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UCLA Report: Diabetes Adds $1.6 Billion to Annual Healthcare Costs

May 16, 2014

May 16, 2014

Nearly a third of hospital patients at least 35 years old in California have diabetes, adding $1.6 billion annually to...

UCLA Researchers Look at Sexual Responses in Brain

May 15, 2014

May 15, 2014

People whose brains registered a stronger response to sexual cues were likely to have more sexual partners than those whose...

UCLA Urban Planning Chair Honored by White House

May 13, 2014

May 13, 2014

Evelyn Blumenberg, the chair of urban planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, was among 11 people honored...

Surgery, Radiation Might Not Help Older Men with Early Stage Prostate Cancer

May 12, 2014

May 12, 2014

Treating older men with early-stage prostate cancer who also have other serious underlying health problems with aggressive therapies such as...

Koretz, Council Members Demand Apology for Holocaust Assignment

May 9, 2014

May 9, 2014

The Los Angeles City Council called on Rialto educators to publicly apologize on May 9 for a homework assignment to...

Fairfax Senior High School Educator of the Deaf Receives Scouten Internship

May 9, 2014

May 9, 2014

A teacher at Fairfax Senior High School in Los Angeles has been selected as the 2014 Scouten Endowed Intern in...

Broad Foundation Gives $4 Million to UCLA for Research

May 9, 2014

May 9, 2014

Two new gifts from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to UCLA totaling $4 million will fund research in stem...

UCLA Researcher Among Energy Department Grant Winners

May 8, 2014

May 8, 2014

A UCLA superconductivity researcher and two UC Irvine scientists were among the 35 winners of the Dept. of Energy’s (DOE)...

LAUSD, County Schools Award Federal Aid for Low-Income Students

May 6, 2014

May 6, 2014

More than 40 schools that receive federal financial assistance for low-income students in Los Angeles and Orange counties were honored...

UCLA Again Attempts to Push Courses in Diversity

May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014

Despite three unsuccessful previous efforts, UCLA officials again are proposing that most undergraduates take a class in racial, cultural, gender...