Inspired by their chance to make a difference March 17, 2023 Nearly 180 students at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA celebrate Match Day 2023.
Alex Hall appointed interim director of UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge March 17, 2023 Hall, who assumed the role March 1, focuses on developing regional climate models to help spur science-informed action on climate change.
Struggles with housing costs during pandemic linked to lack of health care for many Californians March 15, 2023 In a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research survey, one-third of those with housing affordability issues said they put off medical care in 2021.
U.S., California economies remain at crossroads as Fed continues to combat inflation March 15, 2023 The latest UCLA Anderson Forecast finds that the relative strength of state’s economy is due in part to a healthy construction sector.
ARTEMIS – UCLA’s most advanced humanoid robot – gets ready for action March 10, 2023 The machine, developed by a robotics lab at UCLA Engineering, will take part in an international competition in July.
$5 million gift from Nancy and Howard Marks endows chair in women’s health research at UCLA March 9, 2023 The inaugural chair holder is Dr. Beth Karlan, a UCLA professor of obstetrics and gynecology.
UCLA study on immune cell response could lead to more effective immunotherapy March 9, 2023 Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists adapted advanced gene-editing technology to make their observations.
UCLA Health receives $25.3 million for street medicine program caring for homeless March 1, 2023 The state grant will help the program expand its coordination with other groups and agencies serving Los Angeles’ unhoused population.
From classic to punk-fueled: UCLA Film & Television Archive’s free spring programs March 1, 2023 The lineup includes new restorations, a world premiere and treasures from out of this world.
All 5 Academy Award nominees for costume design to participate in UCLA panel, March 11 March 1, 2023 The annual Sketch to Screen discussion returns as a live event at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Emerging field of evolutionary medicine could address range of health conditions February 28, 2023 UCLA researchers say the approach could help tackle cancer, antibiotic resistance and food-related disorders.
In a historic first, UCLA Law will host international commission on human rights February 24, 2023 High-profile hearings will accompany March 2–11 events connecting U.S. social justice movements with struggles across the Americas.
UCLA applications for fall 2023 admission remain at near-historic highs February 24, 2023 With more than 169,800 applicants for fall 2023 admission, UCLA is once again the most applied-to four-year university in the nation.
UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital board of advisors funds endowed chair February 24, 2023 Dr. Artha Gillis, who studies the long-term effects of early-life adversity on children, will be the inaugural chair holder.
A mysterious object is being dragged into the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center February 24, 2023 Research by UCLA and Keck Observatory scientists concluded that the object, X7, could be a debris cloud from a stellar collision.
Sustainable LA Grand Challenge launches initiative focused on transportation February 23, 2023 TRACtion — for Transformative Research and Collaboration — will begin with a two-year endeavor called Transforming Transportation in Los Angeles.
UCLA-led study explains how one of Saturn’s moons ejects particles from oceans beneath its surface February 22, 2023 “Enceladus is giving us free samples of what’s hidden deep below,” says Ashley Schoenfeld, a UCLA doctoral student.
Study of Mexican deportees over 20 years sheds light on effectiveness of U.S. immigration policy February 21, 2023 UCLA social demographer Anne Pebley discusses her findings, including which sociodemographic traits tend to predict who gets deported.
UCLA Law researchers find prison mortality rates skyrocketed nationwide during pandemic February 19, 2023 The Behind Bars Data Project’s database improves on discontinued efforts by the federal government to report this information.
UCLA alumna’s pop-up gallery is a meditation on family, memory and American history February 16, 2023 Lua Kobayashi’s installation, “Where a Forest Once Grew,” is on view in Westwood Village through Feb. 18.
UCLA study finds only a quarter of L.A. Metro bus stops offer shade February 16, 2023 The finding is significant because some residents who are most likely to use public transit will face the highest risks for death from heat-related causes.
UCLA receives $20 million to establish Goodman–Luskin Microbiome Center February 15, 2023 The gift from Andrea and Donald Goodman and Renee and Meyer Luskin will fuel research in one of the most promising areas of scientific inquiry.
Civil engineer Jonathan Stewart on the earthquake in Turkey and Syria February 14, 2023 Read the UCLA professor’s responses to questions journalists have asked about the catastrophic event.
Are we alone in the universe? UCLA astronomers enlist the public to find out February 14, 2023 Anyone with a computer or smartphone can help scientists classify radio signals that could reveal existence of intelligent life elsewhere.
7 professors named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science February 9, 2023 The honorees are Roger Wakimoto, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Kenneth Nagy, Yi Tang, Tommaso Treu, Christine Dunkel Schetter and Gary Orfield.