Last week was for the history books. Read more...

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., chose Joe Biden, an experienced senator from Delaware, to be his vice presidential running mate last week. Read more...

Internet technology was pioneered at UCLA with a simple, two-lettered word: "lo." Read more...

The UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies has partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District to create the Bruin Community School, one of six pilot schools that will be implemented by the district. Read more...

In the first documented Olympic Games centuries ago, a cook from Elis named Coroebus won its sole event, the equivalent of a 210-yard dash. Read more...

After receiving a $10 million donation recently from an alumnus, The Alzheimer's Disease Center at UCLA's Department of Neurology has a new name "“ the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research. Read more...

Dr. Courtney Lyder, who has been a registered nurse for 20 years, became a professor and the new dean of the UCLA School of Nursing in early August. Read more...