Being an oil-rich country is fraught with problems, it turns out. Political scientist Michael Ross looks at the surprisingly negative effects that oil wealth can have on developing countries, particularly regarding democracy, violent conflicts and economic growth. 

Professor George Dutton, chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, explores the enormous diversity of people, culture, religious practices and tradition that is Vietnam.

Jaana Juvonen's research on bullying has come to some surprising conclusions that have changed the way parents and schools think about mean kids and their hapless victims.

Director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, Hunt was a UCLA graduate student 20 years ago when the verdicts came that exonerated the LAPD in the Rodney King beating case sparked outrage, fires and mayhem in Los Angeles. Today, he is a sought-after authority on race, media and the L.A. uprisings.

A UCLA urban planning professor who devises strategies to turn characterless, unappealing urban streets and sidewalks into inviting, pedestrian-friendly environments is hoping to bring downtown L.A. its first active-recreation parklet.  

It's May — time for the 2012 Sylvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti Arts and Crafts Exhibit! Come see the artworks of former faculty members and/or their spouses at the show, which will be held on May 15 at the UCLA Faculty Center. Admission is free!

Since 1968, faculty and staff have been making a commitment through the UCLA/United Way campaign to a better Los Angeles. Once again, United Way needs your help in helping homeless and others in need.

The May 17 deadline is approaching to provide documents to verify your family members’ eligibility for UC-sponsored health benefits. 

Managers and directors from Information Technology Services thanked IT staff campuswide for the wonderful work they do every day during IT Services Staff Appreciation Week.

Give-aways, free tune-ups, and free bus rides are part of Bike-to-Campus Week, May 15-17. Prep on May 9 with a class on bike commuting.

At an early age, this Bruin determined to tell the stories of great African Americans who are mostly left out of history books.

A six-year partnership between UCLA and California State University Northridge aims to offer 10 CSUN students an eye-opening, mind-expanding opportunity to work in stem cell research labs under the mentorship of top stem cell scientists.

Time is running out! If you haven’t yet cast your vote in the campus' first-ever "UCLA Has Talent" competition, you have until this Friday, May 4, to do so. Visit the Staff Assembly website to view the performance videos of your fellow staff members and vote for your favorites.

UCLA student Nic Novak talks about the human brain to students from Oscar De La Hoya High School during Brain Awareness Week when neuroscience majors lead tours of labs and workshops to visiting students. The weeklong outreach effort is part of Project Brainstorm, the innovative neuroscience class that sends UCLA undergraduates into local schools to teach K-12 students about the brain. The class was featured recently in the high-impact journal Public Library of Science (Biology). The article, published on April 17, details the genesis and methods of the UCLA class in which juniors and seniors develop hands-on exercises to teach basic neuroscience concepts to younger students. The project then sends those students to on one-day outreach visits to local classrooms, focusing especially on Title I schools.  

With the May 17 deadline for submitting documents to verify your family members' eligibility for UC health insurance fast approaching, UC Human Resources answers 10 important questions about what's happening. 

Dance studies at UCLA is taking a giant leap forward with the launch of two new elements — an academic program debuting this fall that will enable students to earn a B.A. degree in dance and a new artist residency program that will bring nationally known dance innovators to campus.

UCLA staff and faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.

Wesley Clark, a senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations, and former supreme allied commander of NATO in Europe, on what can be done.

LAUSD's plan to cut adult ed, says Professor of Education Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, hurts the city's poor, working and immigrant adults who seek out education to improve their lives.

UCLA staff and faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects.