UCLA in the News January 9, 2026
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One year after the L.A. fires, UCLA engineers advance fire mitigation efforts
Work launched in the immediate aftermath of the January 2025 blazes continues to deliver practical insights and tools for wildfire risk reduction and disaster response.
A connection forged by language
Maltese is spoken by only about 530,000 people worldwide, but it sparked a friendship between 2 UCLA grad students.
UCLA in the News January 8, 2026
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UCLA’s ‘Moment of Reflection’ marks the one-year anniversary of the LA fires
Members of the Bruin community came together on Jan. 7 for a moving ceremony of remembrance, music and acts of healing.
UCLA in the News January 7, 2026
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A sixth-generation Altadena resident presents a community recovery roadmap after the fires
Sam James and the Altadena Recovery Team meet survivors’ needs and push for policy-informed advocacy.
We finally know how the most common types of planets are created
Four baby planets show how super-Earths and sub-Neptunes form.
In memoriam: Daniel Walker Howe, 88, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and UCLA professor
His scholarship reshaped how Americans understood the nation’s political, intellectual and religious past.
On first anniversary of L.A. wildfires, health effects linger, but progress continues
One year later, UCLA Health experts say long-term threats to lung health, mental well-being and overall community wellness remain.
UCLA in the News January 5, 2026
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‘One UCLA’ one year in: Julio Frenk reflects on his tenure and the university’s mission
After 12 months of intense challenges and change, the chancellor offers his insights on where we are and where we’re heading.
Even after wildfires are extinguished, smoke damage may continue to pose risks to residents
The findings by UCLA public health researchers underscore the need to minimize indoor exposures during the recovery phase.
Restoring the healthy form of a protein could revive blood vessel growth in premature infants’ lungs
A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants’ lungs can regenerate after injury.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health recognizes 7 distinguished alums as the 2025 'Hall of Fame' honorees
Recipients include Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School’s Department of Epidemiology and Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health.
Jan. 31: UCLA Philharmonia Annual All-Star Concert
The free performance by the school’s flagship orchestra will feature solos by winners of the fall 2025 all-star competition.
‘I had to change at 55’: Daniel Martin is humbled by Veteran of the Year award
Success Academy helped the Army veteran, who pays it forward by talking about his experience.
What Will Happen in 2026? Our Experts Tell Us What to Expect
After a tumultuous 2025, what’s in store for next year? Six UCLA faculty members weigh in on what the future holds.
2025 reflections: A great year, a difficult year — a Bruin year to remember
The year that was, while a year of marked by uncertainty and tragedy, was also a year filled with tremendous accomplishments by our faculty, students, alumni and staff, but it was also
UCLA in the News December 19, 2025
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