UCLA internet studies and race scholar Safiya Noble awarded MacArthur Fellowship

Professor Safiya Noble, director of an interdisciplinary…
Terence Tao in his UCLA office

Terence Tao named to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Terence Tao, UCLA professor of mathematics, has been selected…
Transfer Student Program zoom class for English 2 - Math and Science Cohort with Ms. Poston

New students get a head start at Freshman Transfer Summer Program

By Robin Migdol   Going into his freshman year…
Professor Marissa López examines Robert Becker’s "Diseños of California Ranchos: Maps of thirty-seven Land Grants if 1822-1846 from the Records of the United States District Court, San Francisco" in the Rare Books room at Central Library downtown. PHOTO CREDIT: Yvonne Condes

UCLA Professor Marissa López’s Summer Writers’ Workshop empowered young attendees to map out their unique vision of L.A.’s future history—and their role in it

What Gets Remembered By Jonathan Riggs There has…
Flooding in Altenahr, Germany in July 2021 Photo Credit: Martin SeifertMartin Seifert

Parched land could help contain some floods but catastrophic flooding still likely to increase

By David Colgan Evidence is mounting that climate change…
UCLA No. 1 rankings U.S. News & World Report.

UCLA ranked No. 1 public university for fifth straight year by U.S. News & World Report

UCLA has again been named the nation’s top public university…
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New metric shows COVID cut average lifespan by nearly a decade in parts of U.S.

UCLA sociologist’s demographic tool clarifies impact of temporary…
The gut microbiota comprises trillions of bacteria and other microbes that live in the intestines and affect health in multiple ways. Photo Credit: Alpha Tauri 3D Graphics/Shutterstock

UCLA-led study could clarify how gut microbes can exacerbate cognitive decline

By Stuart Wolpert    Recent research…
Yuri Shprits, a UCLA research geophysicist, said limiting the duration of a round trip to the red planet would help reduce the amount of dangerous radiation to which astronauts are exposed.

Will it be safe for humans to fly to Mars?

Mission would be viable if it doesn’t exceed four years, international…
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English major Woody Brown, a precise prose stylist diagnosed with autism at age 2, wins the Christopher Zyda Creative Writing Award

About the Author By Jonathan Riggs   Aspiring…