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The team found that the thicker the leaf, the larger the size of the cells in nearly all of its tissues. But a leaf's surface area, whether tiny or huge, has no relation to cell size.

As the proportion of Californians with job-based insurance fell below 50 percent, public programs stepped in to pick up the slack, according to the report

Leading up to Veterans Day on Nov. 11, UCLA will host a weeklong series of events to honor veterans, increase public understanding and appreciation for the challenges they face, and heighten awareness of the opportunities available to them on...

Laurence C. Smith (left), professor and chair UCLA Department of Geography, and Jan-Gunnar Winther, director of the Norwegian Polar Institute, are members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Arctic. This article appeared...

It was anything but a typical Saturday at the bank. On Oct. 12, inside the lobby of Wilshire Bank in Koreatown, nearly 250 local residents lined up for oral health screening appointments offered free of charge by UCLA School of Dentistry students,...

Donald F. McCallum, 74, a scholar whose work had a significant impact on the field of Japanese art history, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, at his home in Santa Monica after battling sudden metastatic prostate cancer.

Joan Moran, who leads yoga classes for faculty and staff for UCLA Recreation's FITWELL program, is a keynote speaker on fitness and wellness. She is the author of "Sixty, Sex, & Tango: Confessions of a Beatnik...

Need Friday night plans? Head to Westwood Village to celebrate the opening of the UCLA Hammer Museum’s Arts ReSTORE: LA, a month-long effort to revitalize the neighborhood by letting local craftspeople and artisans set up temporary shops in...

In the absence of a coordinated global strategy, an estimated 20 million tons of plastic litter enter the ocean each year, researchers say.

Parents and their undergraduate daughters and sons will come together on campus Nov. 1-3 to spend three memorable days experiencing the best of UCLA as a family.   More than 4,000 parents and their children are expected to attend UCLA...

With housing prices climbing dramatically this year, the Los Angeles region's expanding transit corridors may offer the best opportunity for the development of new workforce housing, according to a new UCLA Anderson School of Management report.

UCLA Philharmonia, the premiere orchestra at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has released its first CD -- reviving the music of an important but under-recognized composer and boosting public appreciation for his contribution to Los Angeles’ 20th-century musical history.

Open Enrollment starts today and will continue through 5 p.m. on Nov. 26. This is your annual opportunity to review your benefits and make changes. This year it’s more important than ever: UC is making big changes.   Some...

David Shulman is a retired Wall Street executive who is now a senior economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast. This op-ed appeared in U.S. News and World Report on Wednesday, Oct. 23.     If our country were run as business, both...

Watching his mother suffer from cancer drove Tony Hung to pursue dual UCLA degrees from the David Geffen School of Medicine and Anderson School of Management. Photo by Justin Fantl. Tony Hung has a long history with Harbor-UCLA Medical...

Stephen Oliner is a senior fellow at the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is also a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He was formerly an associate director in the division of...

Support local and responsible growers in the most delicious and healthy way possible by visiting the farmers market on Bruin Plaza on Wednesday from 2:30-6:30 p.m. E3:Ecology, Economy, Equity, a student organization, presents the market in...

    Rachel Corell, director of the UCLA Volunteer Center and a UC San Diego alum, has a proposal for you. If you contribute to her bid to raise $5,000 to provide financial support for UC students, she will deliver 100 volunteers each from...

UCLA Philharmonia Director Neal Stulberg leads the orchestra as it records its first CD, "Eric Zeisl," at Royce Hall. Reviving the music of an important but under-recognized composer and boosting public appreciation for his contribution to Los...

Researchers found that the body's ability to control blood pressure, heart rate and sweating is weaker in people with sleep apnea but is even more diminished in women.

When fourth-year UCLA student Amy Lin thinks about her future as a computer science engineer, she envisions a career brimming with potential. With her academic background and training at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied...

The research could help improve the design and environmental impact of reactors, which are used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and other chemical products.

Spend Saturday evening with the makers of "An American Werewolf in London" (1981) to get in the mindset for Halloween. The UCLA Film and Television Archive will screen the ghoulish film as well as "Michael Jackson's Thriller"...

The campus portal that students log into for access to their Bruin email and campus goings-on just got significantly more useful: An upgraded MyUCLA, launched earlier this week, enables students to register for classes, check their grades, track...

Carol Burnett, who discovered her love for acting and knack for comedy as an undergraduate at UCLA, got the best laughs as well as the highest honor Sunday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.