Diagram of Vegetation density in California in 2011 versus 2014.

California ‘browning’ more in the south during droughts

  Like a climate chameleon, California turned brown…
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Professor Stephanie Jamison to share how she finds women in ancient, often patriarchal, texts

For four decades, UCLA’s Stephanie Jamison has been somewhat…
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The galactic chimneys (yellow-orange areas extending vertically) are centered on the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center

  The center of our galaxy is a frenzy of activity.…
Photo of Justin Caram, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry in the UCLA College, and graduate student Dayanni Bhagwandin.

New UCLA fellowship aims to make environmental science more inclusive

  Climate change touches every life on the planet…
Painted Lady Butterfly

UCLA aflutter over the butterfly effect

You’ve seen the butterflies fluttering across Los Angeles…
Photo of Kara Cooney, professor of Egyptian art and architecture at UCLA.

The parallels of female power in ancient Egypt and modern times

  Over the course of 3,000 years of Egypt’s history,…
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UCLA biology professor uses superheroes to help students sift fact from fiction

While Shane Campbell-Staton was working on his dissertation…
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41 UCLA scientists among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations

  The world’s most influential scientific researchers…

Three UCLA professors awarded 2019 Sloan Research Fellowships

Three young UCLA professors have been named recipients of 2019…
U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu speaks with UCLA professor Abel Valenzuela during an audience Q&A following the Winston C. Doby lecture.

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu says government can help make society more just for all

U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu came from Taiwan to the United States…
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Political science professor’s new bestseller illuminates America’s ‘Identity Crisis’

For almost a decade, UCLA political science professor Lynn…