Subtle memory-related brain changes in people with neurological disorders may be reversible before full cognitive decline occurs, underscoring the importance of early detection, UCLA researchers said at a May 15 conference.

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will soon have a new leader.
Dr. Kari Nadeau, the current chair of the department of environmental health at the Harvard T.H.

Dr. Scott Eggener, a urologic oncologist specializing in testicular cancer, sat down with science and health editor Shaun Thomas during April’s Testicular Cancer Awareness Month to discuss detecting the disease early, reducing stigma and educating young patients about cancer risk.

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Samantha Calvillo, a therapist and crisis counselor at UCLA’s Rape Treatment Center, is used to 2 a.m. wake up calls.

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What many dismiss as harmless hemorrhoids – or just too much time on the toilet – can sometimes be an early warning sign of something more serious.

The Society of Women Engineers at UCLA and Phi Lambda Rho encouraged members to stand up for immigrant rights and celebrate Hispanic culture at a Feb.

This post was updated Oct. 19 at 11:21 p.m.
UC faculty and alumni earned five Nobel prizes in a single year – the most by any university system in history. 
Four UC faculty members and one alumnus won Nobel prizes related to physiology or medicine, chemistry and physics in 2025.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Chris Mattmann, the chief data and artificial intelligence officer at UCLA, sat down with science and health editor Shaun Thomas to discuss AI in cybersecurity, cyberthreats and deepfakes.

Former UCLA professor Omar Yaghi awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Fred Ramsdell became the ninth UCLA alumnus to receive the Nobel Prize Monday. 
Ramsdell, who earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology from UCLA in 1987, received the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine alongside Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi – who hail from the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington, and Osaka University in Japan – for discoveries related to immune regulation. 
The trio helped uncover how the gene Foxp3 directs the development of regulatory T cells –  specialized immune cells that prevent the body from becoming overactive and attacking its own tissues, according to the scientific journal Nature.