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Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at UCLA in 1965, about a month after his triumphant march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. — 60 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at UCLA, his legacy lives on in Westwood
January 20, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk speaks with a representative of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention at the opening of the disaster recovery center. — UCLA donates space at UCLA Research Park for disaster recovery center run by FEMA, local and state agencies
January 15, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

Julio Frenk shaking hands at the disaster recovery center — Chancellor Frenk visits the new Disaster Recovery Center that opened at the UCLA Research Park
January 15, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

Smoke rises as a wildfire burns in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of west Los Angeles, California, January 7, 2025. — The New Yorker: UCLA College climate scientist Daniel Swain on the variables that led to the L.A. wildfires
January 13, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

Blue UCLA banner image — The latest on the status of campus operations, instruction and emergency plans for the Bruin community
January 12, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

King-Kok Cheung portrait — UCLA College professor emeritus King-Kok Cheung reflects on a ‘sinuous life as an omnivorous humanist’
January 10, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

Submerged cars float in the forefront as a National Guard vehicle approaches a flooded railroad track in Monterey County California — New research led by UCLA’s Daniel Swain links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere’s sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water
January 9, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

Two people hold hands atop a table — Researchers — including psychology professor Jamie Krems — find betrayal doesn’t necessarily make someone less trustworthy if we benefit
January 9, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

A view of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires from Griffith Park — How you can help those impacted by the wildfires
January 9, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

An illustration representing high-resolution microscopic images derived from diffraction patterns by an algorithm — 25 years of UCLA College physicist John Miao’s computational imaging breakthroughs
January 8, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

World Languages Day, a cherished UCLA tradition returns on Feb. 5

January 7, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA Chancellor Dr. Julio Frenk seated in front of Royce Hall with partial blue tinted treatment — New beginnings: Julio Frenk takes over as UCLA’s chancellor ‘with gratitude, humility and joy’
January 7, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

Firefighter at California wildfire — UCLA braced for extreme Santa Ana winds
January 7, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

The Reichstag in Berlin, Germany — 2024 UCLA College grad will have close-up view of Germany’s transition to new government
January 6, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

This image from 2017 shows a group of young Central American migrants and smugglers on the train tracks in Pakal-Ná, Mexico, a key migrant crossing zone in the southern state of Chiapas. — CNN: UCLA College professor Jason De León spent years shadowing smugglers in Mexico. This is what he learned
January 4, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA educators and honorees at the Distinguished Teaching Awards — Seven UCLA College instructors among those honored at annual Distinguished Teaching Award ceremony
December 20, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA faculty member Gustavo Leclerc and students speaking on sidewalk near bus stop — 40 projects receive 2024 grants for community-engaged scholarship
December 20, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Adriana Galván — Dean of Undergraduate Education Adriana Galván shares three powerful lessons from decades of research into adolescent brain development at a November TED Salon event
December 20, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Alexander Hoffmann, in checkered suit, gestures as he sits at table in front of a whiteboard — UCLA scientists envision the future of the biodata ‘revolution’
December 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Jenna Ortega in a promo photo from the Netflix series “Wednesday” — dressed in a dark school uniform with braids and a severed hand on her shoulder — Streaming audiences want new offerings, more diverse stories, according to UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report
December 17, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Surrounded by stars and galaxies, the galaxy M87, with a linear “jet” emitting from the center, is seen from a distance as captured by the Event Horizon Telescope. — Astrophysicists capture astonishing images of gamma-ray flare from black hole
December 13, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

thumbnail-magic-363-241-wordpress — What is magic? Defining the indefinable through a UCLA glass, darkly
December 12, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

An illustration of UCLA professor Justin Dunnavant scuba diving, mult-colored coral reefs, a cactus with small red flowers, a beetle and the state of California with pine trees, pine trees and solar panels against a light blue background. — Atmosphere to Ocean: Shining a light on a multitude of efforts across the UCLA College to study, protect and heal the planet
December 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

An image of UCLA's Royce Hall, Shapiro Fountain and Dickson Plaza with students sitting in the foreground, under a blue sky with scattered white clouds — Giving legacies: UCLA College stories of generosity
December 11, 2024/by Kristina Hordzwick

