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CalMatters featured a column by UCLA’s David E. Hayes-Bautista discussing findings from a new report showing that the creation and growth of Latino-owned businesses have significantly fueled employment and economic prosperity for the United States. Hayes-Bautista, a distinguished professor of medicine and co-founder of the Latino GDP Project, and collaborators found that Latino GDP, or gross domestic product, contributed to boosting California’s economy and helped it achieve its ranking as the fourth-largest in the world. Read more about UCLA in today’s USA Today, The Hill and other outlets.

Research brief: Unlocking amorphous structures could advance technologies for ultrathin electronics, medical devices.

Frenk reflects on how his family's story is a reminder of why kindness and compassion matter and how the power of human connection can combat hatred.

The New York Times cited UCLA’s Jaimie Krems in an article bringing scientific clarity to something most people struggle with but rarely study: friendship. Krems, director of the UCLA Center for Friendship Research, explains that friendships don’t just happen — they must be actively built, maintained and protected. Her work shows why friendship is essential to well-being, how adults can navigate closeness and conflict, and why emotions like jealousy can actually help preserve valued bonds. Read more about UCLA in today’s Associated Press, KFF Health News and other outlets.

Clues about extreme cases and omicron’s effects come from a cross-disciplinary international research team.

This is the fourth year in a row — and the eighth time in the last 12 years — the program has earned top honors in the "Best Online Programs" survey.

ABC News cited a new study by UCLA researchers using artificial intelligence to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease solely from an individual’s medical history. By using an algorithm that examines patient medical records for prior diagnoses, age and neurological indicators, the UCLA team was able to detect up to 80% of people who would have otherwise slipped through the cracks — an accuracy that’s more than double that of other detection models. Read more about UCLA in today’s New York Times, ABC News and other outlets.

More than 160 volunteers fanned out across the streets of Westwood as part of an annual effort to accurately tally the number of unhoused people living in the local community.

UCLA scholars can provide commentary on protests and crackdowns in Iran, the U.S. response and American policy in the Middle East.

Highlights from NBC News, Agence France-Presse, NPR’s “Science Friday” and others.

UCLA professor Stella Ghervas explains the broad shift in the U.S. approach to Europe and the rest of the world.

Theta-phase tantalum nitride conducts heat nearly three times better than copper, opening new pathways for cooling electronics and AI hardware.

Highlights from the Washington Post, EdSource, Los Angeles Times and others.

A Center for Neighborhood Knowledge and Unseen analysis finds the Trump administration has reshaped immigration enforcement.

Highlights from USA Today, Sacramento Bee, Cal Matters and others.

The initiative examines how Australia is designing culturally appropriate care for underserved and Indigenous populations.

The UCLA Luskin California Poll also reveals residents’ financial well-being and views on voting age, AC and bracing for wildfire.

UCLA cuenta con académicos con amplia experiencia en inmigración y prácticas de cumplimiento, tácticas de arresto y respuesta de los estadounidenses a la violencia patrocinada por el estado.

UCLA organic chemists can’t quit breaking the rules — and that’s a good thing! 

Tunstall, who earned a bachelor's and Ph.D. from UCLA, has also been appointed associate vice provost of student diversity.

Highlights from the KTTV-TV, Pasadena Star-News, New York Times and others.

Fisher is one of five engineers to receive the honor this year.

A new free book by alumnus Christopher Baylor, a lecturer in the UCLA Department of Political Science, poses the question.

Nearly six decades after his death, the civil rights icon's legacy lives on in Westwood through archival materials and courses inspired by his social justice teachings.