers Earth's aurora and radiation belts," said UCLA's Vassilis Angelopoulos. "It took many years ... but it has certainly paid off."

The new endowment will help foster youth focus on their studies by providing grants to cover tutoring, mental health services, summer housing and unforeseen school expenses.

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's 2013–14 theater season will feature 12 exciting new and returning events, incuding plays, opera and musical theater.

Joined by his older brother in the Class of 2017, Luke Vellotti plans to study math and computer science while he continues using his chess skills to help others.

A campaign will raise private funds for a comprehensive training facility to be located on the west side of Spaulding Field, the practice field for the Bruin football team.

In a clinical trial, patients whose doctors were given access to early brain scans showed better executive function, memory and overall cognitive ability over a two-year period.

Enthusiasm and optimism were in the hearts and minds of thousands of incoming UCLA students representing 54 countries, 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam at this afternoon’s annual UCLA New Student Welcome.