Any reduction in alcohol consumption helps reduce cancer risk.

The year that was, while a year of marked by uncertainty and tragedy, was also a year filled with tremendous accomplishments by our faculty, students, alumni and staff, but it was also

Across medicine, environmental studies, public policy, the social sciences and beyond, UCLA scholars in 2025 continued turning discovery into real-world impact.

The award recognizes a distinguished leader who is an inspiration to students, families and health care professionals. 

Read about the dedication of faculty, staff, students and alumni to service, collaboration, connection and kindness.

Generous benefactors fueled discovery, expanded access to education and created new pathways for impact. 

Check out 13 of the year's most unusual discoveries, which prove groundbreaking science doesn’t always look serious at first glance.

Read about the standout performances, major transitions and alumni who made headlines on the biggest stages in sports.

The collaboration will accelerate clinical trial readiness and implementation for people with autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions.

UCLA College’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” podcast explores folklore, festivity and the afterlife with scholar Henry Ansgar Kelly.

Urban junco bills at UCLA became more like mountain junco bills.

The distinguished professor of comparative literature and of Spanish and Portuguese, died Nov. 14.

In case you missed ’em, these were our favorite stories of the year.

UCLA study finds gut microbes are evolving differently in industrialized and non-industrialized parts of the world.

The news of deadly shootings near and far is devastating. 

Lecturer Cailey Hall evokes appreciation for the author by comparing originals like “Pride and Prejudice” with modern takes.

Diversity behind and in front of the camera continues to slip, even as underrepresented stories pull in audiences.

Supportive school settings produced fewer positive effects and deepened targeted students’ isolation, new research shows.

He studies how physical, social-organizational and cultural contexts in schools relate to different kinds of bullying and school violence.

Learn more about the legendary actor, director and political activist's decades-long connection to and support for the university.

They held an event to test soil samples from neighborhoods hit hard by the 2025 wildfires for lead and other contaminants.

The pioneering genetic scientist, whose research transformed plant molecular biology and whose teaching enriched the lives of generations of UCLA students, died Nov. 21.

From preserving memory and generating clean water to revolutionizing modern communications, UCLA researchers have transformed nearly every aspect of modern life.

Meet Maher El-Kady, working toward a more sustainable energy future, and Dr. Dennis Slamon, groundbreaking breast cancer researcher and clinician.

UCLA’s Eric Deeds on how unstable federal funding jeopardizes both discovery and the everyday lives it protects.