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![Stephen-Tobin-and-Kyle-Scott-composite-363-241 Portraits of Kip Tobin and Kyle Scott](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Stephen-Tobin-and-Kyle-Scott-composite-363-241-300x241.png)
Kip Tobin, Kyle Scott receive UCLA Distinguished Teaching Awards
July 26, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Chancellor-Block-final-update-363-241 A photograph of the sun peaking through a residential setting.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Chancellor-Block-final-update-363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block’s final quarterly update
July 25, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Chris-Hanscom-2023-363-241 Chris Hanscom speaking at a panel discussion in 2023](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Chris-Hanscom-2023-363-241-300x241.png)
Chris Hanscom, professor of Asian languages and cultures, receives Fulbright for 2024-25
July 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![McNair-conference-363-241 Four people stand below screen with 2023 UCLA National McNair Conference](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/McNair-conference-363-241-300x241.png)
Hundreds of McNair Scholars expected to attend July 24–26 conference at UCLA
July 23, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Galloway-Scott-363-241 Scott Galloway wearing a blue t-shirt, sitting down in an indoor setting with a fire place in the background.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Galloway-Scott-363-241-300x241.png)
Economics alumnus Scott Galloway gives $12 million to UCLA, UC Berkeley to help non-traditional students launch their careers
July 23, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![thermometer-Baker-363-241 A giant thermometer in Baker, Calif., reads 112 degrees.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thermometer-Baker-363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA climatologist Daniel Swain on California’s latest heat wave
July 22, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![MACS-program-graduates-first-cohort-363-241 Students from the first cohort of the Master’s of Applied Chemical Sciences graduated earlier this year.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MACS-program-graduates-first-cohort-363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA MACS Program Graduates First Cohort: The novel professional 2-year program has the strong support of global industry leaders
July 22, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![moon-363-241 A full moon against a black night sky with some faint clouds.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/moon-363-241-300x241.png)
Celebrating International Moon Day with astrophysics Ph.D. candidate Dakotah Tyler
July 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![ELFIN-Team-Spring-2024crop-363-241 Group photo of the ELFIN student team in the court of sciences at UCLA. 34 members of the team are pictured.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ELFIN-Team-Spring-2024crop-363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA Undergraduate Student Team Wins NASA TechLeap Prize
July 20, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![brooks-sonya-363-241 Sonya Brooks in a white blouse, smiling, against a dark graphite background.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/brooks-sonya-363-241-300x241.png)
History alumna Sonya Brooks appointed as 2025-26 UC student Regent
July 17, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![SQSB_Twisters_reel-cover-363-241-2 Dusty tornado on the US plains.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SQSB_Twisters_reel-cover-363-241-2-300x241.png)
Silly Questions, Smart Bruins: the UCLA Geomorphology and Aeolian Landscape Evolution (GALE) Lab on Twisters
July 17, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Luskin-QA-Hero-363-241 Photo collage, left to right: UCLA’s Royce Hall (photo credit: UCLA); windows on Bunche Hall, home of the UCLA Department of History (photo credit: UCLA); Meyer Luskin (photo credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA); Meyer Luskin on the UCLA boxing team from the 1949 UCLA yearbook.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Luskin-QA-Hero-363-241-300x241.png)
A Q&A with alumnus and longtime UCLA supporter, Meyer Luskin, on the future of history
July 16, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Luskins-FINAL-363-241 Renee (left) and Meyer Luskin standing outside on a sunny day with green leaves, branches and pink flowers in the background.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Luskins-FINAL-363-241-300x241.png)
Alumni couple gives $25 million to propel UCLA’s Department of History into the future
July 16, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Philanthropy+As+Civic+Engagement+Ceremony-363-241 Four people hold up big check made out to L.A. Goal](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PhilanthropyAsCivicEngagementCeremony-363-241-300x241.png)
Honoring more than a decade of UCLA’s Philanthropy as Civic Engagement course
