Historic image of cameramen recording Michi Tanioka, 5, as she waits to be sent from Los Angeles to the Manzanar prison camp in April 1942.Image credit: Library of Congress/Russell Lee

Exhibition puts viewers in midst of WWII-era removal of Japanese Americans

‘BeHere / 1942,’ presented by the Yanai Initiative of UCLA…
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Ready for mission to International Space Station, alumna Jessica Watkins reflects on her journey so far

By Elizabeth Kivowitz and Stuart Wolpert | April 7, 2022 Jessica…
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Gymnast, activist Katelyn Ohashi to deliver UCLA College commencement address

The UCLA alumna will speak at all three ceremonies June 10…
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UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability receives $1.5 million pledge from founding director

The gift from Richard and Linda Turco will support students…
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New mural captures campus history and UCLA’s future

Renowned artist and professor Judith Baca created the nearly…
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How a COVID-19 vaccine arrived quickly and without compromise

Bruin Carly Daniels, who leads the Pfizer scientists…
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‘You belong’: How first-gen students have succeeded in STEM

By Linda Wang UCLA faculty and doctoral students reflect on…
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Farwiza Farhan wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators

By David Colgan Conservationist receives $100,000 for work…
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UCLA scientists make strides toward an ‘off-the-shelf’ immune cell therapy for cancer

By Tiare Dunlap Using stem cell engineering and organoid technology,…
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Journeys in Precollege Summer Institutes

By Robin Migdol The summer before their senior year in high…