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Longtime public servant and UCLA Luskin policy expert Zev Yaroslavsky assesses the issues surrounding the hotly contested Proposition 40.

The latest California Health Interview Survey also provides insights into immigrants’ health and young adult vaping, among other topics.

The New York Times spoke with Dr. Edward Garon, director of thoracic oncology at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, about the prognosis for Pope Leo XIV, who was diagnosed with lung cancer on Tuesday. Garon joined other experts to explain the medical profile of lung adenocarcinoma and what next steps might be for the first American pope. Read more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Times, KTLA-TV and other outlets.

Events and exhibitions on campus this fall highlight Indigenous histories, creativity and communities.

KCRW reported that UCLA scientists and the Nature Conservancy are using genetic analysis to identify oak trees best equipped to survive California’s increasingly hot, dry climate. UCLA biologist Ryan Buck said researchers hope to use the findings to identify more resilient trees whose acorns and seedlings could help restore struggling oak populations across the state. Read more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Business Journal, New York Times and other outlets.

Brand and her research partners have been examining how workers who lose AI-exposed jobs move to other occupations.

UCLA professors Georgia Kernell, Stuart Soroka and Lynn Vavreck discuss campaign ads and media coverage as midterms approach.

Higher education offers students the opportunity to learn in life-changing courses — and from one another's diverse perspectives. 

The Los Angeles Times featured an article about Zoë Ryan nearly two years into her tenure as director of the Hammer Museum at UCLA. Ryan, who wants to create a “radical welcoming” for the community through new uses of the site’s spaces, is seeking to place educational initiatives on equal footing with exhibitions, pursue collaborations across the city and position the Hammer as the anchor of a Westside arts district. Read more about UCLA in today’s New Yorker, Daily Mail and other outlets.

UCLA’s Miriam Posner explores the history of supply chain management – and why companies know surprisingly little about where their products come from.

The operations manager at the UCLA School of Dentistry’s Special Patient Care Clinic works closely with patients and their families.

In a newly published study, UCLA scientists say the stage is set for potentially higher records for extreme rainfall in 2027.

Faculty with expertise in Indigenous media bring fresh perspectives on filmmaking, creative practice and the stories students learn to tell.

Hosted by the UCLA Latinx Success Center, the fifth annual celebration filled Wilson Plaza with music, dancing and cultural pride.

City News Service reported on a study by researchers at UCLA and that found that nearly 15,000 people arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement across seven Southern California counties in 2025 and 2026 were eventually deported. “The extraordinary impact of the surge is now clear,” said Graeme Blair, co-director of the Deportation Data Project and a political science professor at UCLA. (Also: KNBC-TV, KTLA-TV and KCAL-TV.) Read more about UCLA in today’s BBC, The Guardian and other outlets.

The conservation scientist has made a global difference for tropical forests and countless lives — human and otherwise.

The UCLA women’s basketball coach was recognized for her championship leadership and commitment to student-athletes’ personal development.

With Los Angeles sweltering through a record-breaking October heat wave, the Los Angeles Times reported on a UCLA-led initiative looking for ways to give Angelenos relief from the sun. ShadeLA, a collaboration led by UCLA and USC, is testing temporary shade sails, canopies and tents to cool public spaces where trees are scarce or take years to grow. UCLA researcher Edith de Guzman says the goal is to complement tree planting with solutions that can provide shade almost immediately. Read more about UCLA in the New York Times, CNN and other outlets.

A group of biogeochemists have shown that a rare form of the gas can act as a fingerprint for microbial nitrogen conversion.

New grants will safeguard at-risk records of community memory and history, making them accessible for future generations.

J.R. Johnson and Lili Kazarian took very different educational tracks, shaped by experiences caring for their families and communities.

The Geffen School of Medicine professor and longtime campus leader succeeds Marcy Carsey, who led the board for 12 years.

UCLA environmental law professors Alejandro Camacho and Cara Horowitz analyze the arguments and potential impacts of the case.

Inc. magazine highlighted a UCLA-led study that found that signs of accelerated brain aging in younger and middle-aged adults were associated with poorer cognitive performance, greater depressive symptoms and differences in gut bacteria and metabolites. The study's lead author, Kanhao Zhao, now at Stanford University, conducted the research while at UCLA. Read more about UCLA in today’s New York Times, City News Service and other outlets.

A new study by the UCLA–UC Berkeley Deportation Data Project examined arrests and removals across seven Southern California counties.