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Heather Maynard, Sorin Popa, Marilyn Raphael and Edward Leamer were selected for their achievements in original research.

Christine Borgman, Marjorie Harness Goodwin, Alan Grinnell and Jeffrey Lewis are among the artists, scholars, scientists and leaders chosen this year.

A renowned musicologist widely recognized for his seminal scholarship on Czech and Eastern European music, Beckerman will begin his role this fall.

Mona Jarrahi, Suk-Young Kim, Jingyi Jessica Lee, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni and Park Williams are among a group of 198 new fellows chosen from more than, 3,500 applicants.

The UCLA demographer reflects on the 50th anniversary of the regime’s rise to power.

“We’re trying to educate the next generation of scientists in a different way of thinking,” said Robert Damoiseaux, director of UCLA’s Molecular Screening Shared Resource.

For World Parkinson’s Day, UCLA neurologist and Parkinson’s expert Dr. Jeff Bronstein answered questions about the causes, symptoms and treatment of PD.

UCLA researchers are taking part in the effort to monitor plant and wildlife recovery in the Chaney Trail Corridor, located Northwest of Eaton Canyon.

Businesses that process used concrete have long caused dust pollution for neighbors. Students in a UCLA law clinic are helping find a solution.  

She joined UCLA’s art, design and art history department in 1965 and taught for nearly five decades until retiring in 2012.

The State of the Commute annual report analyzes the commuting behavior of UCLA’s employees and students.

Distinguished professor Raymond Knapp explains how music revives the past, using “Sondheim at 90” as an example.

The LAPD veteran, law professor and UCLA alum says building relationships and clear communication are vital to creating a stronger campus.

The UCLA faculty members are among 471 newly elected AAAS fellows recognized for their significant contributions to the advancement of science.

A Fiat Lux seminar examines the roles of women in motorsports, exploring gender, strategy and cultural narratives.

UCLA researcher’s advances follow successes that enable the blind to see and the paralyzed to walk.

Get updates on the forecast for wildfires, droughts and precipitation in California and the greater Southwest on March 19 at 1 p.m. PT.

The UCLA alum, a filmmaker and scholar, is currently dean of the arts at UC Santa Cruz. She will begin her new role on July 1.

A prolific editor and author, Braunmuller was acclaimed for expertise on Shakespeare and the English Renaissance.

Leamer’s contributions to economic research spanned more than five decades and multiple areas. “It is impossible to overstate his impact,” UCLA Anderson Dean Antonio Bernardo said.

Support and guidance for faculty, students and staff on new directives from Washington, D.C.

The award, which comes with a $2 million prize, recognizes exceptional contributions to technology, engineering and science.

Six faculty members have been named recipients of the award, which is among the most competitive and prestigious available to early-career researchers.

The global figure in transportation and land-use planning earned a dedicated following with his groundbreaking research and book “The High Cost of Free Parking.”

Aydogan Ozcan and Lixia Zhang of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering were among 150 new U.S. and international members announced today.