Image of electrons in a Van Allen radiation belt (blue) encountering whistler waves (purple) and being sent raining toward the north pole (red). THEMIS satellites are seen near the radiation belt, while UCLA’s ELFIN hovers above Earth.Image source: Zhang, et al., Nature Communications, 2022

UCLA researchers discover source of super-fast ‘electron rain’

The downpours, which can affect satellites and space travel,…
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25 years of helping UCLA students graduate with less debt

Scholarship Resource Center celebrates a quarter-century…
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UCLA poised to become a world leader in hip-hop studies

Building on decades of scholarship, the campus’s new Hip…
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The secret to longevity? Ask a yellow-bellied marmot

UCLA-led study shows that aging slows to a crawl when the…
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People of color helped keep movie business afloat during pandemic

UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report emphasizes importance…

Department of African American Studies launches ‘Celebrate Us’ speaker series with talk by Kyle T. Mays

At the close of Black History Month, the UCLA Department of African…
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Collaboration with Howard University creates ‘Pathway to a Ph.D.’ for Black students of Egyptology

By Anushka Chakrabarti | February 25, 2022 To increase…
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UCLA audience hears insights about war from Ukrainian professor as rockets fall

The president of the Kyiv School of Economics joins discussion…
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A bird’s-eye view of history

Iconic aerial photo archives from the UCLA Department of Geography…