Genius x 2: Alumni Juan Felipe Herrera and Wendy Red Star win MacArthur Fellowships
Red Star and Herrera join 20 other artists, writers, scientists, historians, activists and educators as 2024 “genius grant” recipients.
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How a closer look at ‘Latinx’ can help promote educational equity
UCLA professor and former public high school teacher Laura C. Chávez-Moreno makes the case for ‘ambitious teaching’ about race.
UCLA receives $120 million from Alya and Gary Michelson for new California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy
The transformative donation will spur breakthrough discoveries and drive economic growth for the region.
‘Four walls don’t make a classroom’: Joe Way is leading the charge to transform learning technology
The digital spaces executive director is taking a holistic approach to advance goal 4 of UCLA’s Strategic Plan: to elevate teaching.
UCLA, UC Berkeley Extension receive $12 million from Scott Galloway to help non-traditional students pursue careers
Galloway, an alumnus of both universities, has been outspoken about the impact his UC education had on his life.
Brija Johnson leads new program that expands UCLA’s entrepreneurial ties in the region
Bruin Founders will advance goal 1 of UCLA’s Strategic Plan: to deepen the university’s engagement with Los Angeles.
She’s a first-generation college student who wants to give others the gift of education
Sarahy Torres’ research and outreach seeks to uplift farm-working communities, with a focus on women. (available in Spanish)
Professor David Kim receives 2024 Gold Shield Faculty Prize
The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service.
In memoriam: Jeannie Oakes, 81, professor emerita and champion of educational equity and justice
She set the direction for a UCLA School of Education & Information Studies dedicated to helping students achieve their full potential.
Dedicated to UCLA’s DataFest
Alumnus Jeremy Guinta always makes time to mentor rising Bruin statistics stars.
5 UCLA faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Ann Carlson, Jason Cong, Tyrone Howard, Thomas Smith and Paul Taylor are among 250 artists, scholars, scientists and leaders chosen this year.
Ary Amaya is 27 acres into an Indigenous-led reforestation of L.A. She’s far from done
The UCLA graduate student is helping ensure that Native ecology drives the region’s land management for centuries to come.
L.A. County residents’ satisfaction with quality of life matches low in year 9 of UCLA survey
Concerns over the high cost of living weighed on the overall rating as renters feel especially pessimistic about their futures.
From Africa to the U.S.: Giving back by making math possible
Professor Wilfrid Gangbo finds inspiration in uplifting his fellow Black mathematicians, past and present.
Q&A: Tyrone Howard on dismantling racial injustice in education
The UCLA professor will lead the 2024 meeting of the American Education Research Association, where the topic will be at the forefront.
UCLA infuses the arts into collaborative classes for Bruins and incarcerated students
The Prison Education Program recently hosted a special campus performance for participants in its innovative prison-based spoken-word course.
UCLA honors alumna Yasmin Delahoussaye with Fiat Lux Award
The longtime educator and advocate has helped thousands of low-income students of color earn college scholarships and degrees.
Gerrie Zvara leads continuous process improvement for more effective, efficient campus
The proud alumna is leading one of the efforts to advance goal 5 of the UCLA Strategic Plan: Become a more effective institution.
UCLA Downtown springs to life as 31 community-focused programs prepare to move in
With a wide-ranging group of new projects and initiatives, the university is planting seeds of transformation in the heart of the city.
Chancellor Block offers advice to Geffen Academy’s senior class
UCLA’s outgoing leader held a fireside chat with the high school students, who are getting ready for college.
ICYMI: UCLA to transform empty Westside Pavilion mall into UCLA Research Park
Video: Chancellor Block, Gov. Newsom and UC President Drake announce the launch of the ambitious project at a Jan. 3 press conference.
UCLA acquires L.A.’s former Westside Pavilion to transform empty mall into the UCLA Research Park
With the acquisition, UCLA will create an engine of innovation, discovery and economic growth for Southern California and beyond.
Geffen Academy’s wellness curriculum helps school districts across nation
The Mental Health Education Institute summer program shows teachers how to use storytelling to really connect with students.
Over three dozen UCLA faculty listed among world’s most influential researchers
The faculty members have published research that is cited most often by other scholars in their fields.
12 feet of hope: ‘Little Amal’ the refugee has a big impact at UCLA Community School
Students welcomed the giant puppet and her message of empathy for refugees fleeing war, famine and persecution around the globe.