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Tuesday, 7,400 UCLA volunteers will help out at more than 50 schools, senior centers, public parks, food banks and shelters around greater Los Angeles — before fall classes even start.

Just days after arriving on campus four years ago, Charlene Fernandez spent a blazing-hot September day with fellow freshmen clearing away tangled overgrowth on the hills of Griffith Park. Fernandez has been hooked on UCLA Volunteer Day ever since,...

The hill where many UCLA students live is alive with the sound of chatter, eight-claps, cheering and laughter. About 11,000 undergraduates will move in through Sunday.

Starting on Sept. 18, new students will learn what university life at UCLA is all about and begin to make lifelong memories. List of events.

True Bruin Welcome activities will include concerts, films, sporting events, information sessions and other events aimed at introducing new students to campus life and UCLA tradition.

The newly opened Wolfgang Puck Express in Ackerman Union offers artisanal food in a bistro setting. Business is cooking as students, staff and faculty flock to Ackerman Union to get a taste of the culinary creativity of Wolfgang Puck. The...

Mike Rose is a professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the author of several books, most recently “Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education," and “Public Education Under...

All donations from the innovative six-week crowd-funding initiative will go directly to supporting UC students with financial need.

When Terry Dunlap arrived at the ER with a massive clot, doctors gave him two choices: open-heart surgery or a new minimally invasive procedure. But there was a catch.

A new system is needed to streamline and strengthen the regulation of groundwater, which makes up nearly a third of the state's water supply, the report argues.

Researchers find that nanodiamonds can be a less-invasive and longer-lasting method of administering the proteins that aid in bone growth.

The strategy offers an object lesson for other campus departments battered by the recession and retirements.

Students at the UCLA Community School in L.A.'s Koreatown/Pico-Union neighborhood. Photo by Elena Zhokova. Agnes Cesare, head counselor at UCLA Community School, tells the story of two former students who recently moved out of the school’s...

During elementary school in Ghana, Joseph Asunka and his classmates did their writing in dirt on the school floor. Thanks to his parents and UCLA professor Daniel Posner, he's earning his Ph.D. in political science at UCLA. Good...

Barry O’Neill is a professor of political science, whose work applies game theory to study foreign policy decisions, with a view to preventing war. He is the author of "Honor, Symbols, and War" (University of Michigan Press, 1999), which won the...

The $2 million gift from the Pritzker Family Foundation will help the museum nurture "the next generation of arts audiences, advocates and creative thinkers," said Hammer director Ann Philbin.

Who knew a whisper could be so powerful? Beginning this Thursday, Sept. 19, at 2 p.m. visitors to the UCLA Hammer Museum are invited to participate in KCHUNG Radio’s Whisper Reports, a series of news reports and interviews on subjects such as...

The small, lightweight device, which featuresa a color filter, an external lens and a laser diode, can be fabricated using a 3-D printer.

The honor acknowledges the lasting economic and societal impact of federally funded basic research.

The UCLA Department of Art is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall, including exhibitions and public lectures.

While the slowly recovering U.S. economy will not reach normal levels by historical standards, it will be noticeably better than in recent years, UCLA economists predict.

New faculty have expertise that help redirect UCLA’s approach to Japanese studies, to include study of anime, manga and other Japanese popular culture.

Nearly 100 people gathered on campus at UCLA to mark the official launch of construction on the much-anticipated facility, which is scheduled to open in 2016.

UCLA researchers found that by attaching drugs to the tiny particles and injecting them directly into tumors, the drugs' efficiency was boosted and damage to surrounding tissue was minimized.

This is the latest installment of "After Hours" — a series about faculty and staff who balance their work lives with side projects or fascinating hobbies.     Name: Shalonda Martin   Day job: Director of Gift & Data...