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UCLA College scholars among most highly cited researchers for 2021

  Editor’s note: Congratulations to the UCLA College…
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UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor

By Jonathan Riggs In line with his long-standing commitment…
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UCLA environmental experts featured in PBS series about sustainability

Faculty and others play a major role in shaping stories of accountability…
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UCLA-led study could clarify how gut microbes can exacerbate cognitive decline

By Stuart Wolpert    Recent research…
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. gives a speech after being presented with the UCLA Medal.

UCLA Labor Center building to be renamed for civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr.

New California budget also sets aside $15 million for renovations It’s…
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Patricia Greenfield honored for child development research

Patricia Greenfield, a UCLA distinguished professor of psychology,…

New digital exhibit explores Jewish history in Boyle Heights

In the 1930s, the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights…

From Startup to Social Change: UCLA’s Blackstone Launchpad Social Impact Fellows

Startup companies have introduced innovative technology,…
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Andrea Ghez delivers Nobel Lecture, receives Nobel medal

Editor’s note: This news release was updated Dec. 10 with…
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In election salon, UCLA faculty discuss how to protect the right to vote

Watch the “Protecting the Right to Vote in the 2020…