High-tech rainforest map brings climate and conservation efforts into sharp relief
Data collected in the Congo by UCLA scientists and others will help empower global initiatives to protect the planet.
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Can L.A. go local for its future water supply?
UCLA environmental researchers create comprehensive model to find out how Los Angeles County can reduce its reliance on imported water.
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Passion for environmental justice fuels urban oil drilling study
A UCLA-student–led survey uncovered stark disparities in public health outcomes for L.A. neighborhoods with oil and gas drilling.
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Keeping California in the lead on climate policy in the Trump era
Panelists focused on ways in which California can continue to lead the charge via legislative and regulatory innovations at the state and local level.
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High-tech rainforest map brings climate and conservation efforts into sharp relief
Data collected in the Congo by UCLA scientists and others will help empower global initiatives to protect the planet.
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UCLA-led researchers track groundwater loss during drought in California’s Central Valley
Study raises questions about water management and supply in an area that produces more than half of fruit, vegetable and nut crops in the United States.
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Food for thought: chefs, scientists and food experts on environmentally conscientious eating
The nonprofit Chefs Collaborative and UCLA co-hosted speakers on a series of sustainable food panels, featuring food-scene stars, UCLA staff and faculty and food critic Jonathan Gold.
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Solid Golds: Sustainable seafood is the goal
UCLA alumni and brothers Mark Gold, respected environmental advocate and scientist, and Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer, on what restaurants, chefs and legislators can do.
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Interest in UC/Vox video series on climate change is heating up
“Climate Lab” — a six-episode video series on climate change from Vox and the University of California — is already getting plenty of attention although it's just getting started.
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Los Angeles County’s energy and air quality earn a C on UCLA environmental report card
New state and local policies promoting energy use transparency, public transit funding and sustainable development make researchers are optimistic for improvement.
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New research clarifies how climate change influences severe weather
Scientists from UCLA and other universities developed a system that tests when global warming contributes to record-setting weather events, and to what extent.
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Experts come up with surprising solutions to climate change in new UC/Vox video series
The first episode features UCLA environmental economist Magali Delmas.
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Green building programs show big results for big buildings
UCLA study shows that certified green buildings save 319 million pounds of carbon emissions in Los Angeles per year. Unfortunately, smaller buildings are left behind.
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Students re-establish vital foothold for research deep in African rainforest
UCLA's Congo Basin Institute led a team of UCLA and Cameroonian students into a rain forest in central Africa to reopen a field station in a jungle with a thriving ecosystem with birds, elephants and monkeys.
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UCLA conservation biologists witness wildlife's comeback after intense drought
This vernal equinox — the first day of spring — flora and fauna from Palos Verdes to the Yosemite Valley have been rejuvenated by a historically wet, snowy winter.
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Climate change puts California’s snowpack in jeopardy in future droughts
UCLA research shows that during future droughts human-induced climate change could all but eliminate California's snowpack, which supplies 60 percent of the state's water supply.
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Researchers develop equation that helps to explain plant growth
The UCLA study has important implications in an era of climate change.
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UCLA wins Water Efficiency Project of the Year
UCLA’s extensive water-saving program garnered the Water Efficiency Project of the Year award, presented by the environmentally focused organization the Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge at its third annual Innovation Awards ceremony.
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UCLA faculty voice: Oroville Dam shows urgent need for climate adaptation
Alex Hall and Mark Gold say California’s infrastructure needs to be designed for how the state’s climate will be in the future, which likely means more rain and less snow.
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UCLA study suggests air pollution’s risk to the heart may stem from the gut
Researchers found that exposure to the pollution caused mice to experience changes in the normal composition of gut bacteria. This in turn produced a cascade of negative health effects.
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Oroville Dam crisis could be sign of things to come
Professor Alex Hall’s research shows that, as temperatures warm in the Sierra Nevada, a deluge could overwhelm California’s patchwork network of dams and reservoirs that currently supplies 60 percent of the state's water.
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New UCLA Luskin conference center shines as a showplace for sustainability
From linen-free tables and wine kegs to maximum use of natural light and recycled steel, the new UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center leads the way in sustainability.
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Biggest obstacles to California coastal access are economic
Sixty-two percent of California voters said access to coastal areas is a problem, and even more said that they were deterred by the cost of parking, overnight accommodations and transportation options.
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Become a citizen scientist and help preserve California’s biodiversity
You can be among the 1,000 volunteer citizen scientists who will collect 18,000 samples of soil and aquatic sediment from across the state through a new University of California program called CALeDNA.
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Sustainable LA Grand Challenge awards $1M to 8 research projects
The UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge awarded its second round competitive research grants this month, providing $1 million to eight new projects focusing on renewable energy, transportation and urban ecosystems.
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Bait and switch: UCLA study finds fish fraud runs rampant
Almost half of the fish ordered at Los Angeles-area sushi restaurants turned out to be mislabeled, which has both environmental and public health implications.
