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UCLA Anderson Forecast cautiously projects ‘better than expected outcome’
Economists say the positive outlook is partly due to consumers and businesses quickly adapting to virtual commerce.
UCLA extends remote work for faculty and staff through March 19
Discussions about the status of winter quarter instruction are underway and information will be shared as soon as it is available.
UCLA takes important steps to support Black life and advance equity on campus
A new update from campus leadership outlines the progress that has been made and highlights several new initiatives.
UCLA Arts’ ‘10 Questions’ series invites attendees to ‘reckon’ with the future
This year the public lecture-academic class will virtually bring together 30 leading minds from across campus. Class is in session beginning Oct. 5.
Volunteer Day goes virtual: Learn to protest, make ‘how-to’ videos for kids and more
This year’s adapted day of service includes eight different kinds of activities, and volunteers can join in as many as they have time for.
UCLA, aerospace accelerator Starburst win federal grant to launch innovation hub
The new partnership will help grow startup companies based on novel aerospace technologies developed at UCLA and elsewhere.
UCLA In the News September 29, 2020
Highlights from the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CBS News and others.
Design media arts professor selected as one of the inaugural Women at Sundance Adobe Fellows
Lauren Lee McCarthy, associate professor in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, is one of 11 artists chosen for this honor.
Professor elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering
Asad Madni was one of only three people elected as an international fellow.
Law school welcomes first students in master of legal studies program
Executives, journalists and even a Bruin football player are pursuing a degree that provides professionals a leg up in legal issues.
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, 67, passionate advocate for honesty about the incarceration of Japanese Americans
Hirabayashi was the first professor in the United States to hold an endowed chair focused on the wartime confinement of Japanese Americans.
UCLA researchers’ efforts to combat melanoma gets $13M boost from NIH
The team will investigate the mechanisms of treatment resistance, laying the groundwork for new and improved combination therapies.
ACA reduced out-of-pocket health costs for families with kids, but they still need help
Research brief: Before the ACA, a new study shows, 35.6% of the lowest-income families experienced burdensome costs, but this fell to 23.7% post-ACA.
Marla Berns, the Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum, to retire
Berns led the Fowler, one of the world’s top museums focusing on the arts and cultures of Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the indigenous Americas, for nearly 20 years.
Q&A: Norma Mendoza-Denton on how Donald Trump weaponizes words
The linguistic anthropologist is co-editor of a new book that brings together 27 academics to analyze and understand the language of our political moment.
Sept. 24: Hammer Forum on the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse, journalist Kimberly Atkins, and law professor Jessica Levinson will discuss Ginsburg’s legacy.
UCLA faculty couple leaves nearly $9 million for psychology, music and other programs
The late Bernice Wenzel and Wendell “Jeff” Jeffrey, both UCLA professors, were well known for their longtime commitment to the university.
UCLA In the News September 24, 2020
Highlights from NBC News, the Los Angeles Times, KCRW-FM’s “Greater L.A.” and others.
New Bruins will still get to experience (virtual) community building
Even though the pandemic has rewritten the circumstances, UCLA is doing its best to make sure this upcoming year will provide students chances to connect.
Guts and brains: How microbes in a mother’s intestines affect fetal neurodevelopment
In pregnant mice, the maternal gut microbiata plays a key role in regulating which genes are activated in the growing brain, UCLA biologists say.
UCLA In the News September 23, 2020
Highlights from NBC News, the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times and others.
UCLA Law receives $15 million to boost study of Native American law and policy
The gift is the largest ever contribution that a tribe has made to a law school and one of the biggest in history from a tribe to a university.