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Jack Rothman of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs writes that 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act black families currently own just one-tenth the assets of their white counterparts.

The findings open the door to future research on how to control the regeneration of heart tissue in order to repair damage caused by disease or heart attack.

The UCLA Burkle Global Impact Initiative assisted in recruiting a diverse roster of film and music stars to appear in a new video for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

In an event co-sponsored by UCLA and Zocalo Public Square, Luskin School of Public Affairs Dean Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. and others disagree on Mayor Garcetti’s first year in office.

UCLA researchers found that when compared with children born to white American mothers, children of foreign-born women who are black, Central or South American, Filipino and Vietnamese had a higher risk of autism.

The new prize, established by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Russian tech billionaire Yuri Milner, recognizes scholars who have made major advances in the field of math.

The agreement between Patrick Harran and the Los Angeles County DA will result in a dismissal of all charges in connection with a campus lab accident that took the life of a staff research associate.

Adam Winkler says Justice Kennedy's swing vote status on gun control may be why the Court was reluctant to hear Second Amendment cases.

Furnish the Homeless, an organization founded by three UCLA students in 2012, takes unwanted furniture and appliances from students and others living near campus and delivers them to those living in transitional housing.

Three UCLA geriatrics and gerontology faculty members are among those at the forefront of the effort to change the way medicine is delivered to an aging population.

With online feedback, surgeons improved their technique, had shorter completion times and earned better scores technical efficiency, accuracy and economy of motion.

UCLA's national parking expert, Donald Shoup, says that when a city temporarily suspends parking meters it often backfires for the businesses it was meant to help.

Findings from the three-year study could eventually lead to new personalized treatments for lung cancer, which is responsible for an estimated 29 percent of U.S. cancer deaths.

A UCLA institute that's searching for the best cost-effective health care practices and programs in L.A. County showcased the latest innovations in use by a dozen agencies and hospitals.

The research, led by UCLA professor Mark Kaplan, underscores the need to harmonize suicide prevention and alcohol-control strategies.

Professor Yoram Cohen suggests that water reclamation, water recycling and reuse could become very important for health and conservation in the future.

A group of Los Angeles K-12 teachers participated in a special two-day seminar at UCLA on using soccer in the classroom as a way to teach politics, economics and globalization.

The study suggests a new way to think about the human brain under anesthesia and could encourage physicians to reexamine how they approach monitoring anesthesia in the operating room.

UCLA surgeons today operated on a patient with Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence, a disorder that forces her to hear noises from inside her own body. The surgery was covered live on Twitter and Instagram.

The Cal EcoMaps site, launched this month, features a detailed interactive map and environmental impact ratings for 172 industrial facilities in Los Angeles County.

Professor Brenda Stevenson, a scholar who looks into issues of gender, family and community during the slavery era, recalls her own family history and connections to slavery. Her work has earned her the 2014 Gold Shield Faculty Prize.

If construction pays so much more than other fields that don't require a college education, why don't women flock to it? A new study details the obstacles.

Reporting, writing and editing for the Bruin's Roar helps UCLA Community School students improve their English language skills and confidence.

The profiles provide a reliable source of information for policymakers, advocates, researchers, media and others interested in understanding the health of Californians, particularly those from previously understudied ethnic and racial minority groups.

UCLA faculty and graduate students with research interests in Mexico will soon be benefiting from a closer relationship with that country, its government and institutions.