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The admitted students, including 9,263 California residents, are expected to make up UCLA's most ethnically, geographically and socioeconomically diverse class to date.

UCLA researchers found that people who live up 1.5 kilometers away from freeways — a greater distance than previously thought — are exposed to pollutants each day.

The UC Berkeley professor will discuss his new book, "Improbable Scholars," at a UCLA Graduate School of Eduction and Information Studies event on April 24.

Four UCLA faculty members are among an esteemed group of 175 of scholars, artists and scientists from the United States and Canada to receive 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships. The new fellows were chosen from a pool of nearly 3,000 applicants.   The...

By understanding how aggressive or likely to spread certain subtypes are, oncologists can tailor therapies that are more effective and potentially less damaging.

The U.S. need a complete "rethink" on the role government can play in encouraging certain economic policies for the nation's benefit, professor Stuart Schweitzer argues.

The half-day event will feature Chancellor Gene Block, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, journalists, and experts from UCLA, nonprofits and government.

A drug-delivery system utilizing nanodiamonds, byproducts of mining and refining operations, significantly reduced the size of tumors in mice with "triple-negative" breast cancer.

The researchers say the newly synthesized form of niobium oxide could one day help provide rapid power to systems as diverse as urban electrical grids and hybrid vehicle brakes.

The FDA designation should speed development for a promising breast cancer treatment being tested at UCLA.

"Everyone in the field wants to know what telomerase looks like, and there it was. I was so excited, I could hardly breathe," said UCLA biochemist Juli Feigon.

The "entirely illogical" finding from a new UCLA study suggests new approaches for treating persistent viral infections like HIV and hepatitis C.

Doctors at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center have become the first on the West Coast to perform a new, less-invasive procedure to help clear plaque-ridden carotid arteries.

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

"Kofi Annan's pursuit of peace, human rights and improved living conditions ... are shining examples of the ideals we embrace at UCLA," Chancellor Gene Block said. Annan will speak May 30.

The UCLA Department of Music is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this spring.

Understanding how turtles protect their hearts and brains from long-term oxygen deprivation may one day improve treatments for heart attacks and strokes in humans.

Faculty and students from the UCLA School of Nursing will present new findings at the annual Western Institute of Nursing Conference, which runs from April 11 to 13 in Anaheim, Calif.

Heightened exposure to air pollution was associated with increases in lymphoblastic leukemia, germ-cell tumors and retinoblastoma, the study shows.

It is critical to study different populations to understand if current genetic findings in autism can be generalized to a broader population, said Dr. Daniel Geschwind.

"I thought undergraduates who never served should have some idea what it's like so they can think about veterans' issues in a more nuanced way," psychology major Andrew Nicholls says.

The funds will establish the UCLA–First 5 LA Children's Dental Care Program, which will benefit residents of underserved communities, who are at high risk for dental disease.

Researchers found that individuals with higher stroke risk performed worse on cognitive tests, and their brain scans showed evidence of plaques and tangles found Alzheimer's.

The institute will pioneer advancements in pediatric medicine in four key research areas: the brain and behavior; nutrition and metabolism; cancer; and inflammation, infection and immunity.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design presents a series of public events this spring, including lectures and exhibitions.