July 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![kaity-o-keefe-c6xZcPVpKoc-unsplash-363-241 Yellow flowers in bloom along the Palos Verdes Peninsula](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/kaity-o-keefe-c6xZcPVpKoc-unsplash-363-241-300x241.png)
2023 Rolling Hills Estates landslide likely began the winter before
July 12, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Solar+System+363-241 Image of solar system planets and their moons](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SolarSystem363-241-300x241.jpg)
Scientific definition of a planet says it must orbit our sun. A new proposal would change that
July 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Hands-different-skin-tones-363-241 Five hands with different skin tones on a wooden table view from above.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Hands-different-skin-tones-363-241-300x241.jpg)
New census categories raise philosophical questions about race and ethnicity
July 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Birds-Wildfire-Smoke-Press-Release-363-241 Orange Vermilion Flycatcher sitting on brush](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Birds-Wildfire-Smoke-Press-Release-363-241-300x241.jpg)
California’s avian residents face a challenging summer as wildfires intensify across the state
July 9, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Young Hispanic girl lying on the floor in the sitting room playing with a toy digger truck A young girl lying on floor playing with an orange bulldozer.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/girl-playing-on-floor-363-241-300x241.jpg)
Dolls and trucks: UCLA study finds political right and left share some parenting beliefs
July 9, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![life-sciences-newsom-new-ca-law-363-241 Gov. Gavin Newsom speaking to inmates at San Quentin last year. His administration opposed heat standards for prisons.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/life-sciences-newsom-new-ca-law-363-241-300x241.png)
Two UCLA life sciences professors highlight injustices in California’s newly established indoor heat standards
July 8, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![DEGREES-363-241 Abstract image with a color gradient suggesting heat in one corner and cold in another, similar to a weather map, heat map, elevation map or climate stripes, labeled "Degrees: UCLA Climate Change Insights."](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DEGREES-363-241-300x241.png)
Western U.S. heat wave: Video ‘Office Hours’ with Daniel Swain
July 6, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![bees-7996596_1500-630](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bees-7996596_1500-630-300x400.jpg)
Thanks to their thriving apiary atop the Life Sciences building, the Bruin Beekeepers, which started in 2018, achieved their first honey harvest in June
July 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Daniel+Atkinson-363-241 A black and white photograph of Professor Daniel Atkinson in his Haines Hall office in 1952.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DanielAtkinson-363-241-300x241.png)
In memoriam: Daniel Atkinson, 102, UCLA professor and pioneer in field of metabolic biochemistry
July 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Paco+Retana-363-241 Paco Retana in a white dress shirt with a blue vest and tie standing in a stone corridor with silhouettes of columns in the background.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PacoRetana-363-241-300x241.png)
Several UCLA College alumni among new officers and members of UCLA Alumni Association board for 2024–25
July 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![thorium+229-363-241 A close-up photograph of a thorium-229 atom with a blue and purple light illuminating the background.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/thorium229-363-241-300x241.png)
Nuclear spectroscopy breakthrough could rewrite the fundamental constants of nature
July 2, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![30-songs-ucla-summer-mag-363-241 Two people is bear costumes wearing light blue UCLA basketball jerseys and yellow sunglasses driving a blue convertible through a revolving landscape that includes, among other things, costal and mountain views.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/30-songs-ucla-summer-mag-363-241-300x241.png)
30 Perfect Songs for Your Summer Road Trip
July 1, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Reflective+363-241 Blue and yellow reflective surfaces with light refractions and geometric patterns.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Reflective363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA-led national workshop series to bridge technological innovation, culture and creativity
July 1, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Nanovials-363-241 Nanovials containing individual cells (green) and secreted extracellular vesicles (magenta) within their cavities.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nanovials-363-241-300x241.png)
Sorting therapeutic stem cells by function improves healing after heart attack, lab study shows
