Top Stories from 2019

UCLA College often featured in the news during 2019: from…
Read more

Professor’s book about Sephardic Jews chosen as a best of 2019

Adding to the chorus of critics’ raves, The Economist…
Read more

L.A. could better target homeless prevention services with predictive analytics

Each year, 2 million single adults receive housing, health,…
Read more

Chronic opioid treatment may raise risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, study finds

While opioids are often prescribed to treat people with trauma-related…
Read more

New NASA image provides more details about first observed interstellar comet

A new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides…
Read more

Student Spotlight - Julia Nakamura

Meet fourth-year UCLA student researcher Julia Nakamura! Julia…
Read more

One of California’s iconic tree species offers lessons for conservation

  With increasing regularity, Californians are witnessing…
Read more

UCLA Opens World's 1st Institute To Study Kindness

Read more

Arctic Ocean could be ice-free for part of the year as soon as 2044

It’s hard to imagine the Arctic without sea ice. But…
Read more

Activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim wins Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators

The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability presented…
Read more

UCLA political scientists launch one of largest-ever public opinion surveys for run-up to 2020

As the nation heads into another contentious presidential campaign,…
Read more

UCLA astronomer gets best look at first comet from outside our solar system

David Jewitt, a UCLA professor of planetary science and astronomy,…
Read more