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The event, to be held Oct. 10 at Royce Hall, will be part of the Luskin Lecture Series, which fosters public discussion on issues related to the betterment of society.

“Dressed with Distinction: Garments from Ottoman Syria” features a collection assembled by David and Elizabeth Reisbord and will be on view March 17 through Aug. 18.

The aggregate yearly loss to the U.S. economy from the trade war is about $7.8 billion, according to a working paper by a team of economists that includes UCLA professor Pablo Fajgelbaum.

Energy created by the movement of two materials can be harvested from the surrounding environment and converted to electricity by a triboelectric nanogenerator.

Chancellor Gene Block sent this message to the campus community regarding the shootings at two mosques in New Zealand.

Featured among the 150-plus events: Maggie Nelson, Stan Douglas, Sarah Lucas and Kyle Abraham.

The prize is a $25,000 award that will be given annually to honor a cultural practitioner who has significantly contributed to the advancement, and care of artists in society.

“If young infants are able to pick up social information from such brief clips of vocal behavior, it suggests a biologically evolved sensitivity,” said UCLA professor Gregory Bryant.

The report predicts weaker housing markets into 2020 in California. One bright spot in the outlook is investment in intellectual property, which consists largely of software development; film and TV production; and corporate research and development.

Rankings are based on experts’ opinions about program excellence and on statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research and students.

The U.S. Department of Justice notified UCLA that it is a potential victim of a fraudulent scheme in a criminal case involving one of its coaches.

25 undergraduates who received the scholarships to pursue science, technology, engineering or math degrees visited the cast and crew as the show wraps its final season.

Differences in the amygdala between males and females help to explain why the two sexes behave differently as parents.

The new position honors renowned Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who made substantial contributions to mathematics in the early 1900s.

The UCLA School of Nursing research shows that underhydration and dehydration are likely to be under-recognized and could bring health problems ranging from urinary tract infections to frequent falls.

College Signing Day is a national celebration of all high school seniors and transfer students — especially those underrepresented on campuses — committed to pursuing higher education.

The report finds that the financial and critical success of social impact entertainment proves audiences’ hunger for stories that entertain, engage and inspire.

LL37 molecules, which are found in the immune system, play an important but unexpected role in revving up the body’s self-defense response.

The award is “a hard-won honor that requires a total team effort to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients,” said Karen Grimley, UCLA Health’s chief nurse executive.

As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier.

“This is a pervasive, global problem.... It’s in all types of landscapes — urban, rural and even untouched environments,” says Seth Riley, a co-author of the research.

The study suggests that silencing, or blocking the expression of a particular protein by using a patented technology may offer a new treatment.

Matthew Puckett’s original story about a young Albert Einstein is the latest production from UCLA’s Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program.

As people contemplate their choices for managing appendicitis — antibiotics or surgery — the data from this UCLA research can help ensure they make a fully informed choice.

Solving this structure will pave the way for designing strategies to treat elevated triglyceride levels in the bloodstream.