Image of two people planting an ebony sapling

UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor

By Jonathan Riggs In line with his long-standing commitment…
Picture of Maurice Caldwell.

‘I could be killed at any time’: The anguish of being wrongfully convicted of murder

By Stuart Wolpert Maurice Caldwell spent 20 years in prison…
Photo of Tori Schmitt visiting Autun Cathedral in France.

Reconstructing What Was

By Jonathan Riggs Founded early in the sixth century,…
Evangelina Vaccaro playing beneath pier at the beach

A decade after gene therapy, children born with deadly immune disorder remain healthy

By Sarah C.P. Williams Over a decade ago, UCLA physician-scientists…

New scholarship supports undergraduate internships at community organizations

By Robin Migdol An unpaid summer internship is practically…
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Karen McKinnon receives Packard fellowship

UCLA climate statistician Karen McKinnon was selected to…
Photos: Oscar Wilde, 1882 (credit: Napoleon Sarony, from a collection in the Clark Library). Merlin Holland, Wilde’s only grandson (credit: Ed White)

Gift to UCLA’s Clark Library establishes fellowship to support research on Oscar Wilde

By Margaret MacDonald UCLA has received a generous gift…

Barbra Streisand to fund forward-looking institute at UCLA focused on solving societal challenges

“Building upon her decades of work as an artist and activist,…
Ph.D. candidate Joshua McGuffie studies the biological effects of radiation in the mid-20th century

Lessons from—and for—an Atomic America

Ph.D. candidate Joshua McGuffie studies the biological effects…
Photo of Urban oil drilling in Inglewood. Photo Credit: Ty Woodson/KLCS

UCLA environmental experts featured in PBS series about sustainability

Faculty and others play a major role in shaping stories of accountability…