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From prison to honors graduate
UCLA senior James Anderson spent three years behind bars, then co-founded a nonprofit that helps formerly incarcerated people, and now plans to dedicate himself to justice system reform.
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One of UCLA's youngest grads is headed for a future in Silicon Valley
Graduating senior Luke Vellotti is leaving UCLA this week with two bachelor’s degrees — one in mathematics and one in computer science — and starting his career at Google as a software developer.
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UCLA No. 2 U.S. public university in Times Higher Education’s world reputation rankings
The rankings assess the international prestige of institutions of higher learning based on input from academic leaders around the world.
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Social workers and medical students: ‘the ideal team’
The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs social welfare department provides lessons in social work and a diversity of experiences to first-year medical students.
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UCLA historian brings language of the Aztecs from ancient to contemporary times
Once the lingua franca of Mexico, Nahuatl was eventually overtaken by Spanish. Today, the Aztec language is spoken only by 1.5 million people in Mexico, many of whom live in the state of Veracruz on the western edge of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Newly minted UCLA School of Law graduate argues before Ninth Circuit
Elizabeth Arias’ rare opportunity came from participating in the law school’s First Amendment clinic headed by professor Eugene Volokh.
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Faculty member and his wife give $1 million to UCLA
The gift, from Michael Jung, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and his wife, Alice, establishes an endowed chair in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery.
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Library professional development program at UCLA welcomes new leader, new partners
Brian Schottlaender comes from UC San Diego to head the Senior Fellows Program.
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'Be relentless,' new UCLA graduates are told
Anita Ortega, a former UCLA basketball star and the first African-American woman to become a Los Angeles Police Department area commander, advised graduates to push on their own behalf and for the voiceless.
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Memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s reversed for first time
In a small-scale study, nine of 10 people with the disease displayed subjective or objective improvement in their memories beginning within three to six months.
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Mother and daughter set to graduate together from UCLA
Gabriela Abraham and her daughter, Danielle, have supported each other through college and will be the first in their family to earn four-year degrees.
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American Indian graduates celebrate their academic success at UCLA
The first two women of Tongva descent to be awarded Ph.D.s at UCLA celebrated that milestone today at UCLA’s Graduate Division Doctoral Hooding, held on a campus that now sits on the ancient land of their ancestors.
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In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read emotions?
UCLA scientists report that sixth-graders who went just five days without glancing at a smartphone, television or other screen did substantially better at reading emotions than counterparts who used electronic devices.
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UCLA graduating senior inherited love of learning from her grandmother
Kaylin Wesley plans to use her knowledge to alleviate major challenges facing black youth as they struggle to attain an education and health care, among other objectives.
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UCLA ranked No. 2 public university in the country by U.S. News and World Report
UCLA is No. 2 among America’s national public universities and No. 24 overall in the 2017 U.S. News and World Report “Best Colleges” rankings.
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UCLA again named one of nation’s best-value universities by Princeton Review
The 2017 Colleges That Pay You Back ranking noted that UCLA “prizes its diversity, and that definitely includes economic diversity.”
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Rare genetic variants found to increase risk for Tourette syndrome
An international team led by researchers from UCLA and Massachusetts General Hospital helped lead discovery of the first definitive genetic mutations.
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Immigrant doctors trained to help bridge major gaps in care
The UCLA International Medical Graduate Program offers education and certification to physicians who agree to provide services in underserved communities.
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UCLA ranked No. 10 in the world by U.S. News and World Report
UCLA is No. 2 among American public universities and No. 10 in the world, according to the U.S. News and World Report 2017 Best Global Universities rankings, published today.
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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA names winner of Switzer Prize for research excellence
Dr. Huda Zoghbi, a Baylor University neurologist, has helped uncover the molecular basis of neurological disorders including Rett syndrome.
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UCLA doctors use magnetic stimulation to ‘rewire’ the brain for people with depression
The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is one of a handful of hospitals and clinics nationwide that offer a treatment that works in a fundamentally different way than drugs.
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Intimate details of life as a Civil War soldier depicted in rare sketches
A book of 1893 drawings by a Union veteran was painstakingly restored by UCLA Library Special Collections.
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UCLA ranks among top institutions for awarding the most Ph.D.s in arts, humanities
UCLA is one of the top universities in the country for producing the most Ph.D.s in the arts and humanities. In 2014-15, UCLA tied for No.1 in the nation with NYU, according to a recent report from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Students of all races feel safer in ethnically diverse middle schools, UCLA researchers report
The study, led by UCLA professor Jaana Juvonen, surveyed more than 4,300 sixth-graders in Southern and Northern California.
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UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital recognized for overall excellence in pediatrics
The assessment relies on clinical data and reputation surveys of health care providers to identify the top 50 programs in each of 10 disciplines.