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Seventy percent enrolled in either two- or four-year colleges, but only 25 percent went on to earn a college degree within six years.

This donation from alumnus A. Barry Cappello will provide scholarship support and extensive training opportunities for students interested in becoming trial attorneys.

A UCLA study finds that few teens do well with less than seven hours a night; more than 11 hours is sub-optimal too.

The study suggests a new possible framework for treating people with familial hypercholesterolemia, an inherited condition characterized by extremely high levels of LDL, the so-called “bad cholesterol.”

UCLA researchers’ study using zebrafish shows how the disease turns a repair mechanism into one that damages nerve cells. The findings could lead to treatments to prevent nerve damage in leprosy and other diseases.

The group’s research will aim to identify new strategies for combating cytomegalovirus, a frequent cause of organ rejection.

UCLA anthropologist Susan Perry finds that older, sociable monkeys are more likely to develop mannerisms and then transmit them to others.

Divided attention does impair memory, but a UCLA study found that people can still selectively focus on what is most important — even while they’re distracted.

UCLA researchers’ analysis of posts in a forum on the website Stormfront shows coping mechanisms that range from rejection to reinterpretation to acceptance.

The program’s budget for 2016 was $2.3 million, but a UCLA report estimated that it saved the county about $5.87 million in law enforcement costs last year.

Findings from the research, led by UCLA’s Dr. Marco Giovannini, will be used to refine and develop new therapies and treatments, which could benefit young children and adults with these syndromes.

UCLA’s Christopher Childers says the relevant genetic mutations can be easily detected through blood or saliva analysis.

The Academic Ranking of World Universities, which uses six criteria to measure excellence, is compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Public event, featuring filtered solar telescopes for safe viewing, will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 21.

UCLA-led study is the first to examine potential adverse health effects in users of vaginal estrogen compared with non-users.

The injectable hydrogel works by forming a scaffold inside a wound that new tissue can grow around.

The research may lead to new drugs that could promote hair growth for people with baldness or alopecia, which is hair loss linked to such factors such as hormonal imbalance, stress, aging or chemotherapy.

The regimen devised by UCLA researchers has proven to kill cancer cells and eradicate acute lymphoblastic leukemia in mouse models.

UCLA environmental scientist co-authored a study that maps where fish and seafood can be sustainably farmed.

Hologram technology developed at UCLA could lead to easier and less costly diagnoses of chronic diseases in remote areas and developing countries.

UCLA scientists report the first evidence that a gene outside the brain controls the ability to rebound from sleep deprivation.

The survey’s honor roll names only 20 medical centers; UCLA Health has appeared on that list for 28 consecutive years.

The new agency is designed to improve care for people after they have been discharged from the hospital.

UCLA xenograft research has the potential to change the way that people with sarcoma and other cancers are treated.

UCLA researcher finds that feeding pets creates the equivalent of 64 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.