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UCLA Samueli School of Engineering launches $125 million semiconductor hub with top industry leaders
The initiative, backed by major philanthropic investment, aims to advance AI-powered technologies with broad societal impact.
Wildfires and ‘a Category 4 or 5 Santa Ana 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.
Are birds scared of women? The study that’s taken flight on social media
The study is the latest to find that animals recognize differences between men and women.
UCLA to lead $9M study on pesticides', air pollutants' link to Parkinson’s disease risk
Researchers will look to identify genetic and environmental factors that determine how fast an individual’s Parkinson’s disease progresses.
A Bruin guide to California’s 2026 primary election
Tips and resources to help you get informed and cast your ballot.
Study identifies gene linked to heart artery plaques more often seen in women
The findings may help explain sex differences in heart disease and support the development of more personalized treatments.
Telemedicine has not led to increased use of medical care or higher healthcare costs
The study's findings could ease concerns that the expansion of telemedicine would trigger spikes in usage and costs
The 360: California primaries and the Latino vote
Latinos may be key in the newly drawn congressional districts and could impact who makes it through the first round of the gubernatorial election, UCLA experts say.
Free relationship help for couples in Los Angeles County
The online program OurRelationship uses a tried-and-true counseling method pioneered at UCLA.
Digital therapy may outperform referrals to campus mental health clinics among college students
College students with anxiety, depression and eating disorders benefit from therapy offered via a digital app.
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris named dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Currently the interim dean, Loukaitou-Sideris has provided strong and principled leadership. She will begin her permanent tenure June 1.
‘Our history is your history’: Multimedia textbook brings Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences to the forefront
UCLA Asian American Studies Center’s launch of “Foundations and Futures” will help schools meet ethnic studies requirements.
How do climate extremes alter the behaviors of animal societies?
One of the world’s longest-running studies of white-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica, led by UCLA, offers valuable data.
Stuart Soroka named 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
The UCLA professor will analyze how technological and market pressures drive polarizing news content.
Deportations may loom but the future is still Latino as their GDP hits fourth largest in the world
The Latino GDP Project finds that U.S. Latinos’ economic contributions grew to $4.4 trillion in 2024.
A broad-spectrum antiviral just got a multimillion dollar shot in the arm
The nasal spray has been effective at preventing or reducing severe COVID in mice and other airborne viral diseases.
Indigenous Andeans have a digestive superpower; researchers think it may be linked to potatoes
Natural selection began favoring Indigenous Andeans with a high number of salivary amylase genes when potatoes were first grown in the Andean highlands.
Can dopamine bend time to shape memory?
The brain may use dopamine to expand time between distinct events, enabling us to remember unique episodes.
cityLAB-UCLA initiative to design, develop and build starter homes expands to privately owned lots
This continuation of cityLAB’s groundbreaking “Small Lots, Big Impacts” initiative will release a request for information on May 7.
From deep space to democracy: Trio of UCLA professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
Bruin scholars Eric Becklin, Martin Gilens and Craig Manning exemplify how UCLA research continues to power progress across disciplines.
UCLA research improves molecular probe for drug discovery
Research brief: New technology makes light-activated protein labeling more precise and reliable.
Better weather forecasts and climate models could come from new desert-dust research
New UCLA research finds that airborne dust traps about twice as much heat as climate models have estimated.
To our newest transfer Bruins: Your hard work led you here. You belong at UCLA
Today, transfer student applicants who were admitted for fall 2026 received the exciting news that they are now #UCLABOUND.
4 UCLA professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Eva Baker, Elizabeth Ligon Bjork, Ursula Heise and Angela Riley are among the 252 leaders selected this year.