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Five unique Bruin stories reveal what it really means to be a dad.

The Associated Press reported on a promising new drug that nearly doubled survival time for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer whose disease had stopped responding to treatment. UCLA’s Dr. Zev Wainberg, who helped lead the study, called the results “a very large step forward” for one of the deadliest forms of cancer. The experimental pill, daraxonrasib, targets a mutation found in more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases and was associated with longer survival, less pain and improved quality of life compared with chemotherapy. (Also: USA Today). Read more about UCLA in today’s Forbes and Los Angeles Times.

UCLA’s Carol Bakhos explores how ancient Jewish communities shaped traditions that endure today.

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

UCLA scientists urge bird watchers to join the inaugural Big Weekend June 4-7.

The Los Angeles Times highlighted the return of UCLA’s Festival of Preservation, a free biennial showcase of newly restored films from the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Held at the Hammer Museum at UCLA’s Billy Wilder Theater, the festival features a wide range of restored works spanning Hollywood classics, international cinema, television, documentaries and animation. Read more about UCLA from the New York Times, USA Today and others.

The annual award honors a mid-career UCLA faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service.

The alumnus shares insights from his latest book and explains how UCLA helped shape him as a scholar and activist.

Crowds gathered outside the Broad Art Center on campus to choose from hundreds of colorful handmade bowls at the annual event.

Historian Caroline Luce on understanding Jewish migration, worker rights and Angelenos’ shared interests.

CBC News spoke with UCLA’s Chris Mattmann about Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt and how AI has contributed to his campaign. Mattmann, UCLA’s chief data and artificial intelligence officer, says that the effectiveness of the Pratt ads are in part due to the way AI technology has evolved just in the past few years. “It’s very realistic. And that adds to that sort of evocation of emotion and realism,” he said. “You don’t need to be deeply technical to do it.” Read more about UCLA in today’s ANC News, Time and others.

For spring break this year, 12 UCLA students came together to build connections during an interreligious study trip to Spain. 

The Los Angeles Times reported on a large new study finding that antidepressant use during pregnancy does not appear to significantly increase a child’s risk of autism or ADHD once family mental health history is taken into account. UCLA’s Dr. Katie Unverferth, medical director of the UCLA Maternal Mental Health Program, said the findings offer reassurance for expectant parents weighing treatment decisions during pregnancy. Unverferth also emphasized that the risks of untreated depression must be considered alongside concerns about medication use. Read more about UCLA in today’s Independent, BBC News and others.

The new facility nearly doubles the university's capacity to manufacture personalized treatments for patients with cancer, genetic disorders and other serious diseases.

Staub, who joined UCLA in 2018 to help make community-engaged learning a cornerstone of the student experience, will retire in June.

Frenk reflected on UCLA’s historical trajectory, celebrated recent accomplishments across the university and outlined a forward-looking plan.

In a speech focused on UCLA’s future, Julio Frenk repeatedly paused to spotlight the people who embody the university at its best. Learn more about them.

On May 26, 2026, Julio Frenk delivered his inaugural State of the Campus address at De Neve Auditorium on the UCLA campus. Read the full speech.

Rolling Stone reported on the growing opposition from residents in both red and blue states to the development of AI data centers in their communities, and how the outrage could influence voting in the midterms. “Amid so much partisan division, opposition to data centers seems to be the thing that unites Americans right now,” said Megan Mullin, faculty director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation. “It’s tempting to attribute this resistance to a growing wariness about technology and the titans who control it, but in reality it’s rooted in the one thing that has always united Americans: our deep affinity for where we live.” Read more about UCLA in today’s CNN, Bloomberg and others.

CNBC reported on news of UCLA's new partnership with tech titans Broadcom, Meta and others to launch a $125 million semiconductor hub. The partnership connects academia and industry leaders to accelerate research and workforce development for AI-powered chip technologies. Faculty and student researchers will work with the founding companies to help shorten the timeline for new chip innovations to reach a rapidly-changing market, said Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park, the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of Engineering at UCLA Samueli. Read more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Times, America Community Media and others.

I’ve been at UCLA for almost 27 years — more than half my life!

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Dean Michael Beckerman discusses sonic representations of Jewishness on and off screen.

The event builds on UCLA’s Hope Connects Us campaign, launched earlier this year to strengthen student mental health support across campus.

The Los Angeles Times reported that there are currently five fires of 1,000 acres or more burning in Southern California, which UCLA’s Park Williams described as abnormal for this time of year but not unprecedented. Park, a professor and hydroclimatologist, pointed to a study suggesting that human-caused warming has advanced the onset of the fire season by six to 46 days across most of the state. UCLA climate scientist Alex Hall said a collision of natural factors can also create the perfect storm. Read more about UCLA in today’s Time, Wall Street Journal and others.

The initiative, backed by major philanthropic investment, aims to advance AI-powered technologies with broad societal impact.