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UCLA atmospheric scientists were instrumental in the creation of the Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index, which will help classify the fire threat potential of the Santa Ana winds.

Patti Taylor was honored by the UCLA School of Nursing with a student scholarship and award in her name.

Report by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools suggests that used electric vehicle batteries may be a promising solution to California's search for cheap energy storage.

The University of California encourages students, faculty and staff to learn more about and reflect on the historic U.S. Constitution that continues to shape the nation more than 200 years after it was created.

UCLA specialists have assembled kits containing protective gear to be used in the event that a patient infected with Ebola or other infectious diseases arrives at the emergency room for treatment.

Anthem Blue Cross Vivity will provide members with more predictable costs, a simpler experience and convenient access to some of the best primary care doctors, specialists and hospitals in the region.

Less than a year ago, Emily Gordon was a junior biochemistry major at UCLA aiming to become a lab researcher. Now, she’s being scouted to compete in the 2016 Olympics as a marathon runner although she had never run one before until last October.

A thick dossier of letters from faculty colleagues, administrators, students and alumni attesting to his devotion to diversity has led to Richard Yarborough's selection as the campuswide winner of UCLA's top award for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Solar cell film made from kesterite or perovskite absorbs energy more efficiently and is cheaper to manufacture.

Doctors from UCLA Health System are now available on smartphones, tablets and laptops through LiveHealth Online, a telehealth solution ideal for business travelers, busy parents, students away at college or others who need non-emergency attention.

UCLA study finds that a common form of psychotherapy is most effective at alleviating sleeplessness.

Gerald Wilson, 96, a music legend who enlivened packed jazz history classes at UCLA with his memories of working with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles and other jazz icons, died Sept. 8 at his home in Los Angeles two weeks after contracting pneumonia.

A new UCLA report underscores the need for immigration reform by countering the narrative that there's been a “surge” in unaccompanied minors driven by violence in Central America.

UCLA professor Tom Smith says human-driven evolution is creating drug-resistant diseases, pesticide-proof bugs and mass extinctions due to climate change. "We can either choose to manage evolutionary processes or not, but evolutionary change will proceed regardless."

Headed for a career in medicine, Megan Cory turned her own diagnosis of type 1 diabetes into an opportunity to do research, raise funds and help inform the public about ways to prevent diabetes.

Dr. Saleh Salehmoghaddam died on Sept. 11, in Los Angeles. He was 66. For more than 30 years, he served as an exceptionally devoted physician and teacher.

Dr. John L. Fahey, an emeritus professor in UCLA's departments of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics and of medicine, and a key member of the UCLA AIDS Institute, died on Aug. 19, 2014.

Among the consequences of that archaic position is unfair strain on many families and the exclusion of domestic workers from labor protections, says UCLA Law professor Noah Zatz.

Drug-resistant diseases, pesticide-resistant bugs and animals threatened by climate change are signs of human-driven evolution getting out of control. A multi-university team calls for solutions.

Bruin Republicans help UCLA commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks by creating a memorial display of American flags in Dickson Plaza.

Real GDP for the U.S. will grow at about 3 percent over the next two years and the national unemployment will drop to 5.3 percent by the end of 2016.

UCLA professor Jennifer Steinkamp won a national award for ‘Murmuration,’ her video installation in a Long Beach courthouse that was inspired by decision making, Egyptian mythology and the motions of flocking birds.

“In short, if you think a pill is going to work, it probably will,” says UCLA professor who led the study, which evaluated patients who received therapy and either real medication or a sugar pill.

Campus officials estimate that approximately 2,500 UCLA students will qualify for $3 million in new assistance from California’s Middle Class Scholarship, approved by the legislature earlier this year.

Dr. George Bartzokis, a UCLA neuroscientist who originated the theory that the degeneration of the brain’s myelin contributed to many developmental and degenerative diseases, died on August 22.