Award-winning mathematics professor Terence Tao is featured in a Forbes magazine story called A Genius Blog for Mathematicians, about the blog he maintains for high-level math talk. Read the blog
Around Campus
Helping the climate
Experts with the Institute of the Environment have been tapped to help create a new countywide group's regional climate plan.
Marathon man
UCLA alumnus Meb Keflezighi became the first American man since 1982 to win the New York City Marathon.
American Indian Studies Center
Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a UCLA graduate, honored the American Indian Studies Center for its 40th anniversary.
Civil War in L.A.
UCLA historian Joan Waugh knows the local history of the war between the states. Newsroom video from Los Angeles National Cemetery.
Operation Mend thanks
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center to thank the medical staff who offer reconstructive surgery to soldiers wounded in the Middle East.Recent Stories
Center X awarded funds for teacher development
The $12 million in grants will fund programs designed to support development programs and boost student achievement at low-income Los Angeles schools.
Astellas, Medivation to develop treatment for prostate cancer
Michael Jung, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and his research group designed and synthesized the MDV3100 molecule that has become Medivation's investigational prostate-cancer drug.
A. Eugene Washington named dean of Geffen School of Medicine
Washington was proposed to the Board of Regents as dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and vice chancellor of health sciences at UCLA, effective February 1, 2010.
Colon cancer screening more effective earlier in day, study finds
Early-morning colonoscopies yielded more polyps per patient than later screenings, researchers found.
Lab reconstitutes enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug
The UCLA research on lovastatin could lead to the development of other compounds with similarly beneficial effects.
NASA astronaut to speak at UCLA Engineering awards dinner
Much in common among gay, heterosexual married couples
UCLA researchers have issued the first-ever demographic study comparing same-sex "spousal" couples with unmarried gay couples and married heterosexuals. Read report (pdf)
UCLA screenwriters win top prizes in 2009 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards
