Don’t use body mass index to determine whether people are healthy, UCLA-led study says

Over the past few years, body mass index, a ratio of a person’s…

Moon was produced by a head-on collision between Earth and a forming planet

The moon was formed by a violent, head-on collision between the…

Paul Terasaki, 86, transplant medicine pioneer, philanthropist, UCLA faculty member and alumnus

Paul Ichiro Terasaki, who spent three years with his family in…

Judith Baca named fellow, receives $50,000 grant from United States Artists

Judith Baca, acclaimed muralist, arts activist and professor…

UCLA receives $5 million from Mellon Foundation

Universities today face a daunting challenge: how to serve new…

In memoriam: Professor emeritus Howard Reiss

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1977, Reiss was…

Dog domestication may have increased harmful genetic changes, UCLA biologists report

Domesticating dogs from gray wolves more than 15,000 years ago…

Propelling the Groundbreakers and the Game Changers

Eleven new endowed faculty chairs established in less than two…

Crowning 60 Years of Support and Advocacy

Marcia Howard ’54 considers UCLA her second home – no great…

Faculty couple helps foster sense of community in their department

Distinguished professor of paleobiology J. William “Bill”…