All Stories

The University of California Board of Regents today appointed Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a two-term governor of Arizona, as the 20th president of the University of California.   Napolitano, the...

Bruce Varner, chair of the UC Board of Regents, issued this letter regarding the appointment of Janet Napolitano as president of the University of California:    Dear UC Colleagues,   As chairman of the UC Board of Regents, I am...

More than half of the world's countries have some constitutional protection of a right to public health and medical care for their citizens -- but not the U.S., a new study shows.

Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a two-term governor of Arizona, will become the 20th president of the University of California. She succeeds Mark G. Yudof, who steered the university through the depths of California's financial crisis that led to sharp cutbacks in state support for public higher education.

The Regents of the University of California and Dr. Christian Head today reached a settlement in a civil case he brought against the University last year. The matter was settled to the mutual satisfaction of the parties.

Baseball player Cody Regis represented the men's athletics program at the ESPY awards for winning UCLA's first-ever Capital One Cup.

For seven days this summer, high school students from around the world converged on UCLA to become diplomats at an academic simulation of the United Nations.   High school students from around the world gathered at UCLA to test their skills...

Olga Koumoundouros's Dream Home Resource Center is located in the UCLA Hammer Museum's Lobby Gallery, which is free to enter. Photos by Marianne Williams. When we go to art museums, it’s usually to marvel at beautiful artworks or learn...

Longtime Facilities Management 'chief' has passed away. Randy Cook, who spent 41 years in Facilities Management at UCLA helping keep things on campus working properly, died suddenly June 20.

"It's complex, beautiful and so dynamic," says UCLA's Marcus Roper of the traffic-like flow of nuclei through a fungus cell. Roper has two studies out highlighting cells' ingenuity.

A UCLA-led research team examining Indian immigrants in California found an association between religiosity and obesity in Hindus and Sikhs — but not Muslims.

Summer will be with us for several more weeks, but for UCLA faculty and staff who recently retired, this is the beginning of an endless summer. Here, some make their farewells with fond memories and heartfelt advice for their fellow...

The UC Board of Regents today approved an increase in contributions to the UC Retirement Plan (UCRP) from both the university and employees, effective July 2014. Today’s action is part of a broader effort to maintain financially sustainable...

Members of the Chalk Repertory Theater will be performing "Lady Windermere's Fan" Saturday, July 27, on the grounds of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. In an effort to bring its world-renowned expertise in all things...

UCLA’s Graduate Division expanded the child-care benefit this month, increasing the number of grad students who can get reimbursed up to $2,400 yearly for day care. It's one of several family-friendly programs the division offers.

Robin D.G. Kelley is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History. Kelley's research and teaching cover the history of labor and radical movements in the United States, the African Diaspora, and Africa; intellectual and cultural history...

Brenda E. Stevenson is professor of history at UCLA and the author of "The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins:  Justice, Gender and the Origins of the L.A. Riots." This piece appeared originally on the History News Network website on July 15,...

To honor the 2013 NCAA champion UCLA Bruins baseball team, the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame has a new display commemorating the Bruins' amazing season. The display case is just off the lobby. Visitors can see the championship trophy, copies of...

The Hammer Museum's current exhibition, "Richard Artschwager!," presents 150 sculptures, paintings and drawings that showcase the extraordinary breadth of subject matter and form of Artschwager's practice. Organized by the Whitney...

The University of California Regents’ presidential search committee has nominated U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to serve as the 20th president of the system. If approved by the full Board of Regents on July 18,...

It’s a dilemma that many college students would envy. UCLA students have a seemingly endless list of courses to choose from to satisfy requirements or electives — from global pop music and interracial dynamics to sex and from...

Study leads scientists to believe that modifying the bacteria content of the intestines could lessen the risk for lymphoma, and could point way to new therapies.

The UCLA Health System's hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica have been named to U.S. News and World Report's most exclusive rankings list: the Best Hospitals 2013–14 Honor Roll.

Professsor Rajit Gadh’s lab is spread across five UCLA parking lots, where the professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and his research team are paving the way for an expanding world of electric vehicles.

When Jennifer Bastian was invited to cook up an exhibition for UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, where she is a visual resources specialist, she headed to the library’s collection of 17th- and 18th-century English cookbooks. She prepared pottage, syllabub, green pease soop (sic) and more.