UCLA braced for extreme Santa Ana winds January 7, 2025 University teams are working to mitigate the potentially destructive and life-threatening impacts of the dangerous conditions.
UCLA’s largest annual fund drive, the Blue and Gold Challenge, draws record support December 20, 2024 Giving during the weeklong campaign totaled nearly $2.87 million, a more than 50% increase over last year, and included over 7,000 gifts.
Brian Kite named UCLA dean and vice provost of graduate education December 19, 2024 Kite, currently the dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, is expected to start in the new role on or before Feb. 1, 2025.
Thorium film could replace crystals in atomic clocks of the near future December 18, 2024 UCLA physicists have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive.
Astrophysicists capture astonishing images of gamma-ray flare from black hole December 13, 2024 The jet is tens of millions of times larger than the supermassive black hole’s event horizon.
UCLA Film & Television Archive welcomes 2025 with free winter cinema December 11, 2024 Free public programs will run through April 13 at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
UCLA Anderson Forecast: Uncertainties underlie economy ahead of new administration, policies December 11, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump plans to implement several economic policies including tariffs, mass deportations and tax cuts.
UCLA experts on Malibu’s Franklin Fire December 10, 2024 UCLA experts on wildfires, climate change, Santa Ana winds and wildfire-smoke are available to add context to the Franklin Fire.
3 UCLA Engineering faculty members named to National Academy of Inventors December 10, 2024 Professors Rafail Ostrovsky, Gaurav Sant and Yang Yang are the latest faculty members to receive the highest professional distinction for inventors.
MDMA-assisted therapy could improve neurorehabilitation of injured service members beyond PTSD December 9, 2024 UCLA Health psychiatrist says medication could remove barriers to treatment for service members who experienced trauma.
Bruins beat USC to capture NCAA championship in men’s water polo December 8, 2024 With the 11-8 win over the Trojans at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center, the team brought home its 13th national title and UCLA’s 124th overall.
The UCLA Foundation welcomes Andres Snaider to its board of directors December 8, 2024 Snaider, a UCLA alumnus, is an accomplished executive, entrepreneur, international lawyer, educator and investor. He began his term Oct. 7.
Election 360: 11 million deportations December 6, 2024 Immigration was a top policy issue during the 2024 presidential race. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged mass deportations.
Indigenous knowledge, histories and futures are woven throughout PST Art projects at UCLA and beyond November 27, 2024 Indigenous perspectives are threaded throughout “PST ART: Art & Science Collide” at UCLA venues and across the regional art event.
UCLA student Mohammed Alharthi is heading to Oxford as a 2025 Rhodes scholar November 27, 2024 Alharthi is UCLA’s first international student to win the famed scholarship and the 13th recipient in the university’s history.
UCLA’s newest Bruins: Raising the bar on excellence and diversity in all its forms November 27, 2024 The 2024–25 class includes larger numbers of Latino and Black students and is one of the most racially, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse in recent history.
Nearly 40 UCLA faculty named among the world’s most influential researchers November 25, 2024 The researchers have published studies that are cited most often by other scholars in their fields.
UCLA researchers discover a way to make fat cells skinny November 22, 2024 Findings could lead to new, more effective therapies for managing diabetes.
Can COP29 convince countries to pay for climate change disasters? November 21, 2024 UCLA environmental law expert Cara Horowitz, fresh from COP29, outlines the difficulties in the climate finance discussion.
UCLA’s Jason De León wins National Book Award for Nonfiction November 21, 2024 The professor and alumnus is the second Bruin to win the award in two years.
Origin of life favors one ‘hand’ of chemical building blocks? November 21, 2024 Research from UCLA and NASA finds molecular orientation pattern likely results from factors other than chemical predisposition.
UCLA and the Port of Los Angeles partner to advance sustainability, research and healthier communities November 19, 2024 The two institutions have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at creating new opportunities and a more sustainable future for the city.
Generation Z wants to be safe, UCLA study finds November 19, 2024 Being kind to others, self-acceptance and having fun are also goals for 10- to 24-year-olds surveyed across the U.S.
UCLA receives nearly $20 million for electric transit projects November 18, 2024 The grant will support California’s first wireless charging roadway and BruinBus expansion.
Analyzing Trump’s Cabinet picks November 14, 2024 By favoring loyalty over job experience, the president-elect’s picks could hinder his efforts to roll back climate-related regulations.