Image of solar system planets and their moons

Scientific definition of a planet says it must orbit our sun. A new proposal would change that

July 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Five hands with different skin tones on a wooden table view from above.

New census categories raise philosophical questions about race and ethnicity

July 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Orange Vermilion Flycatcher sitting on brush

California’s avian residents face a challenging summer as wildfires intensify across the state

July 9, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Abstract image with a color gradient suggesting heat in one corner and cold in another, similar to a weather map, heat map, elevation map or climate stripes, labeled "Degrees: UCLA Climate Change Insights."

Western U.S. heat wave: Video ‘Office Hours’ with Daniel Swain

July 6, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Thanks to their thriving apiary atop the Life Sciences building, the Bruin Beekeepers, which started in 2018, achieved their first honey harvest in June

July 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A black and white photograph of Professor Daniel Atkinson in his Haines Hall office in 1952.

In memoriam: Daniel Atkinson, 102, UCLA professor and pioneer in field of metabolic biochemistry

July 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A close-up photograph of a thorium-229 atom with a blue and purple light illuminating the background.

Nuclear spectroscopy breakthrough could rewrite the fundamental constants of nature

July 2, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Blue and yellow reflective surfaces with light refractions and geometric patterns.

UCLA-led national workshop series to bridge technological innovation, culture and creativity

July 1, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Nanovials containing individual cells (green) and secreted extracellular vesicles (magenta) within their cavities.

Sorting therapeutic stem cells by function improves healing after heart attack, lab study shows

July 1, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Anadaios "Ana" Box against a pink background with illustrations of a pink handbag, pink sunglasses, pink lipstick and four white hearts outltines in pink.

UCLA College Silly Questions, Smart Bruins series wins bronze CASE Circle of Excellence Award

June 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A meteorite fragment against a white background with an out-of-view overhead light source creating a shadow as the base of it.

Iron meteorites hint that our infant solar system was more doughnut than dartboard

June 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Boris Dralyuk standing in front of green foliage while wearing a green jacket over a plaid shirt.

Q&A: Boris Dralyuk on finding creative inspiration in his own immigrant story

June 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Abstract image with a color gradient suggesting heat in one corner and cold in another, similar to a weather map, heat map, elevation map or climate stripes, labeled "Degrees: UCLA Climate Change Insights."

Extreme summer climate: Video ‘Office Hours’ with Daniel Swain

June 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Portrait of Marissa López

Marissa López receives Chancellor’s Arts Initiative grant, curates exhibition on L.A.’s past

June 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Sustainable Move Out photo collage

UCLA’s first Sustainable Move Out helps Bruins reduce their environmental footprint

June 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Elya Aboutboul-Bilia stands against a concrete wall.

Elya Aboutboul-Bilia found comfort, then confidence and value, in the discomfort of art

June 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
At left, a red arrow tracks an individual copper atom’s motion during an electrochemical reaction. At right, yellow arrows point to pits left behind in the catalyst surface.

Atomic view of a chemical catalyst during electrically charged reaction is a scientific first

June 20, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Shi wearing wearing a shirt that says, "VOTE NOW," on Bruin Walk.

How Victor Shi took up the crusade to get Gen Z out of apathy and into the voting booth — and became a social media star in the process.

June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A black and white, horizontal image of the Congo Basin.

The Promise of Cameroon: UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute is out to definitively map the African rainforests

June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Sarah Worden standing in front of a presentation board

Violinist Sarah Worden is uniting art and science, from concert hall to carbon cycle

June 13, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Jocelyn Granados and Lilianna Rodriguez in a UCLA podcast lab

For these first-year students, writings from the past shed light on issues around today’s AI revolution

June 12, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Portrait of Professor Igor Pilshchikov in his office

Not just word-for-word: Igor Pilshchikov on the nuances and challenges of translation

June 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A scene from Kaith Karishma’s short film “Poetica for the Living” featuring lead actor Maze Felix sitting in a folding chair by the ocean.

Second annual competition honors creatives from the Class of 2024

June 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Eva Danesh wearing graduation gown and holding cap

Through science and journalism, Eva Danesh found her calling — and her voice

June 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Harry Li

With B.A. and M.A. – and having led a UCLA course – Harry Li launches his teaching career

June 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Mario Peng Lee

Creating a world of good through the power of AI: Mario Peng Lee seeks to improve lives through technology — and help others do the same

June 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Catarina Gerges in a white dress with green flowers standing next to the Bruin statue.

