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UCLA is tied for third in the number of people honored this year by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which selects early-career scientists who are rising stars of science.

Wenzel, also a former assistant dean of what was then the UCLA School of Medicine, died in Los Angeles of natural causes on Jan. 31. She was 96.

Reports about the survey findings seek to provide information about Iran that does not currently exist in the public sphere.

Pope Francis selects dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies to join international cadre of scholars.

Hong shares what it was like to run a leg in the torch relay for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the future of robot athletics.

The celebrated photographer and UCLA professor critically examines housing and the American Dream in Los Angeles in “The Modernist.”

Smith, UCLA professor emeritus of biochemistry, died Jan. 25 following a brief illness. He was 89.

In UCLA’s 124th Faculty Research Lecture historian Ellen DuBois will share details of the story, which remains as vital today as it when it was happening.

UCLA’s Paul Von Blum has released two books recently one on African-American artists in Los Angeles and the other on the civil rights movement.

The Retiree Health Benefits Working Group is composed of 16 University of California faculty, current staff and retirees.

Chemistry professor has for years been praised by his students. The award, given every two years, was announced by Baylor University.

The partners, who also include multiple Hollywood industry groups, are trying to initiate changes around diversity, inclusion and equality efforts in the entertainment industry.

Q&A with UCLA’s Sarah T. Roberts about seeing the subject of her work — the study of people who keep the internet “clean” — on screen in “The Cleaners.”

Pedretti, professor emeritus of art history and one of the world’s leading experts on Leonardo da Vinci, died Jan. 5.

In his book “Constitutional Coup,” the UCLA constitutional scholar explains the downsides of running government like a business.

Sweet, 57, was a 1997 graduate of the school’s master of fine arts in screenwriting program. He died Dec. 28.       

Air travel mitigation fees will be placed into a fund, which will then be made available annually to the campus to finance university projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Brett Steele sat down with David Roussève, who served as the school's interim dean from 2015-2017, to discuss a variety of subjects.

Protein-imaging method developed by new UCLA researcher overcomes challenges of current techniques, offering untold potential in the exploration of disease and treatment.

As a vice chancellor from 1975 to 1991, he coordinated UCLA’s international programs, which led to a wide range of affiliation agreements with universities in Africa, South America, Europe and Asia.

There are several in Southern California and more around the country and the world.

All UCLA students, staff, faculty and visitors can use the app to request a van at night to travel between campus buildings and nearby residential areas.

The proud university tradition of UCLA’s Student Alumni Association is celebrating five decades of creating lifelong Bruin friendships and connections.

Each is among 14 scientists nationally to be named by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as HHMI professors. UCLA is tied for second in the number of 2017 recipients.

UCLA professor Lihua Jin’s work in soft materials engineering is helping pave the way for these kinds of advances.