Shirlee Smith, UCLA alumna and creator of Black Boyle Heights Facebook group

UCLA alumna seeks to preserve history of Black Boyle Heights

Shirlee Smith wants you to know about the Black community that…

Professor’s book spotlights legacy of Mexican political organizers in the American West

Kelly Lytle Hernández’s ‘Bad Mexicans’ comes at a time…
An image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Webb Space Telescope reveals birth of galaxies, how universe became transparent

UCLA astrophysicists shed light on how hydrogen fog burned away…
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Dysmus Kisilu wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators

Kenyan entrepreneur and his company, Solar Freeze, receive $100,000…
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3 UCLA undergrads receive prestigious NIH scholarships

Jonathan Riggs | November 3, 2022 Only 16 students…
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Miguel García-Garibay appointed senior dean of UCLA College

The longtime faculty member will continue to lead the division…
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Lamia Balafrej named Getty Research Institute scholar

Manon Snyder | October 24, 2022 Lamia Balafrej, an associate…

Inaugural faculty recipients of Mellon Foundation “Data, Justice and Society” grants

By Munia Bhaumik The following UCLA faculty members…
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Women and people of color still less likely to helm big-budget TV shows

Latest Hollywood Diversity Report from UCLA signals potential…
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