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UCLA and seven other UCs made the cut in a 2013 guide to green colleges, released Tuesday by The Princeton Review and the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools.

The 1973 beginnings of UCLA’s Institute of Archaeology hardly signaled greatness. Its annual budget was a paltry $6,000. Founding director Giorgio Buccellati had a staff of one, a part-time assistant who worked a few hours a week. The institute...

UCLA becomes a tobacco-free campus on Monday, April 22, and will celebrate the Earth-Day launch of the tobacco-free policy in Bruin Plaza from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.    Going tobacco-free is part of UCLA's Healthy Campus Initiative, and...

East L.A. (left) took on a different look when high school students in an urban planning workshop at UCLA mapped their neighborhood, showing their school, a nearby park, gang hangouts and a roaring freeway ramp....

Great buildings can define a cityscape, but how much do the grand plans of architects influence daily life? Does architecture really matter?   Renowned architect and UCLA professor Thom Mayne, second from the left, talks about why...

When Françoise Lionnet delivers UCLA’s 114th Faculty Research Lecture in Schoenberg Hall on Monday, she will begin by talking about a shipwreck.   And not just any shipwreck. This one, which occurred in 1744, captured the...

UCLA will host a two-day celebration that will showcase exceptional research done by members of the UC Society of Fellows in the Humanities — among the most innovative UC-based scholars, artists and activists in their fields — who will...

A self-admitted overachiever in high school, Denise Panaligan was a student on the fast track to success. She spent her summers participating in student research programs and her school days in student government when she was not cracking the books....

When Patricia Turner, UCLA’s new dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, stands before more than 4,000 prospective first-year students coming to campus April 13 for Bruin Day, she will welcome them as "the class of 2017," planting a...

Preparations are underway at UCLA’s Royce Hall where Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will deliver his final State of the City address. His speech, scheduled for 5 p.m. tonight, will highlight his efforts in public safety,...

There are now more than 7 billion people on Earth, a number that is expected to soar over the next dozen years to 8 billion. How will we feed so many people?   Already, more than a billion people go hungry every day. With population growth...