Prineha Narang writing on a transparent screen

Prineha Narang receives nearly $2 million from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

November 20, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
two females students in an empty classroom hugging

Findings from the Center for Scholars & Storytellers survey indicate Gen Zers want to be safe

November 19, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Portrait of Sixiang Wang outside of Royce Hall

Sixiang Wang honored for book that reframes 3 centuries of Korea-China relations

November 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Six adolescents smiling for the camera

Checking in with the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent

November 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
UCLA Future Food Fellows

UCLA’s inaugural Future of Food Fellows poised to advance the field of cellular agriculture

November 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A collage showing high school students during the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA Stem Cell Awareness Day.

UCLA stem cell research tour lights path to STEM for high school students

November 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A photo of the Enterprise Bridge passes over a section of Lake Oroville that was nearly dry on Sept. 30, 2014, in Oroville, California.

Climate change parching the American West even without rainfall deficits

November 6, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Nina Gualinga smiling and holding trophy

Nina Gualinga wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovation

November 6, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Interior of Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Church with performers on stage

SNF Center for Hellenic Studies co-presents performance by Cappella Romana vocal ensemble

October 31, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Student reading a chemistry textbook

UCLA chemists just broke a 100-year-old rule and say it’s time to rewrite the textbooks

October 31, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Photo (from left to right) — Front row: Annelien Bredenoord (EUR) and Cindy Fan (UCLA). Back row: Jane Murray Cramm (EUR), Martine Wierenga (EUR), Charles Alexander (UCLA), Paulo Carvalho Da Silva (EUR) and Mary Tupan-Wenno (EUR) and Claudia Salcedo (UCLA).

UCLA expands educational collaboration with The Netherlands

October 30, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A black and white photo of a house with green light emanating from the windows.

Paranormal Activity: A UCLA Haunting

October 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Portrait of Teddi Chichester and the cover of her book “Wildlife Crossings of Hope: Connecting Creatures Around the Globe."

UCLA Writing Programs lecturer Teddi Chichester aims to inspire compassion for wildlife in her first book for young readers

October 28, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Translucent brain in purple and light blue

Scientists can reverse brain aging in fruit flies by preventing buildup of a common protein

October 28, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A sole firefighter faces a wall of forest fire.

Firefighter and UCLA College alumnus Derek Urwin is using his knowledge of chemistry to improve firefighter health and safety

October 28, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Amy Rowat and Jack Bobo

Jack Bobo, Amy Rowat named directors of UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies

October 25, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Amy Rowat in a blue sweater with arms crossed against a blurred outdoor background with palms trees.

‘The power of food’: UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies announces faculty director

October 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Jack Bobo in a grey suit and red tie against a black background.

‘Feed the future’: UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies announces executive director

October 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Fairy with green wings in a green meadow

A Center for Scholars & Storytellers study finds young people prefer fantasy in TV shows and movies — without the romance

October 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Portrait of Paul D. Sheats

In memoriam: Paul D. Sheats, 92, whose love for the outdoors intertwined with Wordsworth scholarship

October 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA’s Sports and Society Lab

October 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Still from Tekkonkinkreet

Film series pays homage to ‘Giant Robot,’ influential magazine founded by UCLA alumni

October 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Mark Terasaki (left) and Richard Terasaki standing in front of a large plaque dedicated to the late Dr. Paul I. Terasaki.

Celebrating Paul Terasaki: world-changing scientist and consummate Bruin

October 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Portrait of Maureen Su in dark blue top

New Autoimmunity Center of Excellence at UCLA will seek cures for autoimmune disorders

October 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Ursula Heise inside a cage with a green parrot perched on a ledge close to her face.

Professor Ursula K. Heise receives the 6th Biophilia Award for pushing forward the field of Environmental Humanities at a global scale

October 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Todd Presner in a blue suit jacket and shirt standing at a podium.

Bruin Bookshelf Spotlight: Professor Todd Presner

October 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Lindsey Pallares, right, interviewing Curtis Robinson on football field

With a heritage of hard work, English alumna Lindsey Pallares reports from the front lines of pro football

October 9, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A young female student drawing math equations on a chalk board.

The UCLA Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle: A new generation of great math minds takes shape

October 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
The new (W)rapper building in South Central Los Angeles designed by Eric Owen Moss

English alumnus Eric Owen Moss and the Rebirth of Culver City

October 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Photo collage showing Terence Tao

Terence Tao, the world’s greatest living mathematician, has a vision for AI

October 4, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Keith Holyoak in a blue shirt standing in front wall with green leaves

Human thinking researcher and distinguished psychology professor Keith Holyoak says that AI is here to stay and brings both benefits and risks

October 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Collage including Japanese art, writing and photo.

Tadashi Yanai gives $31 million to support hub for Japanese humanities research at UCLA

October 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Erick Zerecero, dressed in black, standing in front of Superchief sign

Double Bruin captures L.A.’s Latino subcultures through his photography

October 1, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
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

September 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
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

September 23, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Group including undergrad students stand on steps in front of building

California NanoSystems Institute’s Magnify incubator program celebrates second cohort

September 23, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
W boson candidate event with a reconstructed muon (red line) recorded with the Compact Muon Solenoid detector

New precise W boson mass measurement surprises and reassures physicists

September 19, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A fruit fly with a pin attached on its back

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

September 17, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Portrait of Vida Yao

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

September 16, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
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

September 12, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Ani Hakobyan in white lab coat

New semiconductor pilot program at UCLA prepares community college students for jobs in growing industry

September 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
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

September 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A Adenike Oladosu, Nina Gualinga, Callie Veelenturf against a blue sky with clouds

Meet the 2024 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award finalists

September 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
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

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
UCLA ASL instructors Benjamin Lewis and Jennifer Marfino and interpreter Mariam Janvelyan

Learn to Fly: A video with UCLA ASL instructors Benjamin Lewis and Jennifer Marfino and interpreter Mariam Janvelyan

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A baby hummingbird on a makeshift perch.

Why should we care about birds? How rescuing a baby hummingbird revealed an answer for us all

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Chestnut-sided warbler carrying nesting material

Birds shifting more in time than space as they adjust to global warming

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A greater honeyguide sits on the branch of a tree

UCLA evolutionary anthropologist Brian Wood tells us about a rare example of cooperation between humans and wild birds in Africa

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Ursula Heise with two parrots

Q&A: Environmental humanities scholar and avian aficionado Ursula Heise shares lessons from literature and life

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
a black bird on a person's left hand with a vast, snow-capped mountain range in the background.

Q&A: UCLA professor Stephanie White discusses what birds could teach us about communication

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Nurit Katz wearing a glove and holding a falcon

A bird’s best friend: UCLA’s Nurit Katz draws deep inspiration from nature — and hopes you will too

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
griffon vulture in flight

Like people, vultures get set in their ways and have fewer friends as they age

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Composite image of doctoral student Joey Di Liberto and dark-eyed juncos and campus buildings.

Secrets of a Sparrow

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
An illustration of an index card with the words: "Birdbow by Rebecca Von Damm."

Birdbow

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
An illustration of a golden-collared manikin with the world "A UCLA College Original: Feathers & Flirtations."

Feathers and Flirtations

September 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
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