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She helps tell little-known story of Jewish refugees in Shanghai
An exhibit currently on view through Dec. 14 at UCLA Hillel tells the story of more than 20,000 Jewish men, women, and children who were shielded from persecution and death in the Holocaust by living...
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Disney CEO receives UCLA Anderson's John Wooden Global Leadership Award
The UCLA Anderson School of Management honored Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Robert Iger with its 2013 John Wooden Global Leadership Award on Nov. 21 at a gala celebration in Beverly Hills. The...
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Rare heart-liver transplant allows her to plan for bright future
Gudelia Bustamante is thinking big when it comes to planning for the future. Camping, fishing and a trip to visit her son stationed at an Air Force base in Germany are on her to-do list. While that...
View ArticleUCLA research may help scientists understand what causes pregnancy complications
Dr. Hanna Mikkola and researchers at UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have identified a specific type of cell and a related cell communication pathway...
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Get into the holiday spirit with the Muppets
Catch a free screening of “The Muppet Christmas Carol” on Sunday, Dec. 8, 11 a.m. at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater. Enlivened by the antics of all your favorite Muppets, including Kermit the...
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HealthSparq Answers Call from Employers for Improved Cost and Quality...
Portland, OR - (NewMediaWire) - November 27, 2013 - In a recent poll conducted by healthcare transparency solutions leader HealthSparq, 100 percent of health insurance executives said they felt...
View ArticleYahoo to Participate at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) CFO Ken Goldman will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference in Scottsdale. The session is scheduled to...
View ArticleStudy of young parents highlights links among stress, poverty and ethnicity
An avalanche of chronic stress — driven by concerns ranging from parenting to discrimination —disproportionately affects poor mothers and fathers, according to the first results from a comprehensive...
View ArticleKids whose bond with mother was disrupted early in life show changes in brain
Children who experience profound neglect have been found to be more prone to a behavior known as "indiscriminate friendliness," characterized by an inappropriate willingness to approach adults,...
View ArticleUCLA study funded by Eva Longoria IDs factors that improve educational...
Young Latinas who have Latina and Latino teachers and counselors as role models and who are involved in extracurricular activities in high school have a much better chance of educational success,...
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Confucius Institute, pop star bring Chinese arts, language to Boyle Heights
Students at predominantly Latino Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights are reaching beyond their own neighborhood and culture to study the language, music and traditional theater of China through the...
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Senate action on filibuster didn't go far enough
Joyce Appleby is an emerita professor of history at UCLA and the author of "Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination." This piece appeared in the Los Angeles Times on...
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Black men raised by single parent had higher blood pressure as adults
Study Highlights: African-American men in Washington, D.C., who were raised in single-parent households had higher blood pressure as adults than those who spent at least part of their childhood in...
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Celebrating the gift of life
About 100 kidney transplant recipients and their donors — all participants in various living donor transplant "chains" — reunited today at Reagan UCLA Medical Center for a holiday celebration of giving...
View ArticleHIV plus HPV leads to increased anal cancer risk in men
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer in women, is also known to cause anal cancer in both women and men. Now, a study led by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing has found...
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International students gain 'street cred' in slang class
'Street Talk' students (left to right) Dai Jung Chung, Jiu Hua Zhang, Hussain Alsherhri and Reema Aldahlawi. Photo by Celia Soudry.Hussain Alsherhri’s first slang encounter after arriving at UCLA from...
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