A photo of Ayad Akhtar

Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar to speak at UCLA’s Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership, May 13

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar will speak at the…
A photo of the UCLA 2021 AAAS members.

Five UCLA College professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Eight faculty members, five of whom are from the UCLA College…
A photo of a scene from Netflix action-thriller “The Old Guard.”

2021 Hollywood Diversity Report: Audiences showed up for diverse films in theaters, online

- Of the top 185 films of 2020, more than half were released…
A photo of a Black man in suit and tie.

UCLA-led study reveals ‘hidden costs’ of being Black in the U.S.

A woman grips her purse tightly as you approach. A store…
A photo of a worker wearing a face covering on a delivery truck.

$1.3 million grant will help UCLA advance workforce equity and empowerment

The UCLA Labor Center has received a $1.3 million grant from…
A rendering of the NASA Perseverance rover as it would appear on Mars.

Q&A: David Paige on the Mars Perseverance landing

NASA’s Perseverance rover is scheduled to land on Mars…
A photo of the Sloan winners: Ravi Netravali, Pavel Galashin, Kai-Wei Chang and Harold Pimentel.

Pavel Galashin awarded 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship

Four young UCLA professors are among 128 scientists and scholars…

Genetic tool could improve monitoring of marine protected areas

Researchers used to need to scuba dive to find out which…

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

Startup companies have introduced innovative technology,…

UCLA establishes Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies

In a move that defies a national trend toward diminishing higher-education…