UCLA survey finds most teens reject glamorized lifestyles in entertainment media

Less than 5% want to see aspirational content in TV or movies Holly…
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…
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”…
Image of Manuscript of religious commentary. In this image, al-Taftāzānī’s sharḥ (commentary) on al-Nasafī’s al-ʿAqāʾid al-Nasafīyya (the creed of an-Nasafī) can be seen within the textblock. In the marginalia and between the text, glosses on this commentary and intertextual references by several different scholars can be found.

Students make remarkable finds in UCLA’s ‘Encountering Arabic Manuscripts’ course

The collaboration between the Islamic studies program and UCLA…
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UCLA ranked No. 1 public university by U.S. News & World Report for sixth straight year

‘For veterans, there are no other institutions as approachable…
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…

First underground radar images from Mars Perseverance Rover reveal some surprises

Unexpectedly tilted rock layers in the Jezero crater hint at…
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,…