LorreScholars_ColorCorrect-363-241 — An impact bigger than ‘The Big Bang’
December 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

An illustration featuring test tubes, a double helix molecule and pills against a green background with white squares in a game-board pattern with the words "Lab to Life" near the center. — Lab to life: from science to real-world health solutions
December 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Two illustrated puzzle pieces (one with a building, the other with hands signing American Sign Language) against a grainy sand-colored background. — Word to World: Voices from UCLA Humanities share how the division’s academic rigor and creativity offer a global lens
December 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA English students attending a performance of Waiting for Godot at the Geffen Playhouse — For Colleen Jaurretche’s students, ‘Waiting for Godot’ comes to life
December 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Vicente Diaz at UCLA Pasifika Studies Community Reception — Q&A: American Indian studies professor Vicente Diaz on deepening engagement with Native communities
December 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Aerial view of the historic core of the UCLA campus in 2003. — UCLA Foundation welcomes political science alumnus Andres Snaider to its board of directors
December 8, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Pri Narang writing math equations on a glass whiteboard. — Pri Narang and the emergence of a new world
December 6, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

A photo of Pradip Gatkine in a red, white and black shirt in front of Royce Hall superimposed on a blue background. — When Venus and the sun aligned
December 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Portrait of Alexandra Minna Stern — Dean Stern to present at Dec. 9 AAAS discussion on disability justice, reproductive justice
December 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Tejas Parasher in a white shirt against a blurry outdoor setting — Politcal science professor Tejas Parasher honored with 2024 Political Theory Prize
December 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Portrait of Richard Yarborough — His career is the ‘story of the African American literary tradition’
December 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

AI-generated graphics for cover of comparative literature course — Comparative lit class will be first in Humanities Division to use UCLA-developed AI system
December 4, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

An image of Tom Bye (left) and David Bohne (right) sitting in a room with books and posters superimposed over a blue background. — Q&A: Bridging theory and practice in linguistics
December 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Shapiros+at+Fountain-363-241 (1) — Ralph Shapiro: A Legacy of Generosity and Leadership
December 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

M. Rahim Shayegan, Elton Daniel, Alex Stern and Darnell Hunt. — Illuminating a New Era for Iranian Studies
December 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Royce Hall with sparkles. — 2024 reflections: The year in review
December 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

from left to right: Brendan Palomo, Opal, Roxanne Neal, Chris Palomo on campus — Portrait of a True Bruin family
December 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Steven Steinberg, L.A. County’s Geographic Information Officer, presents Pincetl with an award at the county’s 17th annual GIS Day. — Transforming data into climate action: UCLA’s Stephanie Pincetl honored at L.A. County GIS Day
December 2, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Graphic with blue background and Bruin statue that includes the following text: 2024–2025; 10,445 New Bruins; 6,613 First Year; 3,832 Transfers; 33% First Gen; 34% Low Income — UCLA’s newest Bruins: Raising the bar on excellence and diversity in all its forms
November 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Mohammed Alharthi in suit and tie standing inside a wood-paneled room — UCLA student Mohammed Alharthi is heading to Oxford as a 2025 Rhodes scholar
November 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Portrait of Professor William Schniedewind with UCLA Powell Library in background — Who wrote the Bible? In new book, upcoming lecture, William Schniedewind offers bold new answers
November 26, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Tom Bye and David Bohne with Professor Megha Sundara — UCLA Department of Linguistics endowed term chair established with $1.5 million gift
November 26, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Ceramic vessel in feline form from Moche community in Peru — In Fowler Museum exhibition, ancient Peruvian objects reveal search for meaning, connection with nature
November 25, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Performance by Calidore String Quartet at the William Andrews Clark Library — Chamber Music at the Clark raises the curtain on 30th season
November 22, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Jason De León standing with camera — UCLA’s Jason De León wins National Book Award for Nonfiction
November 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Participants from Exploring the Nile workshop at Getty Villa. October 2024 — Workshop focuses on exploitation of Nile in arts of ancient northeastern Africa
November 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Prineha Narang writing on a transparent screen — Prineha Narang receives nearly $2 million from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
November 20, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

