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University of California employee contributions to the UC Retirement Plan will not increase for 2015, UC leadership recently announced.

Michael Jung, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA, will receive the 2015 Team Science Award from the American Association for Cancer Research.

UCLA alumnus Robert Farrell writes about how desegregating a Houston coffee shop helped change America — and his life.

The UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Learning has selected the 2014-2015 Senate faculty recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award, one of the highest honors given by the Senate.

Biochemistry student Jeffrey Vinokur is the Dancing Scientist, whose zany science experiments have been featured on national TV shows, on YouTube and in school auditoriums.

Kal Raustiala writes in an op-ed that the jury was incorrect and that copyright law is intended to create incentives for artists to produce new creative works, not ensure basic fairness.

Just a few weeks ago, third-year M.F.A. student Emma Kragen was concentrating on advancing her thesis project at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Now the emerging cinematographer is assembling waterproof snow gear.

Despite a 2013 city ordinance to limit the number of medical marijuana businesses, UCLA researchers found that more than three times that number were operating in 2014.

The doctors developed a predictive “calculator” called a nomogram after analyzing 30 years’ worth of data from liver transplants for people with liver cancer.

Luz Herrera, assistant dean for clinical education, experiential learning and public service at UCLA School of Law, has been selected to receive the Hispanic National Bar Foundation’s Academic Leadership Award.

The study, led by UCLA’s Dr. Alan Kaplan, was the first to describe cost across the entire care process for the condition.

Inventors hope the device can help people battle obesity, heart disease, diabetes and other problems related to nutrition.

First quarterly report for 2015 says the U.S. economy “looks like an island of stability in a very volatile world.”

Jason Torres-Rangel, chair of the English department at UCLA Community School, has been named an Inspirational Teacher of 2015 by United Way of Greater Los Angeles.

Research shows that the number of married same sex-couples nearly tripled since 2013 and a greater likelihood those couples will be raising adopted or foster children compared to different-sex couples.

Born with a heart defect that couldn’t be fixed with surgery, a baby receives a heart transplant at 23 days old. Five-week-old Dravyn Johnson left Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA for home today with his mother.

UCLA was again recognized as one of the best universities in the world, according to a report by London’s Times Higher Education.

Development of a blood test to diagnose the disease would have the advantage of being safe, affordable and easy to administer in large groups or in rural areas.

Visit the UCLA Hammer Museum on Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. for 'How to Change the World,' a discussion of how participatory art projects cause cultural shifts.

The UCLA Hammer Museum invites parents and children to explore the art of the museum through music, Sunday, March 15 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

UCLA’s Jody Heymann and Neal Baer co-author an op-ed that shows how far countries around the world have come in advancing equality and how far they still have to go.

UCLA's new on-campus basketball training and performance facility that will house the Bruins' storied men's and women's basketball programs will be named the Mo Ostin Basketball Center, it was announced today by Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero.

New method could yield more sustainable building materials and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Eleven UCLA graduate and professional programs are among the top 10 in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual survey. Another 16 programs are included in the top 25.

UCLA professor of education Robert Teranishi has been nominated by President Obama to the National Board for Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education.