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Brian Lehigh, Tara Noorani and Michael Oshiro were recognized for projects serving impoverished veterans, the homeless and incarcerated youth.

In the late '70s, Marilyn Beaudry-Corbett proved it's never too late to pursue one's dreams, leaving a successful career in the corporate world to study archaeology at UCLA. Now she's giving back.

A unique partnership between UCLA and the LAUSD, the pilot school, which serves a largely low-income immigrant community, has made impressive strides in engendering educational success and promoting a college-going culture.

The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA has announced its 2014–15 program, featuring complex and collaborative work from renowned contemporary artists in music, theater, dance and spoken word.

Two new gifts will fund research in stem cell science and digestive diseases and support faculty recruitment at two of UCLA's renowned research centers.

A grant from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will enable the UCLA School of Dentistry to provide dental care for more than 1,000 people with HIV or AIDS for the next two years.

Using objective visual characteristics could help increase the accuracy of fingerprint identification and help labs assess which print comparisons might require special care.

The findings of a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research contradict the perception that undocumented immigrants will overburden U.S. emergency departments and health providers.

In a new book, a UCLA historian explores the vast network of social clubs that helped Japanese-American girls navigate the prejudice and exclusion that they faced in Los Angeles between 1920 and 1950.

The use of drugs and alcohol on campus was associated with significantly increased odds of depression, sexual victimization and attempted suicide.

Judea Pearl, a UCLA faculty member since 1969, was honored for his 'distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

UCLA professor Demetri Terzopoulos has been named a Royal Academy Fellow for his work to unify the fields of computer vision and computer graphics.

Job loss among single mothers has significant negative effects on the well-being of their children as young adults, according to a new study by researchers at the California Center for Population Research at UCLA.

Phony laughter, unlike the real thing, is unique to humans, says Greg Bryant, who is studying the acoustic properties that differentiate the two types of cachinnation.

A device and manufacturing process created by UCLA researchers could lead to a significant leap in the quality of images on smartphones, computer displays, TVs and inkjet printers.

Mr. Sterling's divisive and hurtful comments demonstrate that he does not share UCLA's core values as a public university that fosters diversity, inclusion and respect.

The combination of the female hormone estriol with a commonly used MS drug appears to lower the relapse rate by nearly 50 percent.

Researchers measured how and where the mutant gene huntingtin influences disease development in the brain cells of mice and causes brain atrophy.

People who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs appear to have developed a false sense of security that could lead to heart disease and other obesity-related illnesses, researchers say.

Researchers saw a jump in patients receiving a crucial clot-dissolving drug within the first 60 minutes after they arrive at a hospital emergency room.

With two deans and six additional faculty members elected, UCLA is home to more 2014 fellows than any other public university in the country.

The task force, which included UCLA's Dr. Gary Mathern, created a new definition that broadens the scope of the brain disease and expands the number of people who can be considered to have epilepsy.

UCLA political scientist Miriam A. Golden and UCLA historian Robin D.G. Kelley will use their 2014 fellowships to complete book projects.

The workshop will address how data analysis based on sophisticated mathematics is reshaping political campaigns.

Arieh Warshel, who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry, will present a chemistry seminar Monday, April 21.