July 1, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![CW_SillyQuestionsSmartBruins_Barbie_363-241 Anadaios "Ana" Box against a pink background with illustrations of a pink handbag, pink sunglasses, pink lipstick and four white hearts outltines in pink.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CW_SillyQuestionsSmartBruins_Barbie_363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA College Silly Questions, Smart Bruins series wins bronze CASE Circle of Excellence Award
June 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Lawson+Dedication19-363-241 The Rev. James Lawson Jr. speaking during the ceremony at which the building housing the UCLA Labor Center was named in his honor.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LawsonDedication19-363-241-300x241.jpg)
In memoriam: Rev. James Lawson Jr., 95, civil and workers’ rights icon and UCLA faculty member
June 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![UCLA+meteorite-363-241 A meteorite fragment against a white background with an out-of-view overhead light source creating a shadow as the base of it.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UCLAmeteorite-363-241-300x241.jpg)
Iron meteorites hint that our infant solar system was more doughnut than dartboard
June 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Boris-Dralyuk-363-241 Boris Dralyuk standing in front of green foliage while wearing a green jacket over a plaid shirt.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Boris-Dralyuk-363-241-300x241.png)
Q&A: Boris Dralyuk on finding creative inspiration in his own immigrant story
June 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Campus+Aerial+View+363-241 Aerial view of UCLA's Janss Steps and Dickson Plaza](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CampusAerialView363-241-300x241.png)
Two UCLA College alumni join the UCLA Foundation board of directors
June 25, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Antonia+Hernandez-363-241 Antonio Hernández, right, with her husband, Michael Stern, at the medal ceremony in Royce Hall.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AntoniaHernandez-363-241-300x241.png)
Trailblazer and history alumna Antonia Hernández awarded UCLA Medal
June 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![DEGREES-363-241 Abstract image with a color gradient suggesting heat in one corner and cold in another, similar to a weather map, heat map, elevation map or climate stripes, labeled "Degrees: UCLA Climate Change Insights."](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DEGREES-363-241-300x241.png)
Extreme summer climate: Video ‘Office Hours’ with Daniel Swain
June 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Marissa-Lopez-portrait-363-241 Portrait of Marissa López](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Marissa-Lopez-portrait-363-241-300x241.png)
Marissa López receives Chancellor’s Arts Initiative grant, curates exhibition on L.A.’s past
June 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![sustainable+move+out-363-241 Sustainable Move Out photo collage](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sustainablemoveout-363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA’s first Sustainable Move Out helps Bruins reduce their environmental footprint
June 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Elya+profile-363-241 Elya Aboutboul-Bilia stands against a concrete wall.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Elyaprofile-363-241-300x241.png)
Elya Aboutboul-Bilia found comfort, then confidence and value, in the discomfort of art
June 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![atomic+crop_363-241 At left, a red arrow tracks an individual copper atom’s motion during an electrochemical reaction. At right, yellow arrows point to pits left behind in the catalyst surface.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/atomiccrop_363-241-300x241.png)
Atomic view of a chemical catalyst during electrically charged reaction is a scientific first
June 20, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![bill-walton_2-363-241 Bill Walton wearing a tie die shirt with his right index finger pressed to this lips while holding a black and white drawing of John Wooden against a painted wall with orange, yellow, red, green, brown and black streaks of paint.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bill-walton_2-363-241-300x241.png)
Bill Walton: Remembering the history alum and one of the greatest stars in the history of UCLA basketball
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![SabaWaheed_363-241 Saba Waheed at the historic Trust Building, the site of her office in the new UCLA Downtown campus, wearing a salmon colored suit.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SabaWaheed_363-241-300x241.png)
As the new director of the UCLA Labor Center, Saba Waheed is now on the front lines in the fight for workers’ rights
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Shi_363-241 Shi wearing wearing a shirt that says, "VOTE NOW," on Bruin Walk.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shi_363-241-300x241.png)
How Victor Shi took up the crusade to get Gen Z out of apathy and into the voting booth — and became a social media star in the process.
