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UCLA faculty members Judith Carney and Stephanie Jamison will be inducted in an October ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jocelyn Samuels, who advanced LGBT and civil rights in the Obama administration, will lead UCLA School of Law’s LGBT research and policy center.

Less than half of individuals with peripheral artery disease, a narrowing of arteries to the limbs, stomach and head, are treated with appropriate medications and lifestyle counseling. These findings highlight the need to improve care.

UCLA professor’s analysis of nearly 14 million tweets from the Arab Spring showed that normal people drive huge movements.

UCLA study identifies a potential test that may help select patients for whom it could be most effective.

Just 42.3 percent of freshmen characterized their political orientation as middle of the road — the lowest figure since the survey began in 1966.

Nearly half of adults who had been employed before experiencing and surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome were jobless one year after hospital discharge.

Despite initiatives launched by community groups, foundations and government agencies, unemployment and poverty have worsened in most areas of South Los Angeles.

New state and local policies promoting energy use transparency, public transit funding and sustainable development make researchers are optimistic for improvement.

A UCLA report finds that big cuts to health care benefits would hurt the disabled, children and elderly Americans.

May cover story notes that Terence Tao is “widely considered one of the greatest minds currently working in mathematics.”

Chef Massimo Bottura, whose Osteria Francescana is among the world’s most highly regarded restaurants, will appear at the fifth annual public lecture.

This one-time event will feature work by current and former UCLA faculty and alumni to support the renovation and expansion of the studios.

Scientists from UCLA and other universities developed a system that tests when global warming contributes to record-setting weather events, and to what extent.

UCLA researchers found that volunteerism surged among people in low-income groups who lived in states that enacted the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.

UCLA study indicates a need to improve detection and treatment in primary health settings.

Rankings by the Milken Institute put UCLA No. 1 in the nation when it comes to the number of startup companies launched as a result of campus research, no. 15 overall.

The findings by UCLA researchers could help scientists replicate or control the way axons grow, which could be applicable for diseases that affect the nervous system.

Researchers have developed an optical micro-oscillator that could lead to next-generation timing, navigation and sensing applications.

Customized treatment plans are particularly important for lower-income women, who tend to have less access to high-quality health care.

The findings could lead to a new class of powerful, high-quality lasers for use in medical imaging, and chemical sensing and detection.

Paradoxically, the strong relationship between stress level and the tendency to forget course material was most prevalent among students who are most confident in their own mathematical abilities.

The first episode features UCLA environmental economist Magali Delmas.

Offering an eye exam for people with diabetes in a primary care setting in addition to eye clinics dramatically reduced the length of time people had to wait for the test.

The effort to establish the institute was led by Dr. Eric Esrailian, the lead producer of “The Promise” and a faculty member at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.