‘Strength and Love’: UCLA joins citywide COVID-19 memorial
Royce Hall and Powell Library will shine in blue during a three-day tribute.
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43 UCLA scholars among most highly cited researchers for 2021
The list is compiled based on research citations from 2010 to 2020.
Bunche Center for African American Studies receives $5 million from state of California
The funds will support UCLA students, policy reports and big-data projects such as the Million Dollar Hoods initiative.
UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor
Gifts from the couple are supporting research on the ecology of ebony, a community-driven replanting program and rainforest restoration.
UCLA and Amazon join forces to create Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence
The center will engage UCLA faculty and Amazon AI specialists working to address society’s mot pressing challenges.
Chancellor Block shares ideas about higher education and cities with other experts at Milken Institute Global Conference
UCLA’s leader joined several discussions with the aim of sharing lessons learned from recent social movements and the global pandemic.
Three UCLA faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Helena Hansen, Dr. Keith Norris and Dr. Peter Tontonoz were honored.
Barbra Streisand to fund forward-looking institute at UCLA focused on solving societal challenges
The institute will conduct research into climate change, the dynamics of gender relationships and power, the arts and countering disinformation.
UCLA to honor the legacy of Rafer Johnson, Olympian and champion of equality
Activities will include a virtual conversation about his impact and an in-person celebration of life.
Q&A with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block on the return to campus for fall 2021
The chancellor, who is overseeing the response to the pandemic, shared some of his priorities for the coming year.
Guido Imbens, former UCLA professor, wins Nobel Prize in economics
The Stanford professor and two colleagues were honored for demonstrating “what conclusions about cause and effect can be drawn from natural experiments.”
UCLA alumnus Ardem Patapoutian wins 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
The neuroscientist, a 1990 graduate, helped answer a fundamental question about how the nervous system senses temperature and touch.
UCLA raises $611 million in 2020–21, supporting students and advancing critical research
Donors during the past year hailed from all 50 states and 72 nations; nearly 95% of gifts were less than $10,000.
UCLA internet studies and race scholar Safiya Noble awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Working at the intersection of race, technology and justice, Noble is set to launch an empowerment nonprofit called the Equity Engine.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily A. Carter stepping down to refocus on climate change mitigation at Princeton
Carter fostered greater interdisciplinary collaboration, broadened the scope of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge and helped launch the DataX initiative.
A new school year at UCLA unlike any other
After 18 months of Bruins being away, the campus looks forward to providing the comfort of the familiar and the excitement of change
UCLA receives $13 million contract to expand COVID-19 testing
The tests use SwabSeq, a technology developed in 2020 at UCLA, to deliver results in less than 24 hours.
In memoriam: Nan Wooden, 87, daughter of legendary coach John Wooden
A fixture at UCLA basketball games long after her father retired from coaching, she often sat among friends and family in section 103 of Pauley Pavilion.
From building a more just world to providing a best-in-class student experience, UCLA excels across a range of rankings
No. 1 for community college transfer students, veterans and even college food.
UCLA ranked No. 1 public university for fifth straight year by U.S. News & World Report
Since Gene Block became chancellor in 2007, UCLA has risen from the No. 4 public university to the top of the U.S. News rankings.
‘Advancing the culture of community is the mission for UCLA’
Anna Spain Bradley, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, on what she’s learned after a year and what’s ahead.
UCLA establishes endowed chair in honor of longtime faculty member Dr. Marjorie Fine
Dr. Catherine Juillard was appointed to hold the chair in general clinical surgery.
UCLA Health hospitals rank No. 1 in L.A. and state, No. 3 in nation
U.S. News & World Report named UCLA among the top 10 in 12 different medical specialties.
UCLA receives $1 million challenge grant to expand teaching in Israel studies
The grant is from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, which has generously supported the program for more than 15 years.
UCLA admits most accomplished class in its history
The campus saw robust growth in the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of its admitted freshman and transfer students.