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José Luiz Passos — “Zé” to his friends and students — is one of the rising new stars of Brazilian literature. A professor of Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures at UCLA, Passos has published two novels...

Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, recently responded to a few quirky questions in the informality of Zocalo's green room before participating in a panel last month in a "Thinking L.A." event co-sponsored by UCLA.

In the debate about which plant and animal species endangered by climate change should be rescued and which are expendable, a small band of UCLA botanists is fervently championing a desert plant most of us have never seen or heard of.

While some oft-cited labor statistics suggest that the average American worker will have as many as seven careers over his or her lifetime, many researchers say that number is implausibly high. But Dr. James I. Ausman has come close.   In the...

To visually capture life’s unpredictability, UCLA professor Casey Reas creates stunning art using a computer language he co-created.

 Catherine Opie, whose photographs have been exhibited in some of the finest art museums and galleries in the United States, Europe and Japan, will soon be showing her newest work to people on the run.

If you’re currently enrolled in one of the four UC medical plans that are being discontinued, make your changes now. Open Enrollment closes on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. Discontinued plans include Anthem Blue Cross PLUS or PPO, Anthem Lumenos...

Two prominent faculty members in the College of Letters and Science cemented their legacy of distinction at UCLA by making a joint testamentary pledge of $1 million.

New faculty have expertise that help redirect UCLA’s approach to Japanese studies, to include study of anime, manga and other Japanese popular culture.

In this Q&A, UCLA law professor Stuart Banner talks about his new book documenting the litigious history of America’s national pastime.

Yancey, perhaps best known as the creator of "Instant Recess", an award-winning program dedicated to "making America healthier 10 minutes at a time," died April 23 of lung cancer.

A new entrepreneur-in-residence program (EIR) launched at UCLA this month comes to the aid of campus inventors by bringing in experienced entrepreneurs to provide guidance and advice.

The 134 students taking Ken Kragen’s inaugural Music Industry 106 class, "Stardom Strategies for Musicians," are primed to expect the unexpected. It started on the first day of class, taught by the longtime music industry...

In his new book, Berend analyzes the economic and social causes of the European recession of 2008-12 and says flaws in the EU should have been a clear warning of impending economic troubles.

Arguably the most collaborative space on campus, where disciplines like computer science, urban planning, Near Eastern languages and cultures and interactive mapping collide into creative scholarship.

Lloyd S. Shapley, a professor emeritus of economics and mathematics at UCLA, has been awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He shares the award with Harvard University economist Alvin E. Roth.