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Parklets, like this one on Spring Street, have the power to enliven a neighborhood, researchers discovered. Despite their tiny size, parklets — those popular pockets of public space that are formed from parking spaces, alleyways...

Today's strike by low-wage employees at fast-food chains across the nation has started a national conversation about the minimum wage. UCLA has experts.

Every morning and afternoon, Patient Business Services employees at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center push back from their computers, step out of their cubicles and move, stretch or dance to music for the duration of one...

Public schools have shown great improvement in getting and keeping students engaged using a program devised by the directors of UCLA's Center for Mental Health in schools.

Beginning next year, consumers walking into a chain restaurant anywhere in the country will get an eyeful — calorie counts next to their favorite triple-triple burger with extra everything. While many jurisdictions, including California,...

UCLA released this statement Aug. 29 in response to a court ruling concerning Veterans Affairs property and Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Shuhsi Kao, emerita professor in the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies, died Aug. 9 in Madison, Wis. from complications of diabetes, heart disease and lung disease. She was 68.

UCLA Prof Tom Smith has conducted research in the West African nation of Cameroon for 30 years, and sees the country's remarkable biodiversity and resources threatened by much-needed but ill-managed economic growth.

When government, the media and the public try to make sense of drug policy in America, the expert they turn to is Mark Kleiman, public policy professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. A renowned researcher, blogger, author and...

Laurence C. Smith is professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Geography and author of "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future." This article appeared Tuesday, Aug. 27, in Strategy + Business.   As the ice...

As a sports fan with expertise in biomechanical engineering, UCLA professor Vijay Gupta marvels at the efficient, effective way the human body is built. But the head wasn’t designed to withstand the shockwaves resulting from a collision with a 250-pound football player wearing a helmet.

Ten members of the octogenarian Taiwanese Grandriders motorcyclers dropped by Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA Friday. UCLA Health System Chief Operating Officer Shannon O'Kelley (left) greeted the riders, who were finishing a...

Environmental law report suggests policies that could help San Joaquin Valley gain from high-speed rail, but the region must plan now to reap the benefits.

A suite of intimate, thematic exhibitions mounted this fall will highlight more than 800 artworks from the UCLA Fowler Museum's vast, acclaimed global collections.

For third consecutive year, the magazine names UCLA among the nation's best, based on measures such as social mobility, research and service.

A new weekly coaches' radio show, the Bruin Insider Show, will begin airing this Tuesday from 7-8 p.m., live from Barney's Beanery in Westwood on KLAC (570AM).   UCLA head football coach Jim Mora on air. UCLA head football coach Jim Mora...

This 2-millimeter-thick polymer has shown early promise as a way to decrease the risk of concussions. As a sports fan with expertise in biomechanical engineering, UCLA professor Vijay Gupta marvels at the efficient, effective way the human...

Steven L. Spiegel is professor of political Science and director of the Center for Middle East Development at UCLA, and also provides assistance to Middle East programs at the statewide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation of the UC San...

A team led by Aydogan Ozcan has developed a smartphone add-on that would allow people at risk for diabetes, kidney disease and other ailments to test themselves instead of having to visit a doctor.

Every day, the interlacing towers perform a tiny pirouette to the sun — bending away in the rising light and heat, circling back as the day darkens. When the wind blows, the towers shiver. The resulting cracks threaten Simon Rodia's creation.

The research findings support the need to incorporate better diets and regular exercise, as opposed to concentrating on weight loss alone, to improve children's long-term well-being.

UCLA expert on marijuana policy proposes that the U.S. attorney general allow state-licensed production and sales, and focus resources on cooperating with states to shut down illegal growing.

 

Captain America, Spider-Man and their fellow superheroes wowed kids at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA Wednesday when they swooped in to wash the windows five stories up in the pediatric unit.

Beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, people driving east on Wilshire Boulevard will not be able to get on the I-405 northbound ramp because of construction.   The closure will be in effect 24 hours a day for 90 days with an estimated...