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March 11, 2013     Dear UC Colleagues,   Throughout the state and at all UC campuses, researchers are working on new ways to prevent, treat and cure cancer. As we approach the peak of the tax season, I wanted to share information on...

Dentists at UCLA's Hospital Dentistry Clinic understand that special-needs patients often feel fearful about going to the dentist. It wasn’t easy for Barbara Smith to find dental care for her 23-year-old son, Mark, who has Down syndrome....

The certification, which confirms that the center has met the highest national standards for safety and quality, further enhances UCLA's reputation as an innovator in clinical care.

    With the expanding barrage of tweets threatening people with information overload, a UCLA doctoral student and four of her colleagues have figured out how to help them cope with what’s become known as social media...

A UCLA student has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of an acquaintance following a party where alcohol was available, campus police said.

UCLA is well-positioned to play a significant role in a national effort to map the brain, as the home of the Ahmanson Lovelace Brain Mapping Center and more.

During his term in office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has managed to implement reforms at 22 of LAUSD's worst-performing schools. Since John Deasy took the top job as superintendent of LAUSD less than two years ago, he...

Social welfare associate professor Laura Abrams of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is the author of a new book, "Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C" (Rutgers University Press), which explores the...

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who visited the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs last Wednesday for a discussion about improving public education, also shared his thoughts on...

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"Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s; developing drugs to regenerate damaged organs; devising new material to make batteries 10 times more powerful. ... Now is the time to reach a level of research ...

The gift, from philanthropists Dr. Mick Dragoo and his wife, Mary, is the largest single donation from an individual or couple the dental school has ever received.

Every year when Guatemala’s six-month-long rainy season ends around November and the sun comes out, tourists flock to picturesque sites like Guatemala City and Antigua to frolic under cloudless blue skies.   For many Guatemalans,...

UCLA scientists have found that hypocretin, a peptide neurotransmitter, is increased during positive experiences, suggesting it could be useful in potential treatments for depression.

The star-studded March 5 event attended by Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and other celebrities garnered more than $1 million for the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.

The Justice Joan Dempsey Klein Scholarships will support law students with financial need who have shown academic excellence and leadership qualities.

UCLA's extensive partnership with Dorsey High School, where students currently participate in seven UCLA community programs, was celebrated Tuesday by Dorsey administrators, teachers and students and a group of UCLA...

Soccer defender Joe Sofia has the highest cumulative GPA among current UCLA athletes. "I don’t value academics over soccer, or soccer over academics; I work very hard to balance them equally."

By combining, for the first time, "connectome" brain scans, extensive genomic screening and high-powered computing, scientists quickly zeroed in on a faulty gene.

Most mornings you can find Joe Sofia hitting the soccer field. His evenings are equally demanding as he hits the books. The third-year communications major and UCLA standout soccer player has managed to enjoy the best of both worlds during his time...

Overlapping financial, cultural and communication barriers often prevent Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care they need, UCLA researchers say.

The encouraging results of Project Access, which involved 48 communities in Africa and Thailand, have "major health benefit implications," said UCLA's Thomas J. Coates.

South Los Angeles and parts of the San Fernando Valley are like "urban deserts" when it comes to nonprofits that provide basic services, researchers say.

Quick work by UCLA police resulted in the arrest of a Culver City man following an attempted sexual assault in an off-campus apartment. "This is an excellent example of how campus police and the community work together to protect the community," UCLA Police Chief James D. Herren said.

UCLA placed eighth, up one spot from last year and up four places from 2011, in the survey, which ranks schools based on their reputation among the world's top scholars.