From ankle injury to solutions champion for visible and invisible disabilities: Catarina Gerges is graduating in the 3-person inaugural class of disabilities studies majors

June 4, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Ananda Lima

Q&A: Ananda Lima on her fiction debut, ‘Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil’

June 4, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Abijah Simon with mountains in background

From UCLA to Tibet, geology doctoral candidate Abijah Simon keeps finding ways to make an impact in the world

June 4, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
David Kim portrait outdoors on UCLA campus

Professor David Kim receives 2024 Gold Shield Faculty Prize

June 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Youstina Labib in graduation cap and gown.

Graduating senior Youstina Labib seeks to grow a much-needed female presence in cardiology

June 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A red-shouldered hawk perched on a telephone pole in urban Los Angeles.

Wild megalopolis: Study shows unexpected pockets of biodiversity pepper Los Angeles

May 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA-led research shows hummingbirds create a 3D body map when gusts of air touch their wings

May 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Alumnus Ihab Shahawi with his grandson at a UCLA basketball game.

Alumnus Ihab Shahawi found his passion at UCLA — helping people affected by autism

May 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Elise Ỷ-lan Tran

Fulbright Awardee seeks to connect with her roots and make an impact on the Vietnamese Deaf community

May 23, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
From left to right, a diptych of Raphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira in outdoor settings.

Raphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira earn fellowships to conduct research at I Tatti

May 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Participants in UC global languages meeting

UCLA Humanities hosts UC-wide meeting on global languages

May 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A young girl, rendered using Grand Theft Auto’s game graphics, looks out at a revitalized L.A. River and the cityscape beyond.

UCLA storytellers use Grand Theft Auto as basis for series of original films imagining L.A. in 2050

May 16, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A microscopy image shows an enhanced natural killer T cell (blue) attacking a human multiple myeloma cell (magenta).

UCLA scientists, including a life sciences faculty member, develop a new method to engineer immune cells that could treat multiple patients

May 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
an image of Earth that includes the ocean bathymetry

The Carbon Cycle and Solid Earth Connection Redefined

May 14, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Outdoor portrait of Diana Khoi Nguyen

5 questions for Diana Khoi Nguyen: Poetry at the intersection of the personal and the political

May 14, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Zvi Bern and Leonard Kleinrock — split screen featuring photo of Bern (left) and Kleinrock (right)

Professor of physics and astronomy, Zvi Bern, elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 13, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A still image from “Extremely Short,” directed by the renowned animator Kōji Yamamura.

Film commissioned by UCLA professor earns spot at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes

May 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Tyler Jarvis on the set of Jeopardy!

UCLA doctoral student Tyler Jarvis appears on ‘Jeopardy!’

April 30, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Bruin Bookshelf Spotlight: Professor Zrinka Stahuljak

April 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
From left: Josie Bruin, Jeremy Guinta and Joe Bruin at DataFest

Dedicated to UCLA’s DataFest: Alumnus Jeremy Guinta always makes time to mentor rising Bruin statistics stars

April 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Portrait of UCLA professor Paul Taylor

Philosophy professor Paul Taylor elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 25, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Collage image featuring Paul Taylor, Jason Cong, Tyrone Howard, Ann Carlson and Thomas Smith

5 UCLA faculty members, including Thomas Smith and Paul Taylor, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 25, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A composite image of Justin Torres against a blue background.

English professor Justin Torres receives 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship

April 17, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Wilfrid Gangbo in a blue and white jacket with green leaves in the background.

From Africa to the U.S.: Professor Wilfrid Gangbo finds inspiration in uplifting his fellow Black mathematicians, past and present

April 16, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A triptych of Cheyanne Shariat, Aditya Dash and Monika Yadav.

3 UCLA physicists named to week-long Nobel laureate summit

April 16, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Microscopic, bowl-shaped hydrogel containers called nanovials (the larger, reddish-brown objects) allow researchers to trap cells and the compounds they secrete (shown here in blue).

Advance in immune cell screening uncovers receptors that target prostate cancer

April 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Anish posing in front of UCLA's Counseling and Psychological Services office

Anish Dulla transforms data into empathy

April 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
A triptych of Sohan Talluri, Tim Duong and Ethan Hung

3 UCLA undergraduates receive Goldwater Scholarships

April 12, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
Gloved hand holding up small device with Royce Hall in the background

Advance in light-based computing shows capabilities for future smart cameras

April 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo
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