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College faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Two mathematicians were among three UCLA faculty who were elected to the NAS for excellence in original scientific research.

UCLA faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Seven UCLA scholars, including five from the College of Letters and Science, were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.

UCLA researchers design nanomachine that kills cancer cells

Researchers from the Nano Machine Center at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have developed a novel type of nanomachine that can capture and store anticancer drugs inside tiny pores and release them into cancer cells in response to light.

Two UCLA historians win 2008 Pulitzer Prizes

Scholars Saul Friedlander and Daniel Howe from the College have won Pulitzer Prizes for their books on the Holocaust and on U.S. History.

UCLA professor unearths, resurrects long-lost novel

A UCLA English professor has rescued from obscurity a 19-century American book that is being republished to rave reviews.

Former President Bill Clinton to speak at College Commencement

President Clinton will deliver the keynote address to the main commencement ceremony for the College of Letters and Science on June 13 in Pauley Pavilion.

Study shows blood stem cells originate are nurtured in the placenta

Solving a longstanding biological mystery, UCLA stem cell researchers have discovered that blood stem cells — the cells that later differentiate into all the cells in the blood supply — originate and are nurtured in the placenta.