
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”…

Is seeing believing? People are surprisingly bad at identifying where sights and sounds originate
“We tend to view our senses as flawless and think that to see…