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Frederick Zimmerman is a professor and chair of health policy and management at Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. His op-ed appeared Jan. 27 in JAMA Pediatrics.

UCLA will honor John Wooden’s 1973 UCLA NCAA championship men’s basketball team on Sunday, March 2, at 6 p.m. during UCLA’s final home game of the season. The team will be honored at a pre-game reception and halftime ceremony as...

The former secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady will speak and participate in a question-and-answer session at Royce Hall on Wednesday, March 5.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright accepted the UCLA Medal before a packed house in Royce Hall and delivered a keynote address that focused on the difficulty of creating effective foreign policy in the face of rapid technological change and growing global interdependence.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's current screening strategy, researchers say, misses opportunities to decrease fracture risk in at-risk women.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talked to a sold-out Royce Hall audience Wednesday about the difficulty of creating effective foreign policy in the face of rapid technological change and growing global interdependence....

Scientists from the Broad Stem Cell Research Center have been awarded new grants totaling more than $3.5 million the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine.

Bass players from the Herb Alpert School of Music performed as the famous rock band announced its final tour.

“I’ve always been interested in carrying out experiments to try to understand how things work,” said professor Richard Kaner, who knew from childhood that he wanted to become a scientist.

  Marc Bolin has played at hundreds of funerals in his 42 years, but none quite like the one he played the tuba at on Tuesday.   A woman uses her mobile device to record the event. Photo by Rebecca Kendall. Bolin, a student at...

UCLA researchers and their colleagues also confirmed a twofold increase in heart attack risk among men older than 65 who use the popular gels and patches.

The proposal seeks to build on the increasing popularity of the Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies by converting it to a full academic department.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks to law students and faculty during a daylong visit to UCLA School of Law Tuesday. Her schedule included a Q&A session, a student reception, lunch with the law faculty and a visit to a class...

Members of UCLA women's soccer team added some important accessories to a bronze bear statue outside Gov. Jerry Brown's office at the State Capitol, where they were honored Monday for winning the team's first-ever NCAA championship. UCLA head coach...

UCLA has been ranked the nation's No. 6 "best-value" public university by the Princeton Review, based on an analysis of academics, cost and financial aid.

With the realization that art education can complement math and science learning, classrooms have begun to add an “A” to “STEM,” (science, technology, engineering, math) creating the much more active noun of “STEAM.” Among the faculty at UCLA’s...

A $1.2 million gift from the foundation of late UCLA professor and Nobel laureate Julian Schwinger will enable UCLA to offer fellowships to the world's best physics students.

The findings could be an important development in understanding how to address the negative mental health effects of discrimination against transgender people.

Are you a UCLA employee interested in sending your child to a great neighborhood school close to campus? Then apply for the 2013-14 school year in UCLA's Together In Education In Neighborhood Schools (TIE-INS) program by the March 1 deadline. All...

Ethan N. Elkind researches and writes on environmental law with a joint appointment at the UCLA and UC Berkeley schools of law. He is the author of the new book "Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the...

Meditate, practice yoga, laugh, play and change your life during UCLA Recreation’s Stress Less Week. On Meditation Monday, Jan. 27, 12-1 p.m. join a guided meditation at the Pauley Pavilion Club, or movement meditation with Tai Chi at UNEX...

An authors series showcasing topics on African-American history and experience, a panel discussion highlighting student diversity in higher education, artistic and cultural exhibitions, lectures, and a symposium on race in Hollywood are among the...

James Lockhart, a UCLA emeritus professor who was regarded as one of the most original, accomplished scholars in the field of early Latin American history, died Jan. 17 in Bakersfield surrounded by his family.

UCLA will present author talks, panel discussions, lectures, and cultural and artistic exhibitions on African-American and African history, culture and experiences this February.

With about 70,000 people and the water needs of a small city, UCLA can take small steps toward conservation during California’s drought that will add up to big savings.