two females students in an empty classroom hugging — Findings from the Center for Scholars & Storytellers survey indicate Gen Zers want to be safe
November 19, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Portrait of Sixiang Wang outside of Royce Hall — Sixiang Wang honored for book that reframes 3 centuries of Korea-China relations
November 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Six adolescents smiling for the camera — Checking in with the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent
November 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA Future Food Fellows — UCLA’s inaugural Future of Food Fellows poised to advance the field of cellular agriculture
November 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Safiya Noble speaks into a microphone at her installation ceremony as the David O. Sears Presidential Chair in Social Sciences. — Safiya Noble is honored for her work at the ‘intersection of technology and equality’
November 13, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Blue banner with native-inspired designs with the following words in yellow font: "National Native American Heritage Month" — IN FOCUS: National Native American Heritage Month
November 12, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Angelina Sanchez Bustacara in jeans and a pink shirt weaving baskets in Boyacá, Colombia. — Nearly half of Colombia’s culturally important plant species lack conservation protections
November 8, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

A collage showing high school students during the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA Stem Cell Awareness Day. — UCLA stem cell research tour lights path to STEM for high school students
November 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

A photo of the Enterprise Bridge passes over a section of Lake Oroville that was nearly dry on Sept. 30, 2014, in Oroville, California. — Climate change parching the American West even without rainfall deficits
November 6, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Nina Gualinga smiling and holding trophy — Nina Gualinga wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovation
November 6, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Michele Bratcher Goodwin speaking at podium — Second annual UCLA Barbra Streisand Center lecture turns spotlight on reproductive justice
November 1, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Interior of Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Church with performers on stage — SNF Center for Hellenic Studies co-presents performance by Cappella Romana vocal ensemble
October 31, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

15 UCLA graduate students, including 10 from the UCLA College, selected for Fulbright-Hays Fellowship

October 31, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Student reading a chemistry textbook — UCLA chemists just broke a 100-year-old rule and say it’s time to rewrite the textbooks
October 31, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Photo (from left to right) — Front row: Annelien Bredenoord (EUR) and Cindy Fan (UCLA). Back row: Jane Murray Cramm (EUR), Martine Wierenga (EUR), Charles Alexander (UCLA), Paulo Carvalho Da Silva (EUR) and Mary Tupan-Wenno (EUR) and Claudia Salcedo (UCLA). — UCLA expands educational collaboration with The Netherlands
October 30, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

A black and white photo of a house with green light emanating from the windows. — Paranormal Activity: A UCLA Haunting
October 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA’s Chancellor-designate Julio Frenk (right) alongside his wife, Felicia Knaul (center), at Time magazine’s Latino leaders gala in Los Angeles on Oct. 24. — Julio Frenk gets a red-carpet welcome at Time magazine’s celebration of Latino leaders
October 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Undergraduate students Ultei, Karyss, Jiorden, Lavon, and Amarii from the Pacific Islander Student Association at the UCLA Pasifika Studies Community Reception on October 19. — Meeting the challenge for student success as an AANAPISI Institution
October 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Portrait of Teddi Chichester and the cover of her book “Wildlife Crossings of Hope: Connecting Creatures Around the Globe." — UCLA Writing Programs lecturer Teddi Chichester aims to inspire compassion for wildlife in her first book for young readers
October 28, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

A blue background with dark blue spheres. — Five UCLA College projects recognized on The Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s 2024 regional ‘best-of’ list
October 28, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Translucent brain in purple and light blue — Scientists can reverse brain aging in fruit flies by preventing buildup of a common protein
October 28, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

A sole firefighter faces a wall of forest fire. — Firefighter and UCLA College alumnus Derek Urwin is using his knowledge of chemistry to improve firefighter health and safety
October 28, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Amy Rowat and Jack Bobo — Jack Bobo, Amy Rowat named directors of UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies
October 25, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Amy Rowat in a blue sweater with arms crossed against a blurred outdoor background with palms trees. — ‘The power of food’: UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies announces faculty director
October 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Jack Bobo in a grey suit and red tie against a black background. — ‘Feed the future’: UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies announces executive director
October 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Fairy with green wings in a green meadow — A Center for Scholars & Storytellers study finds young people prefer fantasy in TV shows and movies — without the romance
October 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Portrait of Paul D. Sheats — In memoriam: Paul D. Sheats, 92, whose love for the outdoors intertwined with Wordsworth scholarship
October 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Fareed Zakaria on stage in blue jacket with “Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership” in background — Fareed Zakaria delivers UCLA’s Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership
October 23, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

