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Much of the excitement around the news has stemmed from the adjudicator of these AI-written proofs: Terence Tao, a UCLA professor who is widely considered to be the world’s greatest living mathematician, reported The Atlantic. When Tao was interviewed about what AI can offer mathematics, he was more tempered. The AI-generated Erdős solutions are impressive, he said, but not overwhelmingly so: The bots have functionally landed some “cheap wins,” Tao said. See more about UCLA in today’s LAist, New York Times and other outlets.

In honor of Black History Month, UCLA Newsroom revisits the story of one family whose imprint on the university spans nearly a century.

UCLA organic chemists have made phosphine behave like precious metal catalysts.

Live Science spoke with UCLA mathematician Terence Tao about how AI models are becoming increasingly proficient at generating convincing mathematical proofs, raising concerns about the potential for accepting incorrect proofs without full understanding. “If you were a terrible mathematician, you would also be a terrible mathematical writer, and you would emphasize the wrong things,” said Tao, who is the 2006 winner of the prestigious Fields Medal. “But AI has broken that signal.” See more about UCLA in today’s CNN, New York Times and other outlets.

The collaboration with Kyoto’s Ritsumeikan University will create what could become the largest digital collection of its kind outside of Japan.

The New Yorker spoke by phone with Ahilan Arulanantham, a law professor at UCLA and the faculty co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy. During the conversation, they discussed how judges have tried to limit the Trump administration’s use of this third-country loophole by demanding that it bring wrongly deported immigrants home, the legal process that allows this type of deportation, and how the Supreme Court’s unwillingness to rein in the Trump Administration has strained federal courts. See more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Times, KCBS-TV and other outlets.

Part of Team USA’s self-dubbed “Blade Angels,” Alysa Liu returned to the ice this week, competing in the women’s figure skating competition at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

UCLA School of Law professor Kimberly Clausing is available to speak with journalists about the ruling’s legal, economic and geopolitical implications.

CBS News Los Angeles featured UCLA gastroenterologist Dr. Fola May discussing the rise of colorectal cancer diagnoses in adults under 50 and the importance of early detection. May noted that a disease once most common in older patients is now increasingly appearing in people in their 30s and 40s, and emphasized that screening should begin at age 45 — or earlier for those with a family history or symptoms. Read more about UCLA in today’s NBC News, Independent and other outlets.

As UCLA’s Westwood centennial approaches, professor emeritus Robert Gurval answers questions about Founders’ Rock and campus history.

Gomaa-Mersal’s commitment to representation and public impact extends beyond campus and into her professional work.

In a commentary in the Los Angeles Times, Jon Christensen, founder and director of The Laboratory for Environmental Strategies at UCLA — which provided data and analysis to support the park needs assessment for the city of Los Angeles — writes: “The city of Los Angeles is turning its back on parks and nature, even after investing in a yearlong, citywide park needs assessment. There’s no good time for a major city to do this, especially in an era of climate change, let alone in L.A.” Read more about UCLA in today’s Forbes, Associated Press and other outlets.

Jackson pressed generations of Bruins toward civil engagement and economic equality through speeches, commencement addresses and campus rallies.

In a commentary in The Hill, UCLA’s Efrén Pérez, a professor of political science and psychology, and director of the UCLA Race, Ethnicity, Politics and Society Lab, writes: “Our evidence shows that the path to a revitalized Democratic coalition runs through solidarity between all people of color. It also clearly indicates that Latinos are predisposed to be reliable Democrats and active allies in collective struggles against a still racially unequal society.” Read more about UCLA in today’s New York Times, Axios and other outlets.

David Clewett, Pradip Gatkine and Juliana Londoño-Vélez are among 126 scholars across the United States and Canada selected for the prestigious award.

Dr. Ravi Dave has been appointed Jivrajka Family Foundation Chair to develop and oversee the UCLA Health South Asian Heart Program.

Replacing the entire faulty gene rather than correcting individual mutations may allow the therapy to work across all patients with cystic fibrosis.

Sotomayor, the first Latina to serve on the nation's highest court, shared insights on law, public service and leadership.

“Everyday Miracles,” an animated short video highlighting the importance of federally funded research, won two gold awards.

The $800,000 grant will help the UCLA Data Equity Center provide assistance to projects across the country.

KTLA-TV reported that California Attorney General Rob Bonta has launched a civil rights investigation into the emergency response to the Eaton Fire in West Altadena, following UCLA research that found the blaze disproportionately affected Black residents in the historically Black community. The research comes from a January 2025 data brief from the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge and the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. Read more about UCLA in today’s Associated Press, Time and other outlets.

The assistant professor explores the behavior of magnetized plasma, and is working on laser lab software thematically inspired by “Star Trek.” 

The New York Times reported on new findings from UCLA astronomer David Jewitt, who discovered that Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák dramatically slowed its rotation to a stop and then began spinning in the opposite direction, an unprecedented event that may help explain how small comets ultimately break apart. Using images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Jewitt said the extreme shift suggests some comets may be “blown to bits by their own spin.” Read more about UCLA in today’s Time, Scientific American and other outlets.

The UCLA leader spoke with families and educators about technology, higher education and why lifelong learning is essential.

Fashion historian and Met curator Mellissa Huber will present a public talk revisiting the significant legacy of the mid-century designer.