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Here are just some of the ways the UCLA community has been part of Special Olympics since the beginning.

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced today that the minimum wage for its workers — both direct and service contract employees — will be raised to $15 an hour over the next three years. 

An assessment tool developed jointly by psychiatrists at UCLA and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will be the first to help identify maladaptive grief in youth between 8 and 18.

Located in a courtyard next to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a fountain was dedicated to honor those who become organ, eye and tissue donors at the time of their deaths.

UCLA Anderson professor Bhagwan Chowdhry writes that until online transactions are free of onerous regulations and fees, and are more intuitive to learn to use, cash will remain king for many.

The hands-on, 3-D virtual landscape lets students sculpt mountains, valleys and rivers — then fill them with water.

A University of California initiative to reduce costs and improve quality across UC’s five academic medical centers has saved more than $70 million in its first year.

Best Hospitals Honor Roll recognizes excellence in treating patients who need an especially high level of care.

More than 100 UCLA Health employees will be staffing two clinics to ensure the health and well-being of spectators, Olympians, their coaches and chaperones.

History professor Brenda Stevenson writes that 150 years after emancipation in the United States, there are still 20 to 30 million people enslaved around the world.

The astrophysicist is being honored by the UK academy for her 'acclaimed discoveries ... on the motions and nature of the stars orbiting the black hole in the centre of our Galaxy.'

The 2015 Special Olympics World Games are ready to take center stage at UCLA.

Researchers at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Fielding School of Public Health are participating in a new study of children with autism spectrum disorders that could help physicians diagnose and track ASD and assess treatments.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block sent this communication to the campus community today.

Material is easier and less expensive to make than the current standard, but had not previously been shown to emit light.

Identity protection services will be offered free of charge to potentially impacted individuals.

Olivia Raynor, director of UCLA's Tarjan Center and a disability rights leader, talks about the significance of the Americans with Disabilities Act 25 years ago and the central role of the late Douglas Martin in implementing its rules and regulations on campus.

A participant in the UCLA Anderson School's Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities says its offerings have far surpassed her expectations. It's given her the knowhow to start not one but two new businesses.

The Labor Studies Applied Research Methods course at the UCLA Labor Center introduces students to basic social science research methods by immersing them in a hands-on project to assist community organizations.

Researchers from UCLA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory found that extra heat from greenhouse gases has been trapped in the subsurface waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans.

With less of the protein, called p53, older epithelial cells have a hard time maintaining the integrity of their genetic material when they encounter carcinogens, which allows cancer to develop.

Switching the IM Field to artificial turf saved UCLA nearly $700,000 through the DWP’s commercial rebate program, similar to the rebate program for homeowners who replace their lawns.

Ten UCLA students will be headed for talks with staff at the State Department, White House and United Nations and other Middle East experts before heading for ground zero of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

UCLA Anderson finance professor Bhagwan Chowdhry writes that allowing developing nations to raise money similarly to how startups raise equity funding could help stave off future crises like happened in Greece.

Professor Lionel Popkin is the new chair of the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, according to an announcement made by Interim Dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture David Roussève.