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Professor wins award for paper on species’ response to climate change
Morgan Tingley, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and visiting graduate researcher Austin Spence were awarded the Ecography Award for Excellence in Ecology and Evolution.
UCLA In the News November 23, 2020
Highlights from KNBC-TV, Marketplace, Psychology Today and others.
UC advances equality, inclusion by implementing nonbinary gender identification
The University of California has adopted systemwide gender identity and lived name options for UC-issued documents and information systems.
Wildfires should be considered a top threat to survival of species
UCLA ecologist Morgan Tingley and a worldwide team of experts call for new approaches to fire management.
Anatomy of a Vaccine
UCLA Magazine speaks with doctors on the front lines who are helping the world combat the deadly virus.
New wound-healing gel helps regenerate skin, prevent scarring
Scientists say their new hydrogel triggered an unexpected response by the immune system that led to more effective skin healing.
UCLA In the News November 20, 2020
Highlights from Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and others.
UCLA receives $6.4 million to fund cannabis research
The seven grants from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control will support research on health, policy and labor issues.
UCLA political scientists: Political polarization is not as simple as it appears
Faculty shared their thoughts during a virtual event recapping the 2020 election.
Prop. 16 failed in California. Why? And what’s next?
UCLA professors say insufficient outreach about the measure, which would have overturned the ban on affirmative action, was a key factor.
California needs policies to protect communities moving to renewable energy
Without careful planning, the shift to green power could cost more and strain the state’s grid.
Eric Scerri named second-most influential chemist
Eric Scerri, a professor of chemistry, historian and philosopher of science at UCLA, has been ranked as the second most influential academic in the field of chemistry.
UCLA model ID’s areas that should have priority for vaccine, other COVID-19 help
The new research pinpoints which racial and ethnic populations in which neighborhoods are most at risk of becoming infected.
UCLA In the News November 18, 2020
Highlights from the San Francisco Chronicle, KCRW-FM’s “Greater L.A.,” Axios and others.
Sculpture professor exhibits new work that explores injustice in America
Rodney McMillian, artist and professor of sculpture, is exhibiting a new show entitled “Body Politic” at Vielmetter Los Angeles.
Chemical biologist receives award for development of imaging technology
Ellen Sletten, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received the 2020 International Chemical Biology Society Young Chemical Biologist Award.
Q&A: On the environment, President-elect Biden is cause for optimism
UCLA’s Ann Carlson said the new administration should be able to rebuild protections, even with a narrowly divided Congress.
Study examines role of race and place of birth in Americans’ upward mobility
Children are less likely to earn more than their parents as adults if they are Black or grow up in the South.
Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways
Researchers used a model of airway tissue created from human stem cells to understand the process on cellular level.
$3M commitment from Berggruen Institute to support UCLA research partnership
The gift to the Luskin School of Public Affairs will advance global understanding of what makes governments effective.
UCLA In the News November 17, 2020
Highlights from the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, PBS NewsHour and others.
Professor wins prize for film about contempt between red and blue states
John Thornton Caldwell, a distinguished professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, was honored by the 2020 DOC LA — Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival.
Neurobiologist honored by Society for Neuroscience
Weizhe Hong, an associate professor of biological chemistry and neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will receive this year’s Young Investigator Award.