Everyone belongs, everyone thrives: $1 million gift creates new UCLA center for students’ basic needs August 3, 2022 The funds from alumni Ann Daly and John Gustafson will help expand student resources, access and success.
UCLA Law launches project to track attacks on critical race theory August 2, 2022 The nationwide database records and analyzes legislative, regulatory and administrative efforts at local, state and federal levels.
UCLA-led team develops new approach for building quantum computers August 2, 2022 Scientists have developed small molecules that protect the “quantumness” of qubits, an innovative step that could help to scale up processing power.
UCLA awarded $11.5 million to improve organ, hand and face transplantation July 27, 2022 The two grant projects, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense, will be led by Dr. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski.
Scientists confirm COVID tied to wildlife sales at Chinese market July 26, 2022 The research, co-authored by UCLA’s Marc Suchard, indicates the pandemic started with two separate jumps from animals to humans.
Fowler Museum exhibition sheds new light on African objects collected during the colonial era July 26, 2022 “Particular Histories: Provenance Research in African Arts” is based on the findings of an initiative to trace the movement of objects collected during an exploitative colonial era.
UCLA scientists discover places on the moon where it’s always ‘sweater weather’ July 26, 2022 People could potentially live and work in lunar pits and caves with steady temperatures in the 60s.
UCLA teams up with LADWP for equitable solutions to reach 100% renewable energy July 25, 2022 Researchers are lending their expertise to help make sure everyone in Los Angeles can benefit from the efforts.
UCLA-led study could be step toward cheaper hydrogen-based energy July 21, 2022 Researchers have devised a method for more quickly predicting the performance of potential catalysts in fuel cells.
$1.2 million from Kachigian family trust establishes UCLA lectureship in Armenian studies July 21, 2022 Armenian language scholar Hagop Kouloujian has been appointed to the position for a five-year term.
$1.5 million grant will support social justice mission of UCLA institute July 21, 2022 The Institute on Inequality and Democracy is among four organizations to receive funding from the Marguerite Casey Foundation.
Hammer Museum presents ‘Joan Didion: What She Means’ July 21, 2022 The exhibition, which was was curated by Hilton Als, runs from Oct. 11 through Jan. 22, 2023.
Zooming across the political divide July 20, 2022 Liberals and conservatives can have positive experiences when they talk politics over the video conferencing platform, a UCLA study shows.
Scientists develop blueprint for turning stem cells into sensory interneurons July 19, 2022 The research is an important advance toward cell therapies that could restore sensation in people with spinal cord injuries.
Asian American Studies Center to create free resource for high school teachers July 18, 2022 $10 million from California budget will fund efforts to bring experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders into classrooms.
Latino voters will play pivotal role in 2022 U.S. Senate races July 18, 2022 Support for Democrats remains strong among Latinos, but swing voters could prove the difference in some contests, UCLA report shows.
Darnell Hunt named executive vice chancellor and provost July 11, 2022 The longtime campus leader will become UCLA’s chief academic officer effective Sept. 1, 2022.
How UCLA’s Alvine Kamaha helped build the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector July 7, 2022 Thanks to the physicist’s expertise, the LUX-ZEPLIN has begun its hunt for the universe’s most elusive particles.
UCLA Latina leaders look toward the future with the launch of a research policy lab July 7, 2022 Supported by $15 million in state funding, the Latina Futures, 2050 Lab will inform policymaking in education, health care and other areas.
Asian, Hispanic and Black Californians saw bigger drops in life expectancy than whites during COVID July 7, 2022 The findings are another troubling sign of the pandemic’s uneven impact across different communities.
After facial feminization surgery, transgender people report better psychosocial health July 6, 2022 The procedure is important for the treatment of patients with gender dysphoria, UCLA research finds.
UCLA will expand its worker justice programs thanks to a new annual state budget increase July 5, 2022 The 2022-23 spending plan allocates $13 million to labor centers in the University of California system.
Barriers keep NHPI and LGBTQ smokers from breathing free June 30, 2022 “Policies and cessation strategies must be tailored to fit the population,” said UCLA’s Sean Tan. “A one-size-fits-all framework doesn’t work.”
Study shows HIV speeds up body’s aging processes soon after infection June 30, 2022 Changes at the DNA level can accelerate aging by nearly five years, UCLA researchers and their colleagues report.
UCLA survey quantifies COVID vaccine hesitancy among Californians June 29, 2022 More than half of Californians who aren’t vaccinated are still worried about side effects, a new report finds.