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An extra vacation time benefit gave surveyed employees an internalized sense of being treated and valued as a complete human being. 

UCLA College’s new “Cabinet of Curiosities” podcast spotlights a fang-tastic north-south collaboration between Bruins — and an underappreciated animal hero.

Ramsdell, a UCLA alumnus, was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his groundbreaking work on the immune system.

Researchers say cell-free DNA can also distinguish between different neurological diseases.

Long-term follow-up shows 95% success rate, no serious complications in largest and longest ADA-SCID gene therapy study to date.

The UCLA professor and alumna’s pride in her heritage inspires her to empower Latino communities through her work.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music event will run from Oct. 16–19 in the Schoenberg Music Building.

The annual research awards honor those translating discoveries into measurable benefits for society.

UCLA’s three most recent alumni Nobel winners — Fred Ramsdell, Ardem Patapoutian and Randy Schekman — said their experience as Bruins loomed particularly large in their scientific development.

A genetic mechanism inserts mutations into key DNA hotspots that enable bacteria to adapt to new environments.

The survey received responses from more than 84,000 students from 135 colleges and universities.

The annual data release also highlights the health effects of wildfires, access to health care, hate incidents, among hundreds of other topics.

Jason De León was thunderstruck when he won the National Book Award — the second time in two years a UCLA professor has walked away with the honor.

Inhalers have generated over 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually over the past decade.

UCLA's Louis Ignarro, one of the winners of the 1998 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, was highlighted by the Washington Post.

The neurons, most active when a decision outcome is unknown, appear to help with decision making and flexibility.

The UC Berkeley professor, known as the inventor of reticular chemistry, was at UCLA from 2006 to 2011.

The wage gap is even greater in some of the state’s wealthiest counties, UCLA researchers find.

Smart meters and undergrounding power lines are among promising innovations in addressing climate and fire risks.

One in 5 Americans is Latino, according to Latino GDP Project researchers.

The Latino Policy and Politics Institute released the data brief on Latina Equal Pay Day.

Funded entirely by taxpayer dollars, this first-of-its-kind drug targets cellular metabolism to promote tissue repair of multiple organs.

Ramsdell, who earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology at UCLA in 1987, was one of three researchers honored for their work on the human immune system.

Dr. Beate Ritz’s research in California’s Central Valley highlights the role of the environment in the neurodegenerative disorder.

Transgender and bisexual individuals had higher rates of thinking about suicide and of psychological distress.