Can L.A.’s car-free Olympics help the climate long-term? August 15, 2024 The city could go carless for two weeks, but UCLA’s Jacob Wasserman questions whether it can build for more lasting changes.
12 years after a terminal prognosis, Maui attorney gives others hope August 14, 2024 A UCLA-developed vaccine helped Jamil Newirth beat brain cancer and thrive in law and philanthropy.
Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better – if you do it right August 14, 2024 Psychologists find it isn’t cathartic, but it can strengthen bonds that might pay off in the future.
Molecule restores cognition and memory in Alzheimer’s disease mouse study August 13, 2024 A compound jump-started memory circuitry in mice and could treat several disorders if proven effective in humans.
UCLA Public Impact Research Awards spotlight professors uplifting communities in L.A., nation August 13, 2024 Faculty projects range from protecting incarcerated people to advocacy on behalf of renters and support for people with substance use issues.
Researchers discover new mechanism to cool buildings while saving energy August 8, 2024 A low-cost approach regulates heat with common building materials that absorb or radiate heat.
Solutions to adapt to climate change August 8, 2024 In a new study, UCLA researchers analyze the most severe climate-driven public health risks in California.
L.A. County’s unhoused population faces high levels of discrimination, violence August 8, 2024 The health risks for people experiencing homelessness go beyond challenges inherent to living without shelter, UCLA researchers and colleagues found.
‘This is about hope’: Scientists offer climate solutions for sustainability in California August 6, 2024 The researchers drew connections between existing sustainability challenges and encroaching climate change challenges.
UCLA comet discoverer turns her eye toward Earth’s potentially hazardous neighbors August 6, 2024 As the NEOWISE spacecraft is shut down, its UCLA project leader readies NASA’s next study on near-Earth objects.
UCLA Fulbright awardees will soon depart for global destinations August 5, 2024 Six recent graduates and one faculty member will conduct research and promote cultural exchanges.
Alumni $2.3 million pledge ensures unprecedented access to ‘news we all can use’ August 2, 2024 Irv and Xiaoyan Drasnin’s commitment will help realize the vision of late communication professor Paul Rosenthal.
UCLA officially joins the Big Ten Conference August 2, 2024 Two years after announcing their impending move, the Bruins are now members of an 18-team league that stretches from coast to coast.
UCLA at the Olympics: From Paris through the past August 1, 2024 While the Olympic flame still burns, check up on the latest news from France and take a trip down UCLA’s Olympics memory lane.
24 for ’24: With Bruins in Paris, relive some of the highlights of UCLA’s Olympic glory August 1, 2024 From Rafer Johnson to Madison Kocian, UCLA athletes and coaches have made a splash at the Games.
Darnell Hunt begins his tenure as UCLA’s interim chancellor August 1, 2024 Hunt, who since September 2022 has served UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost, assumed the role of interim chancellor of the university today, Aug. 1.
Election 360: Kamala Harris’ campaign and the ‘war against woke’ backlash August 1, 2024 UCLA’s Kimberlé Crenshaw, an expert on civil rights and constitutional law, weighs in on how the right and left view the candidate.
Layered superconductor coaxed to show unusual properties with potential for quantum computing July 31, 2024 Research brief: The new material retained properties under a much higher magnetic field than the theoretical limit of a conventional superconductor.
UCLA increases number of California residents and underrepresented students admitted for fall 2024 July 31, 2024 Admissions of first-year California students increased 2.5% to 8,795, with 37% coming from historically underrepresented groups.
Creating the global university: How Gene Block built bridges from Westwood to the world July 31, 2024 A tireless traveler, Block has taken an in-person, hands-on approach to positioning the university as a major player on the world stage.
UCLA receives $2 million to develop regenerative medicine therapies for spinal cord injury July 30, 2024 The grant from The Marcus Foundation will support research on restoring sensory function and feeling.
Diving into the 2024 Paris Olympics with Daniella Ramirez July 26, 2024 The U.S. women’s artistic swimming team, which trains at UCLA, is competing in the Games for the first time since 2008.
Wildfire smoke can bring ‘lingering symptoms for months’ July 26, 2024 Smoke can spread 10-15 times farther than wildfires, posing big risks for vulnerable people.
49 Bruins set to shine at the Paris Olympics July 25, 2024 Get all the information on the Games — from athlete bios and event schedules to which alumni will be broadcasting.
UCLA engineers become 6-time RoboCup soccer world champions July 24, 2024 Team RoMeLa’s robot athletes knocked out four opponents in six matches at an international tournament held in the Netherlands.