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UCLA professor leads research on issues impacting vulnerable workers

“Los Angeles is the harbinger for the future. It’s a…
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Five Black suffragists who were critical to the long battle for the vote

In her latest book, “Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for…
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How a UCLA scientist is using stem cells to take on COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, UCLA researchers are rising…

Shu-mei Shih named inaugural Edward W. Said Professorship in Comparative Literature

Humanities scholar Shu-mei Shih has been named the inaugural…

Teo Ruiz: Amid uncertainty and adversity, we can find strength in beauty

Teo Ruiz finds beauty in the efforts of health…
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Chemist Paula Diaconescu to lead new NSF Center for Integrated Catalysis

The National Science Foundation announced a five year, $1.8…
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UCLA’s Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights icon, eulogizes Rep. John Lewis

Acclaimed civil rights activist and UCLA College Lecturer…
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If relaxed too soon, physical distancing measures might have been all for naught

If physical distancing measures in the United States are…
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Professor’s work informs proposed U.S. commission on racial healing

A recently proposed U.S. Commission on Truth, Racial Healing…

UC to lead group awarded $25M by NSF to launch quantum computing institute

The National Science Foundation today announced a five-year,…