Tag Archive for: faculty

Antarctica could be headed for major meltdown
In the early Miocene Epoch, temperatures were 10 degrees warmer…

Uphill battle for California’s native plant species
Invasive species have moved faster than native species, colonizing…

Q&A: UCLA psychologist Robert Bjork on the science of learning
Robert Bjork, Distinguished Research Professor in the UCLA Department…

Don’t use body mass index to determine whether people are healthy, UCLA-led study says
Over the past few years, body mass index, a ratio of a person’s…

Moon was produced by a head-on collision between Earth and a forming planet
The moon was formed by a violent, head-on collision between the…

Paul Terasaki, 86, transplant medicine pioneer, philanthropist, UCLA faculty member and alumnus
Paul Ichiro Terasaki, who spent three years with his family in…

Judith Baca named fellow, receives $50,000 grant from United States Artists
Judith Baca, acclaimed muralist, arts activist and professor…

What’s wrong with single-sex schools? A lot.
The notion of boys’ and girls’ schools conjures rosy images…

UCLA faculty voice: The art of copying has been lost in the digital age
Copying and syncing digital files is easy now — perhaps too…

Oscars Still So White: Academy Nominates Nearly All White Actors, Again
For the second year in a row, no non-white actor was among the…