Adrian Cheng was an undergraduate student studying physics and math at UCLA just eight years ago, uncertain of how he could contribute to the scientific field. Read more...

In a laboratory nestled inside the Getty Villa, art and science are an unusual but vital combination. Read more...

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UCLA grad student Cindy Lee Scott works as a conservator at the Getty Villa as part of the Program in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials.

Gordon Hull was walking with a group of UCLA volunteers in the Mojave Desert when they came to a steep, rocky surface covered in thousands of sketches. One of these drawings, a lone sheep, caught Hull's eye. Read more...

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Little Lake in Owens Valley, once used as a campground and trading post for multiple Native American tribes, has examples of rock art found by UCLA volunteers. (courtesy of Deidre Whitmore)

A faded blue arrow in the Geology Building points to a glass display case bearing a sign: "World's Oldest Fossils." The information behind the glass explains it all "“ the rock specimens are from Australia and date back 3.5 billion years. Read more...

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Professor J. William Schopf discovered some of the world’s oldest fossils.

On a typical day in the field, archaeology graduate student Anne Austin would wake up at 4 a.m. Read more...

Clad in bright purple Nikes and sitting on an inflatable exercise ball, former athlete and UCLA health services professor Antronette Yancey organizes her campaign to get Americans moving. Read more...

To battle the constantly mutating enemy of prostate cancer, UCLA researchers decided to forgo the conventional approach of developing specific drugs for the disease. Read more...