Black Americans’ COVID vaccine hesitancy stems more from today’s inequities than historical ones

UCLA study urges medical community to pursue changes that build…

Inaugural faculty recipients of Mellon Foundation “Data, Justice and Society” grants

By Munia Bhaumik The following UCLA faculty members…
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Kindness is contagious and these videos can help kids catch the altruism bug

UCLA researchers create video playlist for YouTube Kids’ anti-bullying…
Yesenia Aguilar Silvan (left) and Lauren Ng

Mentorship enhances mental health research focused on the underserved

Psychology professor Lauren Ng and doctoral student Yesenia Aguilar…
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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”…
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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,…
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Only 10 vaquita porpoises survive, but species may not be doomed

If they can escape death in poachers’ nets, the endangered…