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New UCLA sports radio show to debut live from Westwood
A new weekly coaches' radio show, the Bruin Insider Show, will begin airing this Tuesday from 7-8 p.m., live from Barney's Beanery in Westwood on KLAC (570AM).
UCLA head football coach Jim Mora on air.
UCLA head football coach Jim Mora...
Making football helmets safer to prevent concussions
This 2-millimeter-thick polymer has shown early promise as a way to decrease the risk of concussions.
As a sports fan with expertise in biomechanical engineering, UCLA professor Vijay Gupta marvels at the efficient, effective way the human...
Superheroes swoop in at Mattel Children's Hospital
Captain America, Spider-Man and their fellow superheroes wowed kids at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA Wednesday when they swooped in to wash the windows five stories up in the pediatric unit.
Traffic advisory: Eastbound Wilshire Blvd 405-N on-ramp closed until November
Beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, people driving east on Wilshire Boulevard will not be able to get on the I-405 northbound ramp because of construction.
The closure will be in effect 24 hours a day for 90 days with an estimated...
Bruins to take the field against Nevada in season opener
Brett Hundley (left) and the Bruins are getting ready to take on Nevada in their season opener Saturday, Aug. 31, in the first of six home games scheduled for the Rose Bowl. Faculty and staff can purchase season tickets with reserved seating for...
Campus breaks fundraising record with gifts, pledges for 2012-13
With $512 million in gifts and pledges, UCLA reached historic fundraising heights for the fiscal year ending June 30. The amount is UCLA's largest ever for a single fiscal year, surpassing the previous high of $509 million, set in 2001–02.
A...
UCLA lecturer named as new Los Angeles mayor's deputy director of sustainability
Urban planning lecturer Ted Bardacke of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs will help advise Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Q&A: Ted Bardacke, UCLA lecturer and L.A.'s new deputy director of sustainability
Today marks the beginning of a new era for Ted Bardacke, a lecturer in urban planning. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently named Bardacke to the post of deputy director of the new sustainability office. He begins his new role today....
Institute brings Central America into focus for L.A. teachers
Haydee Licari, a teacher of Spanish and English as a second language at Dana Middle School in San Pedro, has seen current immigration trends reflected in her classroom. In recent years, her student population has shifted from being primarily of...
Vascular biologist wins Gold Shield Faculty Prize
While on a yearlong sabbatical at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, Luisa Iruela-Arispe received some happy news: She had been named the winner of the 2013 Gold Shield Faculty Prize, a $30,000 award...
Urban planning students sow seeds for future of urban farming
Farming is flourishing in Los Angeles County, according to a new report by urban planning graduate students at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. The first-ever...
M.B.A. students mix sports fandom and business smarts
Source: Los Angeles Sports Council
Earlier this year city officials announced that Los Angeles would try to become the site for the 2024 Summer Olympics. But to win the right to host the city’s third Olympics, L.A. boosters must first...
Students' assignment: Help Fijians get clean drinking water
As students listen in, engineering professor Eric Hoek, (center in plaid shirt) advise Fijian villagers on how water can be transported safely from a spring deep in the jungle.
Living among farm animals and fields planted with root crops and...
L.A. Laker brings cheer to sick children
Los Angeles Laker Jordan Farmar, a former Bruin basketball standout, stopped by UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, Tuesday to visit sick kids and cancer patients. Farmar signed autographs, gave out gift bags and posed with patients, like Chico, 9,...
UCLA's oral historians tell L.A.'s story with community voices
Teresa Barnett and her staff of three at UCLA Library’s Center for Oral History Research have their work cut out for them: Document the history of Los Angeles and its environs. Since its founding in 1959, the center has amassed oral histories...