UCLA comet discoverer turns her eye toward Earth’s potentially hazardous neighbors August 6, 2024 As the NEOWISE spacecraft is shut down, its UCLA project leader readies NASA’s next study on near-Earth objects.
UCLA in the News August 5, 2024 August 5, 2024 Highlights from NBC, Newsweek, New York Times and others.
UCLA Fulbright awardees will soon depart for global destinations August 5, 2024 Six recent graduates and one faculty member will conduct research and promote cultural exchanges.
UCLA in the News August 2, 2024 August 2, 2024 Highlights from KTLA-TV, Spectrum News 1, NPR’s “All Things Considered” and others.
Alumni $2.3 million pledge ensures unprecedented access to ‘news we all can use’ August 2, 2024 Irv and Xiaoyan Drasnin’s commitment will help realize the vision of late communication professor Paul Rosenthal.
UCLA officially joins the Big Ten Conference August 2, 2024 Two years after announcing their impending move, the Bruins are now members of an 18-team league that stretches from coast to coast.
UCLA at the Olympics: From Paris through the past August 1, 2024 While the Olympic flame still burns, check up on the latest news from France and take a trip down UCLA’s Olympics memory lane.
24 for ’24: With Bruins in Paris, relive some of the highlights of UCLA’s Olympic glory August 1, 2024 From Rafer Johnson to Madison Kocian, UCLA athletes and coaches have made a splash at the Games.
UCLA in the News August 1, 2024 August 1, 2024 Highlights from the Atlantic, Salon, USA Today and others.
Darnell Hunt begins his tenure as UCLA’s interim chancellor August 1, 2024 Hunt, who since September 2022 has served UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost, assumed the role of interim chancellor of the university today, Aug. 1.
Election 360: Kamala Harris’ campaign and the ‘war against woke’ backlash August 1, 2024 UCLA’s Kimberlé Crenshaw, an expert on civil rights and constitutional law, weighs in on how the right and left view the candidate.
UCLA in the News July 31, 2024 July 31, 2024 Highlights from Southern California News Group, LAist, KABC-TV and others.
Layered superconductor coaxed to show unusual properties with potential for quantum computing July 31, 2024 Research brief: The new material retained properties under a much higher magnetic field than the theoretical limit of a conventional superconductor.
UCLA increases number of California residents and underrepresented students admitted for fall 2024 July 31, 2024 Admissions of first-year California students increased 2.5% to 8,795, with 37% coming from historically underrepresented groups.
Creating the global university: How Gene Block built bridges from Westwood to the world July 31, 2024 A tireless traveler, Block has taken an in-person, hands-on approach to positioning the university as a major player on the world stage.
UCLA in the News July 30, 2024 July 30, 2024 Highlights from the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, LAist 89.3-FM’s “AirTalk” and others.
UCLA receives $2 million to develop regenerative medicine therapies for spinal cord injury July 30, 2024 The grant from The Marcus Foundation will support research on restoring sensory function and feeling.
UCLA in the News July 29, 2024 July 29, 2024 Highlights from the Wall Street Journal, Nature, Washington Post and others.
Diving into the 2024 Paris Olympics with Daniella Ramirez July 26, 2024 The U.S. women’s artistic swimming team, which trains at UCLA, is competing in the Games for the first time since 2008.
UCLA in the News July 26, 2024 July 26, 2024 Highlights from Discover Magazine, Spectrum News 1, MSNBC and others.
Wildfire smoke can bring ‘lingering symptoms for months’ July 26, 2024 Smoke can spread 10-15 times farther than wildfires, posing big risks for vulnerable people.
49 Bruins set to shine at the Paris Olympics July 25, 2024 Get all the information on the Games — from athlete bios and event schedules to which alumni will be broadcasting.
UCLA in the News July 25, 2024 July 25, 2024 Highlights from Marketplace, KTLA-TV, Yahoo Life and others.
UCLA in the News July 24, 2024 July 24, 2024 Highlights from ABC News, City News Service, LAist and others.
UCLA engineers become 6-time RoboCup soccer world champions July 24, 2024 Team RoMeLa’s robot athletes knocked out four opponents in six matches at an international tournament held in the Netherlands.