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UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck is joining a team of reporters, analysts and other contributors who will be posting to a new website on politics and policy in The New York Times to launch in the spring.

UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck is joining a team of reporters, analysts and other contributors who will be posting to a new website on politics and policy in The New York Times that will launch in the spring.

Therapy dogs dressed in costumes made a special delivery to sick kids at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA: homemade Valentines and heartfelt good wishes. Scout, Daisy, Paco, Finn and their owners, all volunteers with UCLA's...

An analysis of dozens of studies suggests that ovulating women have evolved to prefer mates who display sexy traits but not traits typically desired in long-term mates.

The new technology shows promise for improving glaucoma treatment over time and, as a side benefit, even improved the contact lenses' durability.

UCLA and three other top-tier West Coast universities have formed an alliance to work together to increase the number of underrepresented minority Ph.D. students in the mathematical, physical and computer sciences and engineering.

While magnesium showed no benefit, the system the UCLA study set in place -- involving paramedics, hospitals and other agencies -- proved to consistently deliver fast care.

Investigators identified about 50 brain and behavioral measures that are both under strong genetic control and associated with bipolar disorder. Their discoveries could be a major step toward identifying the specific genes that contribute to the illness.

Friedlander, a pioneering Holocaust historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, will donate a portion of his share of the $1 million award to UCLA.

Jeffery Averill, who provides design oversight for all UCLA capital projects, has been honored for his contributions to the profession.

Mike Boyle has good reason to give his wife and family extra hugs on Valentine’s Day

When it comes to influential positions in the industry, minorities and women are represented at rates far below what would be expected given their percentage of the general population, according to a new UCLA study.

The campus produced more volunteers in 2013 than any other university in California and was ranked No. 6 nationwide in the agency's annual survey.

Dr. Charles Brunicardi recently produced a debut album of his original folk/country music, "Where Sunset Meets the Beach," which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in music.

Elizabeth Drolet, a 2012 graduate of the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program, painstakingly applies plaster to "The Black Experience," a mural created by seven African American art students in Ackerman Union in 1970.

Celebrate Valentine's Day by listening to traditional love songs from the Renaissance through the ages to contemporary times. The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the UCLA Library are hosting a free concert by UCLA Sounds Friday,...

Boom magazine asked Alessandro Duranti, author and distinguished professor of anthropology and dean of social sciences at the UCLA College of Letters and Science, how universities will intersect with society in 2050.

What’s really happening when you click "I accept" on a website? According to the documentary film "Terms and Conditions May Apply," those clicks unknowingly generate a cloud of data that others can access to learn everything from...

Dylan H. Roby is the director of health economics and evaluation research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and an assistant professor of health policy and management in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. This op-ed was posted...

UCLA's partnership with ASPIRE will spur students to tell inspiring and significant stories through film and new media to make the world a better place.

Random Acts of Kindness at UCLA offers free hugs on Bruin Walk several times a year. Passersby can order any one of a dozen varieties. How many UCLA students does it take to give a hug?   It seems the answer lies in what kind of hug it...

Los Angeles transportation officials are alerting I-405 and regional freeway motorists of an 80-hour northbound I-405 freeway closure operation in the Sepulveda Pass this Presidents' Day weekend, Feb. 14 to 18.    The closure consists...

Wieber struck gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She's now a psychology major at UCLA, trains privately and serves as manager of the women's gymnastics team.

Jessica Carbino, a doctoral student in sociology, hosts a weekly UCLA Radio show on online dating, sex and other relationship topics.

To help East Los Angeles residents change their home environment and reduce health risks, a group of public health experts from the Fielding School of Public Health has devised a hands-on strategy.