Vahagn Aldzhyan Selected as Second Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar

While volunteering with the UCLA undergraduate-led International…
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UCLA faculty couple leaves nearly $9 million for psychology and other programs

UCLA has received more than $8.7 million from the estate…
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Q&A: Norma Mendoza-Denton on how Donald Trump weaponizes words

Norma Mendoza-Denton, professor of anthropology in the UCLA College,…
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UCLA-led team of scientists discovers why we need sleep

Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems…
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What the wildfires tell us about the shortcomings of California’s electric grid

In addition to the vast destruction they have caused, the…
Images from the four episodes of Earth Focus

Faculty, students co-produce documentary on bipartisan environmental solutions

Anew documentary exploring environmental politics, which…
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Connecting With Kindness

With so many people hurting in this turmoil-filled year —…
Photograph of Abel Valenzuela.

UCLA professor leads research on issues impacting vulnerable workers

“Los Angeles is the harbinger for the future. It’s a…
Left image: The inaugural public event hosted by the Black Feminism Initiative, held in February, featured a conversation between local reproductive justice advocate Kimberly Durdin, left, and UCLA graduate student Ariel Hart. Top right image: Audience at the event. Bottom right from left: Kali Tambree and Jaimie Crumley, student co-coordinators of the Black Feminism Initiative.

Black Feminism Initiative meets the moment, in service of a more just future

If higher education can be thought of as a superhighway to…
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Five Black suffragists who were critical to the long battle for the vote

In her latest book, “Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for…