Overhead view of Destination Crenshaw’s Sankofa Park featuring designs for works by Maren Hassinger, Kehinde Wiley and Charles Dickson.Rendering by Perkins&Will, courtesy of Destination Crenshaw

Destination Crenshaw pays tribute to Black creativity and history in Los Angeles

UCLA faculty and alumni contributed ideas, expertise and artworks…
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Image of smartwatch developed at UCLA that assesses cortisol levels found in sweatYichao Zhao and Zhaoqing Wang/UCLA

Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA measures key stress hormone

Editor's note: This breakthrough by UCLA College researchers…
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Collage of images of Arthur Ashe, by Peter HovarthBy Peter Hovarth

Arthur Ashe: Champion for Justice

The tennis icon spent his life fighting for the oppressed.…
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Image of the Cover of the Arabic translation of Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco (author Jessica Marglin) Credit: Khalid Ben-Srhir.Credit: Khalid Ben-Srhir.

Gift to UCLA’S Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies bolsters field of Moroccan Jewish studies

By Margaret MacDonald The UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for…
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Image of UCLA doctoral student Rebecca GlasbergCourtesy of Rebecca Glasberg

Seeking the universal in the specific

Doctoral student Rebecca Glasberg blazes new trails in the study…
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Photo credit: Courtesy of Ellen Sletten

Professor’s invention is a kid-friendly introduction to the chemistry of light

Ellen Sletten’s Photonbooth gives L.A. students a picture-perfect…
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Photo credit: Sean Brenner

Days with hazardous levels of air pollutants are more common due to increase in wildfires

In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine…
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Image of students in the UCLA Teaching KitchenPhoto credit: UCLA

UCLA food studies institute to tackle global food challenges

The institute will collaborate with a community of chefs and…
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A microscope image of HIV particlesA. Harrison and Dr. P. Feorino/CDC

UCLA-led team refines ‘kick and kill’ strategy aimed at eliminating HIV-infected cells

Study in mice could point toward method for clearing virus…
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Graphic depicting an image of Martin Luther King Jr. as well as Rev. James Lawson and UCLA studentsGraphic by Tina Ly/UCLA. Photos by UCLA and UCLA Labor Center

UCLA nonviolence class connects students to Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring legacy

The class taught by Rev. James Lawson Jr. has motivated students…
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Image of Doctoral student Isaac GimenezCourtesy of Isaac Gimenez

Living life like Brazilian poetry

Doctoral student Isaac Gimenez finds wisdom and whimsy in the…
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