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Dean Tracy Johnson receives grant to launch undergraduate stem cell training program
Johnson, a member of the Broad Stem Cell Research at UCLA, has received $2.9 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Watch: TV show ‘Artbound’ puts artist Lauren Lee McCarthy and NFTs in the spotlight
The associate professor of design media arts has focused on exploring how technology has become so interwoven into our lives and society.
UCLA in the News August 30, 2022
Highlights from USA Today, Salon, the Los Angeles Times and others.
Professor emerita Joyce Newman Giger honored by American Academy of Nursing
Newman Giger was one of six people chosen as a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing.
UCLA Film & Television Archive helps keep full picture of L.A.’s Chicano history alive
The short documentary “Chicano Moratorium” captures the brutal police response to protests against the Vietnam War.
Nursing researcher Yeonsu Song awarded National Institutes of Health grant
The assistant professor is studying ways to improve sleep among people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers.
Three people from UCLA chosen as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
Karen Grimley, Mary Rezk-Hanna and David Bailey are part of a class of 250 nursing leaders around the world to be inducted this tear.
UCLA in the News August 25, 2022
Highlights from the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Scientific American and others.
Dangerous combination of extreme heat and smoke affected 16.5 million Californians
With climate change, these dual exposures and related health problems will only increase, say researchers who studied the 2020 fire season.
See ‘Drawing Down the Moon’ at the Hammer Museum on Sept. 11
This exhibition operates at the crux of a lunar spectrum, between the lure and mystery of the unattainable moon and the eternal quest to conquer the moon in its material form.
First underground radar images from Mars Perseverance rover reveal some surprises
The rover’s RIMFAX instrument, co-led by UCLA’s David Paige, has found unexpectedly tilted rock layers beneath the Jezero crater.
Campus town hall provides updates on COVID-19 protocols and answers to monkeypox questions
Leadership provided further clarity on recently modified COVID-19 protocols and how campus is preparing to deal with monkeypox.
UCLA in the News August 24, 2022
Highlights from the New York Times, the Associated Press, ABC’s “Good Morning America,” and others.
Remote heart rate sensors can be biased against darker skin. A UCLA team offers a solution
By combining two technologies, camera and radar, researchers boosted accuracy across a diverse range of skin tones.
A warming planet could mess with our sleep – and make us more vulnerable to infectious diseases
New research looks at the nexus of climate change, sleep and human immunity.
NSF-funded UCLA center to develop chemical qubits for quantum computing
The center, which will be led by Professor Anastassia Alexandrova, will break new ground in chemistry.
UCLA in the News August 23, 2022
Highlights from the Los Angeles Times, CNN, the Washington Post and others.
Older adults and adults with disabilities: In need of care but financially strapped
In California, more than half need extra assistance, but 4 in 10 of them aren’t getting it, UCLA research shows.
UCLA in the News August 22, 2022
Highlights from the New York Times, the Associated Press, NPR and others.
UCLA International Institute receives $8 million in federal funding
The Title VI awards will provide students with tuition assistance and living stipends, support teaching of languages, among other things.
Aug. 23: COVID-19 virtual town hall
Faculty and staff can learn the latest information about recent updates to UCLA’s COVID-19 protocols and about the campus’s response to monkeypox.
Heat waves aren’t going anywhere. Here’s how we can prepare
V. Kelly Turner co-leads UCLA’s Heat Resilient L.A. project, which takes a multi-pronged approach that emphasizes equitable solutions to this dangerous problem.