If you’re one of the many college students trying to shed a few pounds, you might be thinking about going on a diet. Maybe you’re fighting the freshman 15 or you just want to turn a few heads at Venice Beach. Read more...

UCLA sent three teams of three people ““ UCLA Blue, UCLA Gold and UCLA Bruins ““ to participate in a regional computer programming competition Saturday in Riverside. Read more...

Combining technology with traditional teaching methods to enrich undergraduate education will be the focus of a program headed by the Faculty Committee on Educational Technology and the Office of Instructional Development. Read more...

For the past 13 years, Terri Schiavo of Clearwater, Fla., has lived in a vegetative state with only a feeding tube to provide her with nutrition and hydration. Read more...

UCLA researchers are looking to wind power to meet the increasing need for alternate and renewable energy sources. An $80,000 California Energy Commission grant to research wind-generated electricity has been awarded to electrical engineering professor A.V. Read more...

As homeland security becomes increasingly important, UCLA researchers are developing technologies to protect civil infrastructures such as highways and water supplies. Researchers presented their technologies during a homeland security symposium hosted Friday by the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Read more...

A UCLA professor of chemistry will bring in a new wave of leadership at the California NanoSystems Institute. Last week, Chancellor Albert Carnesale appointed Fraser Stoddart the new director for CNSI. Read more...