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Many white Americans are becoming less enthusiastic about diversity and multiculturalism as the U.S. moves toward becoming a minority-majority nation, UCLA psychologists report.

In a small-scale study, nine of 10 people with the disease displayed subjective or objective improvement in their memories beginning within three to six months.

The professional networking site’s rankings are based on an analysis of its more than 300 million members.

As part of its ongoing effort to better serve readers in the digital age, UCLA Magazine has launched its first iPad app.

Utpal Banerjee, the Irving and Jean Stone Professor and chair of UCLA’s Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology in the UCLA College, will look at the important role of the fruit fly in helping scientists answer core questions about developmental biology.

“I look forward to an exhilarating and productive,” Block writes in his message to the UCLA campus community.

A UCLA undergraduate sociology student and grandmother of seven, Parvin Arman, 70, faced extraordinary obstacles in trying to attain an education in her native Iran.

Survey considers factors including quality of teaching, influence of research and international collaboration.

Outreach around the study includes a Twitter campaign seeking thoughts on the importance of diversity on TV and in film.

‘Robert Heinecken: Object Matter,’ which runs from Oct. 3 through Jan. 18, captures his eclectic body of work that transformed photography from an instrument of reportage to a tool for deconstructing social norms.

A University of California center that fosters health care innovation at UC's five medical centers is proving to be a boon to both patient health and the bottom line.

Part of UCLA’s Office of Information Technology, Rose Rocchio and her team helped UCLA move to mobile and has positioned the campus to stay at the forefront of fast-moving technological developments.

The UCLA Grand Challenge project to make Los Angeles completely self-sufficient and sustainable in energy and water by 2050 has been awarded $100,000 after winning the popular vote in a competition sponsored by the Goldhirsh Foundation through its LA2050 Grants Challenge.

Dr. X. William Yang and Dr. Daniel Geschwind are among more than 100 investigators who received funding for BRAIN Initiative research.

Brian Taylor, who directs the Institute of Transportation Studies at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, joined three other transportation experts to address questions about the state of traffic in L.A.

Combining resveratrol with benzoyl peroxide created a “two-pronged attack” on the bacteria that cause acne.

C. Cindy Fan on how Hong Kong’s love-hate relationship with China creates difficulties for the “one country, two systems” balance.

Souped-up antibiotics effectively attack persister cells that are responsible for making bacteria resistant to new drugs.

Chancellor Gene Block formally welcomed new freshmen and transfer students to UCLA Sunday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center stadium as the campus prepares to kick off the 2014-15 academic year.

Volunteers worked at more than 40 schools, veterans centers, public parks, senior centers, community centers and homeless service providers.

Motivated by a drive ‘to do work that can save lives,’ UCLA's Mark Kaplan has become a leading expert on suicide, the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States.

Tyrone Howard of UCLA’s Black Male Institute says that a failure to intervene to help boys and men of color may have disastrous consequences for them and the country.

Campus returned to life as thousands of students began moving into the residence halls. Those living in the newly renovated Hitch Residential Suites were greeted with a host of new amenities.

Research by UCLA biochemists may lead to a new treatment — or even a cure — for a rare kidney disease that afflicts children, and may provide insights into treatments for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other degenerative diseases.

The Burkle Global Impact Initiative, which was created at UCLA to educate the public about international and humanitarian affairs by working within the creative community, helped produce a video for the United Nations Climate Summit that took place Tuesday in New York.