A ‘black’-sounding name makes people imagine a larger, more dangerous person, UCLA study shows

In a study exploring racial bias and how people use their mind’s-eye…

Q&A with UCLA history professor Joan Waugh on baseball in America’s Gilded Age

UCLA history professor Joan Waugh is one of the country’s pre-eminent…

UCLA puts issue of food waste on the front burner on Food Day 2015

A former White House chef, the host of a popular food-focused…

Black Convocation speaker urges students to embrace ‘perseverance, diversity and empowerment’

UCLA alumna Christine Simmons, chief operating officer of the…

Kelly Lytle Hernandez wins American Historical Association award

Associate professor of history Kelly Lytle Hernandez has won…

Scientists grow organic semiconductor crystals vertically for first time

Our smartphones, tablets, computers and biosensors all have improved…

Juan Felipe Herrera is a voice for the people

“I’m drawn to voices that speak for all of us,” says UCLA…

Madame vice chancellor

Since the early 13th century, a slew of Williams, Richards, Johns…

UCLA International Institute opens Center for the Study of International Migration

A new research center at UCLA will foster research and instruction…

UCLA faculty voice: Words matter when it comes to immigration

Rhetoric around immigrants has taken an ugly turn of late. Recent…

Center shatters myth of ‘quiet’ Japanese Americans imprisoned in camps

With help from elderly survivors of the World War II internment…