Four UCLA researchers recently received the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award, officials announced in a press release Wednesday.
The annual award recognizes innovative research in science and supports creative new investigators, with each winner receiving $2.3 million for his or her research projects.

Jack Gibbons has seen UCLA change from a wooded commuter campus to a small city with one of the largest housing programs in the country and students from a variety of backgrounds.

Standing on a ladder stationed close to the curb, Gunhee Han carefully painted one of the 1930s era metal lampposts in Westwood Village with a fresh coat of paint.

Students will soon be able to post their short messages and pictures to the monitors in Northern Lights, Jimmy’s Coffee House and Kerckhoff Hall by submitting their information to a new app.

The Los Angeles Metro board of directors voted Thursday to approve increases in Metro bus fares later this year.
The fare increase option approved by Metro raised the base fare price for a bus ride from $1.50 to $1.75.

A weekly food truck festival in Westwood will be held on Fridays in an effort to bring more nightlife to the Village.
Nine food trucks will roll in next door to the iPic Theater as part of the Friday Night Holy Roller Food Truck Revival, which launched last week.

UCLA students on and off campus can now have groceries hand-delivered through a service application that targets young working people.
Instacart, a service that delivers groceries to customers’ doorsteps, recently expanded into Los Angeles.

Westwood Boulevard is one of 15 streets Mayor Eric Garcetti hopes to renovate and improve economically as part of his Great Streets initiative.
With the plan, Garcetti said he aims to bring new businesses into neighborhoods, help current ones expand and make neighborhoods accessible to pedestrians as well as cars.

Students spoke to their peers about the power of a Grey’s Anatomy episode and how schoolyard timeouts can hurt skill development for children, as part of the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s annual TED Talks.

A UCLA student group camped out by the Los Angeles Unified School District office Monday calling for the district to add a non-voting student representative to its board.