Portrait of Peggy and Charlie Norris

UCLA receives $1.5 million to further waterworks project at Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden

The gift from Charlie and Peggy Norris will help bring sustainable…
Jean Jacket from the movie “Nope” chasing a man riding a horse in the desert.

How a UCLA fish scientist helped the alien in Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ seem terrifyingly real

Doctoral student Kelsi Rutledge helped make “Jean Jacket”…
Portrait of Dean Tracy Johnson

Dean Tracy Johnson receives grant to launch undergraduate stem cell training program

UCLA Newsroom | August 30, 2022 Editor’s note:…
Portrait of Lauren Ng, David Clewett, Bridget Callaghan

Three psychologists selected as 2022-23 UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows

UCLA Newsroom | August 11, 2022 Assistant…
Image of a person in a crowd in front of the U.S. Capitol, holding a sign that reads: "Let their hearts beat."

What really drives abortion beliefs? Research suggests it’s a matter of sexual strategies

Jaimie Arona Krems and Martie Haselton | August 17,…
Image of two vaquitas in the Gulf of CaliforniaPaula Olson/NOAA

Only 10 vaquita porpoises survive, but species may not be doomed

If they can escape death in poachers’ nets, the endangered…
Image of UCLA College Professors Robert Bjork and Rosa MatzkinUCLA

Two UCLA College faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences

Editor’s note: Congratulations to all three UCLA faculty…
An image of the Madrigal family from the Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto”Courtesy of The Walt Disney Studios

UCLA botanist Felipe Zapata brings Colombia’s biodiversity to Academy Award winner ‘Encanto’

Felipe Zapata taps into his life’s work, as well as…

Studying Maternal Stress

By Stuart Wolpert   Through their research with…