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UCLA sociology professor Cecilia Menjívar stands in front of a full bookcase.

Q&A: UCLA sociology professor Cecilia Menjívar on authoritarian tactics in the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign

A collage of seven new humanities faculty members. Top row, left to right: Nina Duthie, Dieter Gunkel and Allison Kanner-Botan. Bottom row: Jonah Katz, Nancy Alicia Martínez, Roberta Morosini and Vetri Nathan.

Humanities Division welcomes 7 new faculty members for 2024-25

Illustration of two silhouetted figures pushing puzzle pieces together with city buildings in the background

Professor David Kim discusses the importance of community engaged scholarship in ‘Faculty First Person’ series

A composite image of books by Professors Stephanie Balkwill, Marjorie Elaine, Shaina Potts and David Kim, respectively,

New books by UCLA College professors Stephanie Balkwill, Shaina Potts and David Kim arrive this fall

A fruit fly with a pin attached on its back

Study discovers that fruit flies’ visual navigation tactics differ by environment

Portrait of Vida Yao

Paper by philosophy professor Vida Yao named one of the year’s best by Philosopher’s Annual

Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris claps at event at Wake Tech in Raleigh, N.C.

Gen Zers who follow politics and media trend toward Kamala Harris, study finds

Professor Alvine Kamaha standing in front of instrumentation in her laboratory

Eliminating potential false positives in the search for dark matter with physics professor Alvine Kamaha

A collage of bird photos against a wooden counter top.

We Are UCLAvian: A Bruin field guide to the birds that shape our work and lives

A colorful graphic illustration featuring the text ‘Simpli Birds’ in a stylized font on a white banner. The background is a textured gray with grid lines, suggesting graph paper. Surrounding the central banner are various elements related to birds: a circular diagram with segments labeled ‘BREEDING,’ ‘SUMMER,’ ‘WINTER,’ and ‘OVERWINTERING’ in capital letters, indicating seasons in a bird’s life cycle. There are also illustrations of butterflies, flowers, and leaves scattered around the image, adding to the theme of nature and wildlife.

Simpli Birds: The bird explainer video you’ve been looking for

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