UCLA, Howard University launch summer program on race, ethnicity and politics

The new UC-funded Mark Q. Sawyer Summer Institute will support…
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A legacy of confronting injustice

UCLA Professor Terence Keel’s groundbreaking interdisciplinary…
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UCLA botanist Felipe Zapata brings Colombia’s biodiversity to Academy Award winner ‘Encanto’

Felipe Zapata taps into his life’s work, as well as…
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Intricacies of L.A.’s urban ecosystem are focus of new UCLA podcast

By Jonathan Van Dyke Not all of the celebrities in Los…
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Forest fires increasingly affecting rivers and streams – for better and worse

UCLA-led study finds greater ‘streamflow’ may mean more…
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UCLA, partners win Department of Energy grant to boost diversity in field of nuclear physics

By Stuart Wolpert The UCLA Department of Physics and…
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Yogita Goyal’s book about slavery honored with awards

Editor's note: UCLA Humanities interviewed Professor Goyal…
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Archaeologist Justin Dunnavant’s research in the spotlight

UCLA archaeologist and assistant professor of anthropology…
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Six UCLA College faculty among 2022 Sloan Research Fellows

Editor’s note: Congratulations to all of the UCLA scholars…