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UCLA School of Law has received a $5.5 million gift from philanthropist Charles R. "Chuck" Williams to support the leadership of the Williams Institute — the first and only law school initiative dedicated to the study of sexual orientation and...

Khaled M. Abou El Fadl is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor in Islamic Law at the UCLA School of Law and the author of "The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From the Extremists." This op-ed was originally published July 7 in The New...

UCLA researchers found that teens who participated in a youth empowerment program were able to reduce impulsive behaviors that could potentially get them into trouble.

So many of the indelible scenes of the L.A. riots featured men, but there was also an important women's story behind the unrest, a UCLA historian argues: the case of Latasha Harlins.

Courtney Lyder is dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, professor of medicine and public health and executive director of the UCLA Health System Patient Safety Institute and assistant director of the UCLA Health System. This column originally...

A hidden message left by a UCLA architect in 2011 was recently uncovered in Boelter Hall - floor tiles in the pattern of the binary code for the first Internet message sent from UCLA.

Dr. Karin Nielsen, professor of pediatric infectious diseases, directs the UCLA Center for Brazilian Studies. Dr. Karin Nielsen’s relaxed, easygoing manner belies the enormous workload she carries as a professor of pediatric infectious...

Installation view of "A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture from Southern California," on view June 16–Sept. 16 at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Exhibit photos by Brian Forrest. From a public housing project in Madrid, Spain,...

A hidden message left by a UCLA architect in 2011 was recently uncovered in Boelter Hall, where sharp-eyed passersby can spot a coded note in the pattern of floor tiles.

A new medicinal herb garden on the south side of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, sparks dialogue about the natural healing properties of plants.

Renowned for his efforts to negotiate a peace accord with the Palestinian Authority at Camp David and Taba in 2000 and 2001, former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami recently told an audience gathered at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall that...

Beginning July 1, faculty and other non-represented academic personnel will receive a 2 percent general salary increase, and non-represented staff employees will receive average increases of 3 percent (individual increases may vary), subject...

Brain aneurysms of all sizes -- even small ones the size of a pea-- are up to 12 times more likely to rupture if they are growing, according to a new UCLA study.

Contribution rates to the UC Retirement Plan (UCRP) for both the university and faculty and staff are going up beginning July 1.   While the university will pay 12 percent of pay, up from 10 percent, contributions for faculty and...

Narcoleptics have far less hypocretin, a chemical linked to alertness, in their brains than healthy people. A new study zeroes in on just what's killing hypocretin cells off.

Not surprisingly, Civil War textbooks usually make no mention of Los Angeles. No combat occurred in California. But a little known fact is that Los Angeles does have a connection to the Battle of Gettysburg, which is being commemorated July 1-3 on its 150th anniversary.

In partnership with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, UCLA is designing a new curriculum for the training of doctoral students in art history to prepare them to become future leaders in the field.

Yifang Zhu, an associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and her colleagues are drawing on lessons from Los Angeles and teaming with Peking University scientists to guide policy makers as Beijing grapples with record levels of air pollution.

Thousands of low-wage workers have been unable to collect unpaid wages, even after state authorities have ordered their employers to pay, UCLA research demonstrates.

Today's drugs are designed to target amyloid beta plaques, while the real culprit, researchers say, may be small clumps of amyloid beta called oligomers.

Yifang Zhu, an associate professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and her colleagues are drawing on lessons from Los Angeles and teaming with Peking University scientists to guide policy makers as Beijing grapples with record levels...

Doctors rarely discuss supplements in detail with patients taking them. But given their popularity, availability and potential risks, more should be done, researchers urge.

Developed by Dr. Donald Kohn, the revolutionary approach transplants stem cells from a patient's own blood back into the patient's bone marrow as a way to produce a steady stream of healthy cells.

On July 23, the iPalpiti Soloists will kick off the annual Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival, which returns to Korn Convocation Hall at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. These talented musicians will join the Ensemble in Promptu...

In partnership with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, UCLA is designing a new curriculum for the training of doctoral students in art history to prepare them to become future leaders in the field.   A $600,000 grant from the Andrew W....