Lauryn Wang

She is the change

Third-year student Lauryn Wang earns 2023 Newman Civic Fellowship Courtesy…

A Victorian-era computer pioneer gets to speak for herself

Ada Lovelace published the first description of a computer program;…
Patricia Greenfield

Psychologist Patricia Greenfield discusses reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic

Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Patricia Greenfield, UCLA professor of…
AAAS Fellows

7 professors named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Holly Ober | February 9, 2023 The American Association…

UCLA collaboration fosters mathematical brilliance of Latino and Black middle school students

Undergraduates work in L.A. schools to bolster math learning…
Still image from a fairyland virtual reality environmentCourtesy of Jesse Rissman

When using virtual reality as a teaching tool, context and ‘feeling real’ matter

People remember foreign vocabulary better when lessons are associated…

Black Americans’ COVID vaccine hesitancy stems more from today’s inequities than historical ones

UCLA study urges medical community to pursue changes that build…
Graphic depiction of Quantum Computing. Image by Stephan SullivanStephan Sullivan

UCLA-led team develops new approach for building quantum computers

The building blocks of chemistry offer the potential to dramatically…
Image of Members of the quantum innovation hub at the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering.Marc Roseboro/UCLA California NanoSystems Institute

$5 million from Boeing will support UCLA quantum science and technology research

By Jonathan Riggs | May 19, 2022 UCLA has…
Image of Richard and Linda TurcoCourtesy of the Turcos

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…