TakkyuVolleyRecDay_JohnWoodenCenter-1200-363-241 — UCLA’s Sports and Society Lab
October 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

In this illustration, the Rev. James Lawson speaks in front of the UCLA Labor Center’s office, located in L.A.’s dynamic, mostly immigrant Pico-Union neighborhood, which overlooks MacArthur Park. — UCLA Labor Center compiles a ‘mixtape’ to share 60 years of worker advocacy
October 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

UCLA’s Mariachi de Uclatlán and their danzantes (dancers) perform at the 2024 Latinx Welcome. — This year’s Latinx Welcome showcased how cultural programming, as well as meaningful connections, abound at UCLA
October 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Still from Tekkonkinkreet — Film series pays homage to ‘Giant Robot,’ influential magazine founded by UCLA alumni
October 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Mark Terasaki (left) and Richard Terasaki standing in front of a large plaque dedicated to the late Dr. Paul I. Terasaki. — Celebrating Paul Terasaki: world-changing scientist and consummate Bruin
October 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Abstract image of Tetris-like shapes with a color gradient ranging from blue hues on the left to red hues on the right, with purple in the middle, and the text "Election 2024" — At the intersection of voting rights and felony convictions: Insights from UCLA sociologist Naomi Sugie’s research
October 17, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Collage of Latino women surrounded by emblems that advocate for voting. — New UCLA research brief highlights the electoral power of Latinas in battleground states
October 17, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Members of UCLA's 2024 Common Experience leadership team. Left to right: Stephany Cartney, Sam Papagno and Landon Park. — This year’s Common Experience at UCLA and the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute are building empathy and compassion on campus
October 17, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

A man from the organization Time Done holds up a sign that reads ‘Join the Movement.’ — 2 million people with felony convictions have the right to vote – but might not know
October 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Jasmine Aner against a blue background — Watch: UCLA College Bruins on embracing their Afro-Latino identity, and why there is ‘more love to come’
October 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Bob Baker Marionette Theater skeletons — UCLA College alumna Alicia Maria Houtrouw shares a cultural mixtape that will sing to the soul
October 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Portrait of Maureen Su in dark blue top — New Autoimmunity Center of Excellence at UCLA will seek cures for autoimmune disorders
October 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Ursula Heise inside a cage with a green parrot perched on a ledge close to her face. — Professor Ursula K. Heise receives the 6th Biophilia Award for pushing forward the field of Environmental Humanities at a global scale
October 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Todd Presner in a blue suit jacket and shirt standing at a podium. — Bruin Bookshelf Spotlight: Professor Todd Presner
October 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Lindsey Pallares, right, interviewing Curtis Robinson on football field — With a heritage of hard work, English alumna Lindsey Pallares reports from the front lines of pro football
October 9, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Albert Camarillo, in blue shirt, stands in Royce Hall portico — Q&A: historian and alumnus Albert Camarillo on Compton in the soul, UCLA en el corazón
October 8, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Frank Godinez standing in front of a mural — UCLA political science and sociology student, Frank Godinez, awarded Beinecke Scholarship
October 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

A young female student drawing math equations on a chalk board. — The UCLA Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle: A new generation of great math minds takes shape
October 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

Julio Frenk with wife Felicia Knaul taking a stroll down Bruin Walk. — UCLA’s incoming chancellor, Julio Frenk and his wife, the distinguished scholar and advocate Felicia Marie Knaul: Embodying resilience, community and possibility
October 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

A digitized globe in space with the words "The AI Revolution" superimposed in white. — The AI Revolution: It’s here. It’s going to change life as we know it. Are you ready? Are you sure?
October 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

The new (W)rapper building in South Central Los Angeles designed by Eric Owen Moss — English alumnus Eric Owen Moss and the Rebirth of Culver City
October 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo

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