Headshot portraits of (top row) Aditya Bahl, Alejandro Castro, John Duff and Karolina Hübner, and (bottom row) Aliya Ram, Ana Ugarte and Jonathan Winnerman.

7 new faculty bring diverse range of interests, expertise to Humanities

September 10, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
EYU podcast thumbnail featuring Ben Paul

EYU Podcast: Exploring science communication with UCLA’s Ben Paul

September 10, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Terence Tao against a blue background.

UCLA’s Terence Tao: Losing support for research means losing our best and brightest

September 9, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Portraits of Summer Kim Lee (left) and Uri McMillan superimposed on image of a classroom

How UCLA English professor Summer Kim Lee and Uri McMillan help students connect with theory, history and expression

September 3, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
A pentaptych of UCLA professor Jaimie Krems and four undergraduate students.

Watch: UCLA professor Jaimie Krems conducts friendship research each of us can take to the bank — or the Catalina Wine Mixer

September 1, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Matthew Sánchez

Watch: Alumnus and entrepreneur Matthew Sánchez fuses art, scents and science through Matteo Parfums and Eroma Health

September 1, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Anastasia Pipi

Watch: Reframing our understanding of quantum science with doctoral student Anastasia Pipi

September 1, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Gabrielle Malte and Harshikasai Kellampalli standing in the corridor of Royce Hall.

Molecules to Minds: UCLA Life Sciences alums share their transformative Bruin journeys into the brain and beyond

September 1, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
An illustration of two statue heads reacting in different ways: calmly to “atypical cells” and upset to “cancer, carcinoma, tumor”

Linguistics professor Jessica Rett is studying how different words related to ‘cancer’ can influence patients’ treatment decisions

September 1, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Forest elephants in Dzanga-Sangha National Park Central Africa Republic

Scientists discover how elephant extinction threatens everything from rainforests to musical instruments

August 27, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Mathematician Terence Tao stood in front of a blackboard in 2015.

NBC News: The ‘Mozart of Math’ rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that

August 26, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Student participants from the UCLA Summer Research Incubator

Summer Research Incubator Bridges UCLA and Morgan State for First Time

August 26, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
A microscopy image of the outer region of the rhesus macaque ovary in green, yellow and magenta

UCLA scientists map primate ovarian reserve development, offering key insights into women’s health

August 26, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Host mitochondria (green) surround the Toxoplasma parasite intruder (red).

Scientists discover how cells use a secret weapon to fight off some pathogens

August 25, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Jack Bobo

Listen: UCLA’s Jack Bobo discusses the importance of food studies on KCRW

August 22, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Jeffrey Saver in a white coat inside a lab.

Listen: How UCLA research saved the life of a UCLA Writing Programs senior lecturer

August 21, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
A patient, left, and medical care provider holding hands; provider has a pink breast cancer ribbon on her lapel

UCLA research helped pave the way to these 8 major cancer-fighting drugs

August 19, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Young woman wearing white headphones studies with head propped on hand

A new study by UCLA neuroscientists shows music’s therapeutic potential for Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety and PTSD

August 18, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Stylized red-toned portrait of Terence Tao with short dark hair wearing a button-up shirt, set against a blurred outdoor background with foliage and buildings. Four dark blue stars frame the corners, giving the image a graphic, poster-like appearance.

Terence Tao: ‘I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding’

August 18, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Aradhna Tripati in a white shirt, smiling inside of a lab setting.

LISTEN: UCLA’s Aradhna Tripati featured on Crooked’s “What A Day” podcast, discusses the impact the research funding cuts

August 17, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
An artistic representation of Earth's magnetosphere.

NASA launches UCLA instrument into space to study effects of Sun’s magnetic field on Earth

August 15, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Jason Williams in military fatigues, leaning against a concrete wall whilst holding an acoustic guitar.

WATCH: A former Marine and a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in chemical biology is building academic pathways for veterans

August 14, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Video still of Carrie Bearden being interviewed by Spectrum News 1

WATCH: UCLA psychologist Carrie Bearden on the real impact of suspended federal funding

August 13, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Microscopic view of a cell stained in blue and green, showing distinct cellular layers including the epidermis, cortex, and vascular bundles.

UCLA neurobiologists are inching closer to stopping parasitic worms from getting under your skin

August 13, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
CAR NKT cells attacking ovarian cancer cells.

UCLA scientists — including life sciences professor Lili Yang — develop off-the-shelf immunotherapy for ovarian cancer

August 12, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Oona Paredes in Philippines with mountain in background

UCLA Humanities professor’s project creates 2nd ever book in endangered Philippine Indigenous language

August 11, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Milky Way galaxy

Professor Steven Furlanetto: The true cost of abandoning science

August 9, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Yellow fire engine passes through the wildfire flames

Human-caused climate change is expanding California’s destructive fire seasons

August 8, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
A fungicide made of copper sulfate and lime on grape leaves near Montevibiano, in the province of Perugia, Italy.

Copper antimicrobials can drive antibiotic resistance in bacteria, but there’s a fix,

August 7, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Terence Tao in a white polo shirt against a chalk board with equations.

The Bulwark: He’s the ‘Mozart’ of math and Trump suspended his research funding

August 6, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Erin Morrow

Cognitive neuroscience Ph.D student Erin Morrow pens heartfelt appeal for research funding, builds student-led campaign for science

August 6, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Lena Trüper standing outdoors holding a flyer for "Wake the Flies," a documentary she produced

Doctoral student produces documentary on humanitarian crisis in Nigeria

July 30, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
A Florida panther walking in the Everglades National Park

Researchers find interbreeding intervention for Florida panthers decreased effects of harmful mutations

July 30, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
UCLA’s American Sign Language instructors Benjamin Lewis and Jennifer Marfino and interpreter Mariam Janvelyan.

