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Out and About: New Children's Heart Center opens
Children participate in the grand opening of the Children’s Heart Center at Mattel Children’s Hospital on Jan. 23. The center provides world-class medical care in a warm and caring environment for children with known or suspected heart...
Bruins lop their locks for kids in need
The opportunity to contribute to the lives of children, coupled with stylish haircuts provided free of charge, drew a crowd of Bruins and members of the UCLA community today to UCLA’s 7th annual Locks of Love hair donation event.
Looking for love? Check with online dating expert Dr. Jess
Sociology doctoral student Jessica Carbino discusses dating and sex on the "TakePart Live" television show.
Using dance to create a movement to end violence against women
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is a professor at the UCLA School of Law. She is also the faculty director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at the Columbia Law School. She is the co-founder of the African...
Walk and win in 'I Heart Walking'
Walk and win in "I Heart Walking," presented by UCLA Recreation. Starting today and continuing through Thursday, Feb. 13, join fellow Bruins in lunchtime walks to get refreshed and improve your health. Walks begin each day at 12:10 p.m. and 12:15...
Q&A: Olympic gold medalist and UCLA freshman Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn Wieber (second from the left) struck gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, along with her teammates on the U.S. women's gymnastics team. She's now a psychology major at UCLA where she trains privately and serves as manager of the UCLA...
Political strategy or malpractice to immigrant communities?
Victor Narro is the project director of the UCLA Downtown Labor Center, which provides leadership programs for Los Angeles’ immigrant workers and internship opportunities for UCLA students. He is the co-editor of the book, "Working for...
Staff members break down barriers by learning Spanish
When Mark Speare was asked a year and a half ago whether he thought managers in health sciences might want to take time out of their busy schedules to take a 10-week class at UCLA to learn basic Spanish, the chief human resources officer for...
Two UCLA Engineering professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
Professors Chandrashekhar Joshi and Alan N. Willson Jr. are among 67 engineers honored by the prestigious organization.
UCLA scientists awarded $6 million to study new ways to restore hand movement after paralysis
"We aim to restore patients' independence by returning their ability to type on a keyboard, open doors and transfer themselves between their bed and wheelchair," said UCLA's Daniel Lu.
Q&A: Epidemiologist Alex Ortega likes to rap
The UCLA professor of public health and psychiatry answered a few off-the-cuff questions in the Zocalo green room before a panel discussion on how Angelenos eat.
Home makeovers help families get healthy
A team from the Fielding School of Public Health is working with East Los Angeles families to help them eat better.
Policy reforms are needed boost sagging productivity
Edward Prescott (far left), the 2004 Nobel laureate in economics, is a professor of economics and director of the Center for the Advanced Study in Economic Efficiency at Arizona State University. Lee Ohanian is a professor of economics at UCLA,...
Delivering health care to reluctant patients
A UCLA alum draws on his experience to advocate for speaking patients' language and bringing health fairs to the community.
Staff News — Feb. 10, 2014
Center for the Art of Performance director Edmunds named 'catalyst in residence' at Pew Center
Kristy Edmunds, executive and artistic director of the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, became The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s first...
Venice Family Clinic, Common Ground merge to provide enhanced HIV/AIDS care
The UCLA-affiliated clinic and the nonprofit will together provide comprehensive HIV services for low-income and homeless patients on Los Angeles' Westside.
Out and About: Rwanda -- Building a nation from a nightmare
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda will talk about his nation's recovery from the genocide of 1994, its subsequent economic advances and future challenges at a Fe. 12 dinner cohosted by UCLA's Center for World Health and the Los Angeles World...
'Sinful Saints and Saintly Sinners at the Margins of the Americas' opens March 30 at Fowler
With more than 60 works in various media, the exhibition examines important and often controversial sacred figures from Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Argentina and the U.S.
Researchers ID more pesticides linked to Parkinson's, gene that increases risk
UCLA scientists have found that an individual's genetic makeup could increase his or her chance of developing the debilitating disease two- to six-fold after pesticide exposure.
Don't stress; live a little
Demanding careers… relationship problems… financial struggles … family strife, not to mention the hour you just spent stuck in traffic — to be sure, life can be stressful. But with evidence continuing to mount that carrying all of that mental...