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Felix_collage-363-241 A photo collage of Félix J. Gutiérrez with a blue sky and yellow sun overlay.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Felix_collage-363-241-300x241.png)
Freedom Writer: Félix J. Gutiérrez, founding editor of UCLA’s first Latino student magazine
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Bruin-Tour-Guides-363-241 Bruin tour guides Marcus Aurelius, Sierra Benayon-Abraham and Sanketh Santhosh smiling — but not touching! — at the famed Inverted Fountain](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Bruin-Tour-Guides-363-241-300x241.png)
Bruin tour guides: Enthusiastic evangelists for the UCLA experience
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![MortarBoard_363-241 Graduates attending a UCLA College Commencement ceremony at Pauley Pavillion.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MortarBoard_363-241-300x241.png)
Mortarboards: Bruin creativity and imagination on display at 2024 UCLA College commencement ceremonies
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![UCLA+Chancellor+Gene+Block-363-241 UCLA Chancellor Gene Block in a yellow tie.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/UCLAChancellorGeneBlock-363-241-300x241.png)
Chancellor Gene Block reflects on UCLA’s 2023-24 academic year and future ahead
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![david+placek_363-241 A head and shoulders photograph of David Placek treated with a blue gradient tint.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/davidplacek_363-241-300x241.png)
Political science alum, David Placek ’75 might be the best product-branding guru on the planet
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![CBI-UCLA-MAG-2024-Summer-363-241 A black and white, horizontal image of the Congo Basin.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CBI-UCLA-MAG-2024-Summer-363-241-300x241.png)
The Promise of Cameroon: UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute is out to definitively map the African rainforests
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![kalena+mcelroy_363-241 McElroy striking a pose in Hawaii as she sits on a palm tree that hangs over clear waters.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/kalenamcelroy_363-241-300x241.png)
Anthropology alumna Kalena McElroy ’14 took a deep dive into fashion — and reinvented the bathing suit
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![UCLA-mag-summer-24-363-241 A black and white photograph of two people looking up while one holds binoculars. On the right-hand side the words "INTO AFRICA: UCLA's bold Congo Basin Institute could help save the planet."](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/UCLA-mag-summer-24-363-241-300x241.png)
Summer 2024: An overview of the stories in UCLA Magazine’s Summer issue
June 18, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Pride-in-focus-363-241 A graphic with a vibrant blue background featuring a diagonal rainbow stripe with colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple transitioning into black and brown stripes. Overlaid text in bold white letters reads ‘CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH.’ The image symbolizes inclusivity and the celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Pride-in-focus-363-241-300x241.png)
Pride: A curated selection of stories from across the UCLA campus spotlighting LGBTQ+ voices, histories and research
June 17, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Chancellor+Praise-363-241 Collage of media coverage announcing Dr. Julio Frenk as UCLA chancellor](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ChancellorPraise-363-241-300x241.png)
Praise for UCLA Chancellor-designate Julio Frenk
June 14, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Hero+commencement-2024-363-241 Students celebrate commencement with UCLA sign in background](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Herocommencement-2024-363-241-300x241.png)
‘You have earned today’: UCLA’s class of 2024 gets the commencement it always deserved
June 14, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Sarahy+Torres+363-241 Sarahy Torres standing outside of Royce Hall.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SarahyTorres363-241-300x241.png)
Sarahy Torres’ research and outreach seeks to uplift farm-working communities, with a focus on women
June 13, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Teofilo-Ruiz-363-241 2016 portrait of Professor Teo Ruiz](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Teofilo-Ruiz-363-241-300x241.png)
Teo Ruiz among 4 winners of Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award for 2023–24
June 13, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Sarah+Worden+363-241 Sarah Worden standing in front of a presentation board](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SarahWorden363-241-300x241.png)
Violinist Sarah Worden is uniting art and science, from concert hall to carbon cycle
June 13, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Jocelyn-Granados-and-Lilianna-Rodriguez-363-241 Jocelyn Granados and Lilianna Rodriguez in a UCLA podcast lab](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Jocelyn-Granados-and-Lilianna-Rodriguez-363-241-300x241.png)
For these first-year students, writings from the past shed light on issues around today’s AI revolution
June 12, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![NewsroomStory_363-241 UCLA Chancellor-designate Dr. Julio Frenk seated in front of Royce Hall with partial blue tinted treatment](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NewsroomStory_363-241-300x241.png)
Julio Frenk to take helm of UCLA, nation’s No. 1–ranked public university, as its 7th chancellor
June 12, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Igor-Pilshchikov-363-241 Portrait of Professor Igor Pilshchikov in his office](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Igor-Pilshchikov-363-241-300x241.png)
Not just word-for-word: Igor Pilshchikov on the nuances and challenges of translation
June 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![PFTL+363-241 A scene from Kaith Karishma’s short film “Poetica for the Living” featuring lead actor Maze Felix sitting in a folding chair by the ocean.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PFTL363-241-300x241.png)
Second annual competition honors creatives from the Class of 2024
June 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Diana+Rinza+363-241 (1) Diana Rinza standing outside on a sunny day](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DianaRinza363-241-1-300x241.png)
Diana Rinza, mother of 3, overcame a major health scare to earn her degree and help nontraditional students
June 11, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![naomi+1-363-241.jpg Naomi Hammonds wearing graduation sash, stands next to bear statue](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/naomi1-363-241.jpg-300x241.png)
Some of USAC President Naomi Hammonds’ most important contributions at UCLA might not be seen — but they can be felt
June 10, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![COMMENCEMENT+PROFILES+HERO-1500-630 (1)](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/COMMENCEMENTPROFILESHERO-1500-630-1-300x400.png)
Congratulations, UCLA College Class of 2024!
