UCLA in the community

From preparing meals at food banks to cleaning up riverbanks, UCLA volunteers fanned out to serve the city on Saturday, Sept. 27.

10 pediatric oncology patients at UCLA Health who were guests of Major League Baseball’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Night.

With the fall quarter beginning, the chancellor shared a message with the campus community about UCLA’s continuing commitment to educate, discover and serve.

Students arriving for the new academic year will encounter enhancements to UCLA’s built environment that prioritize the pedestrian experience.

Beachgoers may see the dye tracer experiment Sept. 15, 22–24 and 30, weather permitting.

UCLA Fielding School’s Kirsten Schwarz co-leads a study to analyze, redesign and cool school landscapes.

The team has trained more than 300 workers under a state contract to support debris cleanup and reconstruction.

Air samples collected in March and April 2025 showed traces of metals.

Enjoy a twilight educational program and bat walk in the Santa Monica Mountains Sept. 5.

An email to renowned autism investigator Dr. Daniel Geschwind is leading to new science.

Here are just some of the lifesaving therapies that were developed by or stemmed from research at UCLA.

The new system could help enhance nationwide wildfire preparedness by combining satellite imagery with artificial intelligence.

At UCLA, adopting AI is underway, with students, faculty and staff leading the charge.

Latino Policy and Politics Institute program helped turn data into community-driven action plans.

UCLA Luskin’s Mike Manville is challenging how we think about traffic, housing and fairness.

The nonprofit-funded project provides real-time information to residents about air quality and safety as reconstruction progresses.

The mobile unit, which offers health services to people experiencing homelessness, helped Jose Morales recover from rock bottom.

ShadeLA aims to expand urban tree canopy and shade infrastructure, building heat resilience for Angelenos.

The HPU uses a first-of-its-kind predictive model to identify L.A. County residents most at risk of homelessness.

She is promoting research and teaching to help deepen the university’s relationship with Los Angeles.

A new tool pinpoints where shade is lacking across 360-plus cities and towns.

‘Those who are different make the difference,’ the disability studies course co-facilitator says.

The gift was inspired by the family’s personal experiences with UCLA.

“I am thrilled to join the UCLA comunidad in celebrating this milestone,” the community-based scholar and practitioner said.

Herbert Najera discusses his journey to a career in health care.