The Los Angeles Times reported on a heatwave touching down in the region on Friday, one of a series of weather events that have subjected Angelenos to a uniquely muggy summer with record-high temperatures. “There’s a slight reprieve between [heat waves], but not really,” said V. Kelly Turner, who leads the heat research group at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation. David Eisenman, professor of medicine and codirector of the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions, adds that climate change is making nights hotter, depriving people’s bodies of an important recovery time before daytime heat. Read more about UCLA in today’s CBS Morning News, USA Today and others.

More highlights from UCLA in the News: July 30, 2026

Kids who own cellphones have lower reading comprehension | CBS Morning News

“We found that owning a cellphone was associated with the low reading comprehension. In our study, we gave children in third grade and sixth grade reading comprehension tests during school hours, and that’s what we found,” said UCLA’s Patricia Greenfield.

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak over | BBC News

“This is a very complex situation. It isn’t just the number of cases we’re seeing. It’s the speed at which these cases are continuing to evolve,” said UCLA’s Anne Rimoin.

What makes ancient epics like ‘The Odyssey’ so timeless? | LAist’s “AirTalk”

“Yes, we’re seeing this huge burst of enthusiasm. We’ve just added actually another course on “The Odyssey” for the fall as well, and I think it’s just been so heartening how many people have loved — I mean even though the film is in some ways quite similar to “The Odyssey” and in some ways quite different to Homer’s “Odyssey,” that is — I think it’s amazing to see how many people have been enjoying it and have been moved by it,” said UCLA’s Alex Purves (approx. 4:20 mark).

Marmots researchers raising funds with ‘OnlyMarms’ page | KCAL-TV

“You know, it was sort of built out of frustration. We shouldn’t be spending our time coming up with OnlyFans accounts for marmots, even though it’s an interesting and unique way to share our science communication and what we’re doing with the public — and maybe a different public — but the grant scene right now, particularly for long-term ecological research, is really bad,” said UCLA’s Daniel Blumstein.

The latest on the conflict in Iran | KCRW 89.9-FM’s “Press Play”

President Trump claims diplomacy is continuing, but there’s scant evidence that this conflict will wrap up anytime soon. UCLA professor of law and global studies Benjamin Radd, an expert on U.S. and Iran relations and foreign policy, says the move demonstrates Iran is willing to resume hostilities either out of frustration, or posturing and positioning ahead of further peace talks.

New rule represents ‘massive shift’ in key immigration policy | USA Today

The new policy could “prevent people from having a meaningful review of their asylum claims,” and risks placing credible asylum seekers into an immigration court system that’s increasingly denying asylum claims, said Ingrid Eagly, an immigration law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Emptying countryside leaves ‘no simple solution’ to European fires | New York Times

“The success of suppression today does load the dice for bigger fires tomorrow,” said Park Williams, a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles.