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New Bruins head football coach Bob Chesney talks about turning a team into a brood, why he loves reading a room and the coolest thing he’s done since moving to L.A.

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CNBC reported on news of UCLA's new partnership with tech titans Broadcom, Meta and others to launch a $125 million semiconductor hub. The partnership connects academia and industry leaders to accelerate research and workforce development for AI-powered chip technologies. Faculty and student researchers will work with the founding companies to help shorten the timeline for new chip innovations to reach a rapidly-changing market, said Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park, the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of Engineering at UCLA Samueli. Read more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Times, America Community Media and others.

I’ve been at UCLA for almost 27 years — more than half my life!

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Dean Michael Beckerman discusses sonic representations of Jewishness on and off screen.

The event builds on UCLA’s Hope Connects Us campaign, launched earlier this year to strengthen student mental health support across campus.

The Los Angeles Times reported that there are currently five fires of 1,000 acres or more burning in Southern California, which UCLA’s Park Williams described as abnormal for this time of year but not unprecedented. Park, a professor and hydroclimatologist, pointed to a study suggesting that human-caused warming has advanced the onset of the fire season by six to 46 days across most of the state. UCLA climate scientist Alex Hall said a collision of natural factors can also create the perfect storm. Read more about UCLA in today’s Time, Wall Street Journal and others.

The initiative, backed by major philanthropic investment, aims to advance AI-powered technologies with broad societal impact.

The event also offered appreciation and encouragement for the next generation of those in uniform.

UCLA senior custodian Daniel Estrada brings candid life lessons and campus truths to the May 26 event.

Southern California’s long dry spell and warm weather meant the region was primed for wildfires when strong Santa Ana winds hit this week.

Faculty Bulletin Board is a biweekly snapshot of the many ways Bruin scholars and researchers are advancing knowledge, shaping their fields and powering progress on campus and around the world.

Spectrum News 1 reported that researchers at UCLA and the Nature Conservancy have pioneered a new gene sequencing research project with the goal of saving native oak trees and creating a more heat- and fire-resilient native landscape across California. Victoria Sork, a distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA, partnered with the Nature Conservancy on a research program to identify native oak tree populations that are more adapted to heat and climate change by studying their genetics. Read more about UCLA in today’s Fast Company and Popular Science. 

The May 26 event will feature talks on topics including AI, friendship, urban cooling, community and the future of social media.

The study is the latest to find that animals recognize differences between men and women.

Matt Barreto, founder of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, spoke to CapRadio about the California governor’s race and said affordability now dominates concerns among all demographics, including young Latinos. “There’s always that disconnect between Latinos being a huge part of the state economy, the state population, the public school system, but a relatively smaller part of the electorate,” Barreto said. Read more about UCLA from today’s Sacramento Bee, The Guardian and more. 

Researchers will look to identify genetic and environmental factors that determine how fast an individual’s Parkinson’s disease progresses.

The generosity of Kwame J. Granderson, a real estate attorney and developer, will help generations of Bruins ‘write to the top’ of any field they choose.

The Associated Press examined why medical groups continue to offer differing recommendations on when women should begin routine mammograms and how often they should be screened. UCLA Health’s Dr. Carolyn Crandall said there is a narrower balance between the benefits and risks from mammograms for women in their 40s, when false positives and unnecessary follow-up procedures are more common. The story also explored how genetics, breast density and emerging risk-based screening models may shape future guidelines. Read more about UCLA from today’s CNN and New York Times.

Geology powers the collaboration between UCLA assistant professor John He and postdoc Jordan Wang.

Combining scientific tools to explore biomedical mysteries involving enzymes, drug-resistant infections and more.

The Associated Press discussed Xavier Bacerra’s bid for governor of California, speaking with several who have worked with the candidate, whether directly or indirectly, in government. “He has this breadth of experience that none of the other candidates have,” said Matt Barreto, a political scientist and cofounder of the UCLA Voting Rights Project, which Becerra partnered with in a recent lawsuit. “What that means is that he has the ability to portray himself to the voters as having been through the fight.” Read more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Times and Pasatiempo.

Tips and resources to help you get informed and cast your ballot.

Experts say it’s important for people to grasp that the systems can both accomplish superhuman feats and make mistakes few humans would.