UCLA honors Disability Pride Month as the American Disabilities Act marks its 35th anniversary

July 25, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Jonathan Webb, a 2025 Pritzker nominee and Co-founder of The Nuclear Company, wears a hard hat and glasses while looking into the distance. A soft watercolor-style mountain landscape appears behind him.

Announcing the 2025 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award nominees

July 24, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
A field of grass with a blue sky and scattered clouds in the background.

UCLA’s Jack Bobo keynote speech highlights from Flora Food Group’s third annual Next Generation of Food Conference

July 24, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
a lemon shark swimming through the waters of French Polynesia

UCLA science meets…lemon shark!

July 23, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
From left to right, Professor Jose Rodriguez and graduate student Lily Taylor.

UCLA scientists break imaging barrier to unlock secrets of deadly “chaotic” viruses

July 22, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
An art rendition of a scientists applying a sensor to a human body

Mathematics and chemistry join forces for human health

July 16, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Miguel García-Garibay, left, in black jacket and diamond-patterned tie, and Mani Bhaumik, in black jacket and pink tie, holding a UCLA College 100 trophy

Physicist Mani L. Bhaumik gives UCLA $3 million for postdoctoral research in physical sciences

July 15, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Tamar Christensen in a black sweater and striking red lipstick again a brown wood wall studded with carriage bolts.

Distinguished Teaching Award winner Tamar Christensen teaches writing as catalyst for change

July 14, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
A thermal camera image of the interior of the cooling structure during field testing

Beyond shade: UCLA researchers improve radiant cooling to make outdoor temperatures feel cooler

July 14, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Sun shines through a tall cactus in the Phoenix desert at sunrise

Duration of heat waves accelerating faster than global warming

July 8, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Michelle Huneven at podium

Michelle Huneven says critically acclaimed ‘Bug Hollow’ owes debt to her UCLA students

July 8, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Lauren Stienstra posing with her book, "The Beauty of The End," with the Bruin Bear Statue in the background.

The science of storytelling: UCLA College alumna Laura Stienstra’s pandemic-era pivot

July 7, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Silhouettes of two people standing outdoors against a dramatic sunset sky, with vibrant hues of orange, red, and blue and scattered clouds.

UCLA Bioinformatics doctoral student pens heartwarming reminder of how scientific research can transform lives

July 5, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Researchers at UCLA, including Heather D. Maynard and Yi Tang, and UC Santa Barbara posing outdoors for a photograph.

UCLA Researchers Achieve Breakthrough in Antibiotics

June 26, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
A screen showing blue and green lines on a chart

Unmasking the Great Imitator: a small government grant could lead to big progress in Lyme disease research

June 26, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Charles Alexander in a dark suit and blue tie stands next to a student in brown jacket and peach pants in front of an overhead projector screen

Charles Alexander celebrates a legacy of helping students through their UCLA journeys

June 25, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Luke Yarbrough (top right) and Azeem Malik (bottom left) with images of pages from manuscripts in the UCLA Library collection

Islamicate Manuscripts Initiative video features 2 Humanities scholars

June 24, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Jack Bobo

Watch: UCLA’s Jack Bobo discuss US plan to phase out synthetic food dyes and more on CGTV America

June 13, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Danny Snelson, standing, center right, with four students seated in classroom

Faculty First Person with Danny Snelson: Of little databases and the poetics of the web revival

June 10, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
A collage of Arismel Tena Meza in a white dress and her graduating regalia.

Harvesting a dream: Arismel Tena Meza is graduating with an education that goes beyond the lab

June 10, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Kathryn Quick, Shahzareh Ali and Inesa Wenn in front of UCLA Powell Library

Students relaunch religion journal after 4-year hiatus

June 10, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Details of 3 images in Queer Kin exhibition, from left: men dancing in watercolor "Illustration for Wilde's Dorian Gray" by Alex Székely; photograph of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas; and sketch of Harrison Post by Allyn Cox.

‘Queer Kin,’ Clark Library exhibition curated by art history doctoral candidate illuminates hidden histories of LGBTQ love

June 9, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Portrait of Katie Cunningham outdoors at UCLA

Katie Cunningham, linguistics and English major, selected to perform at 2025 commencement

June 9, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
The UCLA Guatemala Practicum team — Jennifer Gonzalez-Diaz, Iris Hong, Anna Neiger, Julia Packer, Alexis Shenkiryk, Taylor Simonich, Quinn Wynacht and faculty advisors Dan Cooper and Ryan Harrigan — gathers with members of the Maldonado family and Jones Coffee Roasters at Finca Dos Marias

Field notes from the finca: UCLA students trace biodiversity through Guatemalan cloud forest and coffee fields

June 5, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Side by side portraits of Bella Brannon and Dhanya Charan, both outside of UCLA Royce Hall

2 from Humanities Division earn Undergraduate Research Week awards

June 5, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Head-and-shoulders photo of Michael Jung in light blue button-down and dark blue tie

A midlife career shift for Michael Jung led to breakthroughs in fight against prostate cancer

June 4, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
Eric Sican seated in leather chair with bookshelves behind him

English major Eric Sican finds timely meaning, timeless themes in 14th-century poem

May 29, 2025/by Alvaro Castillo
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