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Dr. Elizabeth Barnert’s research into El Salvador’s “disappeared” children points to a role for genetics in reunification.

Abigail Saguy has long been committed to understanding and articulating how our culture frames identity, and human vulnerabilities.

Dr. Jonathan Fielding called her “the consummate public health practitioner and teacher.”

Yang’s research reveals how genetic and environmental factors can disrupt gene networks.

As we mark one year of working from home, UCLA faculty and staff share what they’ve experienced and learned.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, a look at those who are challenging norms, dispelling stereotypes and celebrating diversity.

The discussion also included how campus would expand in-person operations as vaccinations increase and infections decline.

Christie focuses her research on understanding evaluation as a method for facilitating social change.

The agreement will double the number of articles covered by UC’s open access agreements while supporting the mission to make research freely available.

Itoh led breakthroughs in using the microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum for electronics and communication technologies.

As UCLA’s vice provost for international studies and global engagement, Fan guides how UCLA embodies its important role as a global citizen.

A creative response to COVID-19, ‘this body is so impermanent …’ was made by artists as a call to learn and heal together.

Mare, a UCLA distinguished professor of sociology a global expert on social inequality and demographic trends, died of leukemia in his home in Marina Del Rey on Feb. 1.

Dr. Arash Naeim, an oncologist and bioengineer, has been selected to hold the new endowed chair.

In the new book he co-wrote, Salzman reveals the hidden rules that govern who owns what — from the reclining space behind airline seats to HBO passwords.

The acting chair of UCLA’s theater department covers the subject from 1619 to the present.

Ridley was the first woman to chair the modern incarnation of UCLA’s Academic Senate and only the third woman to become a full professor in UCLA’s English department.

Redmond lent her voice to a four-part documentary series called “By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of ‘Godfather of Harlem.’”

Professors Maite Zubiaurre and Kristy Guevara-Flanagan hope their film about searching for those lost in the desert will change immigration policy.

UCLA’s Terry Kramer says that promoting innovation while protecting consumers will require avoiding oversimplified, absolutist positions.

Safiya Umoja Noble, co-director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, is committed to re-imagining technology and championing racial and economic justice.

The UCLA planetary scientist is deputy principal investigator for one of the NASA rover’s experiments.

Kai-Wei Chang, Pavel Galashin, Ravi Netravali and Harold Pimentel are among the new class of young researchers recognized for their scientific achievements.

The new department will offer a wider, more holistic course of study, focusing on the breadth of languages and cultures across Europe and beyond.

Gamble is one of at least six with UCLA ties to join the administration of President Joe Biden.