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The professor of history and architecture, whose work encouraged designers to look past traditional labels, died July 26.

Some walked away with a diploma; others merely passed through on their way to renown. Meet the Bruins you had no idea were ever Bruins.

The project aims to design a fault-tolerant quantum computer that could open the door to practical quantum advantage.

Faced with the loss of federal funding, UCLA scientists turned to an unexpected online platform to buoy their landmark long-term marmot study.

Los Angeles Magazine reported on the growing number of K–12 students receiving individualized education programs, or IEPs, in LA and nationwide, and the mounting strain on schools to provide special education services. UCLA human development and psychiatry professor Connie Kasari said the increase reflects better identification of those students who need support, greater parent advocacy and the lasting effects of COVID, while noting that many Latino families remain underserved because they are less likely to know about the resources or advocate for them. Read more about UCLA in today’s CNN International, Futurism and others.

A new statistical tool reliably measures how well genetically distinct brain cells grow and survive when pooled together in a village.

The Los Angeles Times reported on what city and Metro officials took away from the uptick in public transit use during the city’s FIFA World Cup games this summer, and what the data could indicate for the 2028 Olympics. Experts say the eight LA-based World Cup events differ from the Olympics’ hundreds of back-to-back events that will occur over several weeks, and that plans to adjust transit for this scope are far from complete. “It’s something that can be done very quickly. But the track record of the city of Los Angeles makes me strongly question their ability to do things quickly,” said Juan Matute, deputy director of UCLA’s Institute of Transportation Studies. Read more about UCLA in today’s CBS Los Angeles, NBC’s “Today” and others.

Neil Garg and Anshul Kogar will take part in ‘Lectures on Tap,’ events that spark discussion and foster community.

The cohort explored the African diaspora and examined Ghana's history and contemporary culture.

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 [heatwaves], 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.

UCLA study finds that female birds have a 12% lower survival rate past adulthood.

The Los Angeles Times reported on UCLA students Audrey Ohwobete and Gladis Verenice Ramírez Veliz, who helped plan and produce South Los Angeles’ annual Beehive Block Party through the SoLa Live Accelerator, a partnership between the SoLa Foundation and Live Nation. The six-month program aims to diversify the live entertainment industry by securing coveted internships and mentorship for local Black and brown youth. The fifth annual Beehive Block Party took place on Saturday, July 25. Read more about UCLA in today’s Associated Press, United Press International and others.

Her thought-provoking cultural reflections on race and liberation are featured in museums around the globe.

Check out Newsroom’s latest on the UCLA faculty and staff news — from breakthroughs, honors and milestones to memorable moments — that is shaping our campus and community.

Faculty Bulletin Board is a biweekly snapshot of the many ways Bruin scholars and researchers are advancing knowledge, shaping their fields and powering progress on campus and around the world.

The Independent reported on a new UCLA study showing a statistically significant link between lower reading comprehension scores for children who own cellphones compared to those who don’t. The study, which followed third and sixth grade students, found the correlation to be true even if they never bring the devices to school. "We found that there's no age at which you can give a child a phone that's better or worse for reading comprehension, so it's just having a phone at all," lead author Patricia Greenfield, a UCLA psychology professor, said. Read more about UCLA in today’s New York Times, SFGate and others.

Residents offered tuition-free workshops and courses on cutting-edge topics.

The distinguished professor emeritus of epidemiology and former dean devoted five decades to the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

The New York Times reported on the unconventional way one UCLA ecologist is raising money for marmot research by building a fandom for the rodents on the primarily adult-content platform OnlyFans. “It’s going to be G-rated, and we’re not going to sexualize this,” said Daniel Blumstein, a professor and member of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. The account, which uploads research videos of wild marmots burrowing into nests or scurrying across rocks, offers free subscriptions but asks for tips to help offset federal funding cuts that have impacted field studies conducted by Blumstein and his team. Read more about UCLA in today’s Politico, Los Angeles Times and others.

CAP UCLA’s education program coordinator brings art, as well as music, dance and theater, to K–12 students across LA.

School cellphone bans will likely not make a difference for elementary school students.

LAist reported on pushback from some Altadena residents against out-of-town developers seeking to build dense, more affordable housing in the town's burned areas, which had previously been single-family neighborhoods. Recovering and rebuilding after a traumatic event like a large-scale fire can cause friction within communities, says Megan Mullin, a public policy professor at UCLA. “There can be a tension between what individuals and households need for their own recovery and the vision that a community has for what it wants to be in the future.” Read more about UCLA in today’s CBS Mornings, NPR’s “1A” and others.

The board has elected three new members and four officers, whose terms began July 1.

UCLA's Helen Deutsch explains why people have responded so strongly and what our collective interest in a raccoon tells us about ourselves.

The Los Angeles Times reported on a UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute study finding that immigration enforcement activity in Los Angeles County caused steep revenue losses for Latino-owned small businesses, with many continuing to struggle nearly a year later. Researchers estimated that businesses near nine enforcement sites lost more than $3 million in revenue in the two weeks following the 2025 raids, with entrepreneurs also reporting persistent financial stress and mental health impacts. Read more about UCLA in today’s Politico, Smithsonian Magazine, and others.