Now that Andrew Jones and his “Dirty Thirty” list are no longer the topic of the hour, the substantive discussions concerning the real issues at hand ““ those of academic freedom and the role of professors in our larger society ““ have begun to take the spotlight. Read more...

The UCLA Center for Society and Genetics will host a symposium Sunday on the role of embryonic stem cell research in society, with speakers discussing how the science relates to fields including business and law. Read more...

After cracking the human genome, companies and academic institutions are now competing for a new goal: to reduce the cost of sequencing a human genome from the current $10 million to only $1,000. Read more...

The truth is rarely pure and never simple, Oscar Wilde informs us in “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility. Read more...

Peter Ladefoged, UCLA professor emeritus of linguistics and the foremost linguistic phonetician in the world, died in London on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the age of 80. Read more...

Racing against the storm to save his research, Tyler Curiel stayed in his lab at Tulane University in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. He hoped to protect rare cancer cells vital to his research, which examines immune cells and their response to cancer and infections. Read more...

The Cooperage as UCLA students know it today may not be so familiar next year, as plans to remodel the facility are now well underway, according to reports from the Associated Students UCLA board of directors. Read more...