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On faculty at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering since 1996, Christofides has published seven books and more than 450 research articles.

A close call with death in 1986 led Morocco to a new career saving lives.

Professor and vice chair for education in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Garg has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the American Chemical Society’s EJ Corey Award.

Kelley, the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA, does a candid interview in the Zocalo Public Square green room.

The annual colloquium brings together a panel of UCLA Law faculty and other experts to discuss the most important upcoming cases on the U.S. Supreme Court docket and analyze the implications of these cases.

A new book co-edited by UCLA Luskin professor Laura Abrams gives a voice to volunteers, including prisoners, who donate their time to improving lives.

A study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute of the rapid formation of startups at UC campuses found that universitywide research has led to hundreds of new companies, supporting 146,000 jobs.

UCLA professor Tyrone Howard, AJ Scheitler, Yen Ying Shek and Minh Tran took part in the Summer Scholars Meeting of the Research Integration Strategies and Evaluation for Boys and Men of Color.

UCLA psychiatrist Kenneth Wells answers random questions for Zócalo Public Square.

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television professor Myung Hee Cho helped create a new musical show for Shanghai Disney's fairytale castle.

If you spend hours commuting to work and sitting at your desk all day, recent studies about the health hazards of too much sitting probably have hit home.   

A UCLA political scientist and an American University political historian talked about the key factors in the presidential election Tuesday night before a packed crowd at the Hammer Museum.

More than 300 technology leaders, innovators, policymakers, journalists and academics will gather Friday at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion Club to share their ideas on closing the gender and diversity gap in the technology sector.

Coates is the founding director for the UCLA Center for World Health, has been named the new director of the University of California Global Health Institute.

The UCLA faculty member and university organist recorded music for the movie on the world's largest functional church pipe organ.

The award recognizes outstanding scholars in the field of African American literature and culture.

Professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris leads the research and planning team at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

A satellite launched from Vostochny, Siberia is expected to advance space sciences for years to come, said Shprits, the mission’s principal investigator.

The UCLA Anderson School of Management professor knows he won't be elected but hopes to wake Americans up to key economic issues.

Professor Denari is the new interim chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design.

Professor Greenfield, director of the Children’s Digital Media Center @ Los Angeles, in a candid conversation at Zócalo Public Square.

Mellinkoff, who transformed the fledgling UCLA School of Medicine into a nationally recognized academic institution, died on July 17 at age 96.

Oakes is UCLA Presidential Professor Emerita in Educational Equity and founding director of Center X and the Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access.

Author, critic and UCLA emerita English professor Carolyn See, 82, died July 13 in Santa Monica as a result of congestive heart failure.

The professor of history and art history is recognized for her article examining the controversy surrounding Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa.