Anthropologist brings European refugee crisis to the classroom

Students in two global studies classes at UCLA this quarter will…

Pacific Ocean’s response to greenhouse gases could extend California drought for centuries

Clues from prehistoric droughts and arid periods in California…

UCLA physicists discover ‘apparent departure from the laws of thermodynamics’

According to the basic laws of thermodynamics, if you leave a…

Preventing mass extinctions of big mammals will require immediate action

Preventing the extinction of gorillas, rhinoceroses, elephants,…

UCLA astronomers make first accurate measurement of oxygen in distant galaxy

UCLA astronomers have made the first accurate measurement of…

Charlene Villaseñor Black is as good as gold as recipient of top faculty prize

Within the warm, terra-cotta-colored walls of her office in Dodd…

Los Angeles is a metropolitan den for mountain lions

Los Angeles is one of only two megacities — Mumbai, India,…

Technique from biology helps explain the evolution of the American car

Borrowing a technique that biologists might use to study the…

Using big data, scientists discover biomarkers that could help give cancer patients better survival estimates

People with cancer are often told by their doctors approximately…

Professor collaborates with Getty Museum to bring 15th-century manuscript to the public

UCLA professor and recently named Guggenheim Fellow Zrinka Stahuljak…