
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…

Judith Baca named fellow, receives $50,000 grant from United States Artists
Judith Baca, acclaimed muralist, arts activist and professor…

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…

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…

Cryo-electron microscope research reveals structure and mechanism of Bluetongue virus
Bluetongue disease is a viral infection that has killed approximately…

New app helps students learn to read ancient Japanese writing form
Can a new app that takes a scholarly yet playful approach to…