Seven UCLA faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election…

Taylor Guitars donates $400,000 toward ebony conservation and restoration in Cameroon

World-renowned guitar maker Bob Taylor, of Taylor Guitars, has…

Major advance in ‘synthetic biochemistry’ holds promise for industrial products and biofuels

UCLA biochemists have devised a clever way to make a variety…

Are they friends or not? Just a second of laughter can reveal relationship status, UCLA study finds

Hearing other people laugh together, even for just one second,…

Three UCLA professors named 2016 Guggenheim Fellows

A trio of UCLA faculty members are among a distinguished group…

UCLA faculty voice: Body mass index perpetuates stigmas and indicates little about health

You’ve just returned from your morning run and you’re rustling…

UCLA IoES fundraiser honors champions of the environment

At its recent annual gala, UCLA Institute of the Environment…

Don Nakanishi, 66, UCLA emeritus professor and pioneer in Asian American studies

Don Nakanishi, a UCLA scholar who gained national recognition…

Root tale: A walking tour of the UCLA campus plants database

In 1966, when Wayne Dollase came to UCLA as an assistant professor…

UCLA mourns the passing of Nobel laureate Lloyd Shapley, 92

Shapley was widely considered one of the fathers of game theory.…