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The organization has donated its collection of more than 100 boxes of records documenting its nearly 30-year struggle to restore the river’s heritage and habitat.

Chair will support an engineering professor who is an accomplished researcher, teacher and mentor to future engineering leaders.

UCLA’s communication studies department has posted full speeches given on campus between 1962 and 1973, featuring major figures of the era such as Cesar Chavez, Lenny Bruce, Jane Fonda and Eldridge Cleaver.

Environmental, atmospheric and oceanic researchers at UCLA will create a first-of-its-kind model of how coastal waters will react to climate change this century.

UCLA study shows that offering cancer screenings, referrals and vaccinations in nontraditional locations increases the use of preventive services by underserved, older adults.

A UCLA study finds that oxidized lipids, known for their role in inflaming blood vessels and hardening arteries in diseases like atherosclerosis, may also play a role in pulmonary hypertension, a serious lung disease.

UCLA, USC, Caltech are collaborating in creating a National Science Foundation-funded center to translate scientific and engineering research into technology for the marketplace.

UCLA social scientists found that walking in sync may make men feel more formidable against a potential foe, and they suggest that doing so could play a role in excessive use of force by police.

UCLA is tops among the nation's selective colleges and universities for providing access to high-achieving students from lower-income families.

Providing futile treatment to a patient in intensive care can set off a chain reaction that causes other ill patients needing medical attention to wait for critical care beds, according to a study by UCLA and RAND Health.

UCLA scientists report that sixth-graders who went just five days without glancing at a smartphone, television or other screen did substantially better at reading emotions than counterparts who used electronic devices.

The UCLA Foundation is providing funds to people whose vehicles were destroyed or seriously damaged in the flooding caused by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power water main break July 29.

The researchers' findings could lead to cancer treatments that are more effective with smaller doses and to therapies that could potentially eradicate the HIV virus.

Efforts to hit Gov. Brown’s water reduction target could have unintended, and potentially harmful, consequences for the health of Californians and their communities.

A UCLA-led study has identified a protein that appears to play a key role in protecting people infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis from developing the active form of the disease.

UCLA-led research finds that a variant of an existing vaccine offers stronger protection against both diseases and with the addition of a particular protein, further boosts protection against leprosy.

In its new Academic Ranking of World Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranks UCLA second among U.S. public universities and 12th overall for the fourth consecutive year.

Minorities had not been well represented in clinical trials of these devices, and the large-scale, two-year study sought to bridge this knowledge gap.

UCLA has made emergency assistance and interest-free loans available to people whose vehicles were destroyed or seriously damaged in the flooding caused by the recent water main break.

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can develop in adults even with no explicit memory of an early childhood trauma, UCLA psychologists report Aug. 15 in the journal Biological Psychiatry.

UCLA is committed to fostering a safe and inclusive environment for our entire campus community. We take every complaint of sexual misconduct seriously, and offer a comprehensive range of care options for survivors.

Stanley Osher, UCLA professor of mathematics and director of applied mathematics, is the third person ever to receive the prestigious Gauss Prize, the highest honor in applied mathematics.

UCLA researchers have developed a disposable biosensor that attaches to the abdomen and may help doctors determine which patients should be fed following surgery.

UCLA political scientist finds that municipalities appear to be more responsive to voters than is often supposed.

UCLA-led study brings scientists closer to developing therapeutic agents that could slow down bone loss and regenerate lost bone, which could provide relief for millions suffering from aging-related bone loss.