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Researchers will develop and test mobile technology, big data analytics, screening technologies and medical robotics in order to address challenges in the way health care is delivered.

UCLA's Woodland Hills vanpool hosted an early-morning 'Party at the Park-n-Ride' for commuter colleague Florgin Dela Luna.

In its first-ever crowdfunding campaign, the UCLA Alumni Association’s push to raise $250,000 for student scholarships and support through UCLA Spark ended up surpassing that goal by generating 839 gifts totaling $447,800.  

UCLA biochemists have devised a way to convert sugar into a variety of useful chemical compounds without using cells and that could lead to the production of biofuels and pharmaceuticals.

UCLA art history students and local fine arts photography lovers have a rare opportunity to view the life’s work of influential American photographer Robert Frank, known as the inventor of street photography.

The research found that the phenomenon holds true around the world — and that when people hear two women laughing together, they are likely to assume the women are friends.

UCLA students can now compete for a chance to assist UCLA Chancellor Gene Block with developing his idea into a mobile application that will use voice and speech recognition to analyze and improve the dynamics of group interactions.

The new technique assesses how changes in a person’s immune response can help predict the effectiveness of a new therapy in people who have the most common and deadly type of brain cancer.

Jake Heggie, who earned a B.A. and M.A. in music at UCLA, was a PR writer when the general director of the San Francisco Opera handpicked to compose a score for a libretto by playwright Terrence McNally. Today, he has three operas currently in the pipeline.

Lee Cooper writes about how UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge will leverage the university’s students to make Los Angeles energy and water independent.

UCLA is tied for sixth in the number of honorees. In all, 178 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada received awards.

Highlights of the event scheduled for April 20 include a panel with Arianna Huffington and Chancellor Gene Block, performances by UCLA musical groups, and awards for students, faculty, staff and administrators.

Wong, director of the UCLA Labor Center, recently edited a book with the Rev. James Lawson, a renowned civil rights activist who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and helped launch key campaigns for social justice.

The new technique can accurately identify a person’s optimal drug and dose combinations throughout an entire course of treatment, without complex, time-consuming genetic analysis.

A new public service campaign will inform apartment tenants about the risks of secondhand smoke and provide tools for working with landlords on smoke-free policies.

New survey by the UCLA Luskin School’s Los Angeles Initiative, led by Zev Yaroslavsky, reveals the depth of financial insecurity among county residents.

For California, the forecast calls for a steady decrease in the unemployment rate, to about 5.0 percent by the end of 2018.

UCLA researchers found that workouts, in addition to brain games, appear to trigger a protein that restores connections between neurons.

The approach can help physicians identify disorders that may have gone undiagnosed for years. UCLA has been a leader in using the test since 2012.

Measures put in place by the state have mitigated financial impacts that could be expected as costs passed along to electricity, natural gas and gasoline consumers.

Johanna Drucker is the Martin and Bernard Breslauer Professor of Bibliography in the department of information studies.

Admissions offers to California high school seniors jumped nearly 15 percent over last year for students hoping to enroll at a University of California campus this fall.

UCLA-led study finds that drugs commonly used to combat the condition actually increase the risk of fracture, meaning that taking them is worse than doing nothing at all.

Generous gift from longtime campus benefactors Jim and Phyllis Easton will be used to support improvements, including a new scoreboard, to Easton Stadium.

The 15th annual event held at Pauley Pavilion was once again a huge success, as students danced for 26 hours straight.