Dr. Timothy Fong, an addiction psychiatrist and co-director of UCLA’s Gambling Studies program, told LAist that as prediction markets have taken off, his program has “definitely seen an increase in the number of folks coming into treatment.” Read and see more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Times, Vice and others.

More highlights from UCLA in the News: July 14, 2026

California recruits high schoolers to patch bilingual teacher shortage | LAT

Researchers and coordinators of bilingual teacher preparation programs applaud the new grant program, but say it’s not nearly enough to meet the state’s needs. “Grant funding is important, but to me it just doesn’t feel like it’s going to be enough, given our size and also the size of our dreams and our ambitions as a state,” said Lucrecia Santibañez, a UCLA professor and author of two recent reports on bilingual teacher preparation.

Scientists say you have a sixth sense. It could affect mental health | Vice

A UCLA study had women and girls hospitalized with anorexia nervosa swallow a vibrating capsule that researchers could activate remotely from outside the body. Even among participants whose weight had already been restored to healthy levels, the results showed significant dysfunction in gut-brain signaling — they were less accurate at detecting stomach sensations and slower to revise those perceptions when sensations were clearly present. (UCLA’s Dr. Sahib Khalsa was quoted.)

The latest on the conflict in Iran | KCAL-TV

“So, this is now escalating to a new level or at least taking several steps backwards,” said UCLA’s Benjamin Radd. “The president has said that the United States is going to reinstitute the blockade, which is the last thing Iran wanted. And secondly, there's going to be a 20% fee, which the U.S. is charging as sort of a protection service for ships passing through, because he believes that it's vital for all these countries that are benefiting from it to have access, and the U.S. should be compensated for that.”   (Radd was also interviewed by CNN.)

xAI accused of more unpermitted gas turbines for Tenn. data center | Reuters

"Air pollution from these and other sources contributes to systemic racial disparities in chronic disease and ultimately shorter lives," Lara Cushing, a UCLA public health professor who co-authored the study, told Reuters.