UCLA alumna awarded Mitchell Scholarship, first in 20 years
This time next year, Genevieve Finn ’20 will be studying creative writing at Trinity College in Dublin as one of 12 winners of this year’s prestigious Mitchell Scholarship. She is […]
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UCLA, Berggruen Institute announce lecture series featuring emerging visionaries
The UCLA Division of Humanities has partnered with the Los Angeles–based Berggruen Institute to launch “Possible Worlds,” a new lecture series that invites some of today’s most imaginative intellectual leaders […]
The AIDS pandemic of the 1980s and ’90s forms the backdrop for written works by two Bruins, born generations apart
As part of his senior thesis, English major Michael Carli is putting the finishing touches on “Malfunction,” a short story about two gay men living in New York City from […]
Tribal leader Clara Pratte wins Pritzker Award for young environmental innovators
The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability presented the 2020 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award to Clara Pratte, a Navajo advocate for tribal communities and a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s […]
Are millennials really as ‘post-racial’ as we think?
-Researchers sent 4,000 responses to real “roommate wanted” ads posted by millennials in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. -They used names that signaled the race of the room seekers; all other […]
Match funds stimulate establishment of nine centennial term chairs
UCLA College donors gave gifts to establish nine endowed centennial term chairs in the final year of the Centennial Campaign, taking advantage of the opportunity to enhance the impact of […]
Extreme rainfall projected to get more severe, frequent with warming
Across the continental United States, massive, often-devastating precipitation events — the kind that climate scientists have long called “hundred-year storms” — could become three times more likely and 20% more […]
UCLA political scientists: Political polarization is not as simple as it appears
As President-elect Joseph Biden prepares to take office amid an era of intense partisanship, UCLA political scientists encourage people to adopt a different perspective on the country’s politically polarized landscape. […]
Chemical biologist receives award for development of imaging technology
Ellen Sletten, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCLA, has been selected as one of four recipients of the 2020 International Chemical Biology Society Young Chemical Biologist Award. The […]
Three professors named 2020 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, which is the world’s largest scientific society, named three UCLA College faculty members as 2020 fellows. Since 1874, the AAAS, which publishes […]
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