June 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Eva+Danesh+363-241 Eva Danesh wearing graduation gown and holding cap](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EvaDanesh363-241-300x241.png)
Through science and journalism, Eva Danesh found her calling — and her voice
June 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![2024-COMMENCEMENT-363-241 A group of jubilant graduates in traditional black caps and gowns are captured mid-jump against a backdrop of Royce Hall with it's famed arched entryways. The graduates, facing away from the camera, are seen tossing their caps high into the air, marking a celebratory moment under the clear, sunny skies that signify the bright future ahead.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-COMMENCEMENT-363-241-300x241.png)
Celebrating the inspirational students of the class of 2024
June 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Jonathan-Valenzuela-Mejia-363-241 Jonathan Valenzuela Mejia, right, and father giving a thumbs-up](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Jonathan-Valenzuela-Mejia-363-241-300x241.png)
full-circle moment in Europe led Jonathan Valenzuela Mejia to discover a new leg of Central American studies
June 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![StudentVoices-363-241](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/StudentVoices-363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA College commencement highlights undergraduate student voices
June 6, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Harry-Li-363-241 Harry Li](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Harry-Li-363-241-300x241.png)
With B.A. and M.A. – and having led a UCLA course – Harry Li launches his teaching career
June 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![PengLee_MarioAI_363-241 Mario Peng Lee](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PengLee_MarioAI_363-241-300x241.png)
Creating a world of good through the power of AI: Mario Peng Lee seeks to improve lives through technology — and help others do the same
June 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Signs+of+Spring-JCMB-363-241 Justin C. M. Brown](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SignsofSpring-JCMB-363-241-300x241.png)
‘Remember to stop and smell the data!’: Justin C.M. Brown’s career change blends research and art with a unique look at Westwood’s campus
June 5, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Catarina+Gerges+363-241 Catarina Gerges in a white dress with green flowers standing next to the Bruin statue.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CatarinaGerges363-241-300x241.png)
From ankle injury to solutions champion for visible and invisible disabilities: Catarina Gerges is graduating in the 3-person inaugural class of disabilities studies majors
June 4, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Ananda+Lima-363-241 Ananda Lima](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AnandaLima-363-241-300x241.png)
Q&A: Ananda Lima on her fiction debut, ‘Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil’
June 4, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Abijah-Simon-363-241 Abijah Simon with mountains in background](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abijah-Simon-363-241-300x241.png)
From UCLA to Tibet, geology doctoral candidate Abijah Simon keeps finding ways to make an impact in the world
June 4, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Cheryl+Keyes-363-241 Cheryl Keyes in purple jacket](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CherylKeyes-363-241-300x241.png)
Honoring Juneteenth with art, education and community-building
June 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![David-Kim-high-res-by-Peggy-McInerny-363-241 David Kim portrait outdoors on UCLA campus](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/David-Kim-high-res-by-Peggy-McInerny-363-241-300x241.png)
Professor David Kim receives 2024 Gold Shield Faculty Prize
June 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Youstina+graduation+363-241 Youstina Labib in graduation cap and gown.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Youstinagraduation363-241-300x241.png)
Graduating senior Youstina Labib seeks to grow a much-needed female presence in cardiology
June 3, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![bird+katz-363-241 A red-shouldered hawk perched on a telephone pole in urban Los Angeles.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/birdkatz-363-241-300x241.png)
Wild megalopolis: Study shows unexpected pockets of biodiversity pepper Los Angeles
May 29, 2024/by Alvaro CastilloUCLA-led research shows hummingbirds create a 3D body map when gusts of air touch their wings
May 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Shahawi-363-241 Alumnus Ihab Shahawi with his grandson at a UCLA basketball game.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Shahawi-363-241-300x241.png)
Alumnus Ihab Shahawi found his passion at UCLA — helping people affected by autism
May 29, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Bill+Walton+Hero-363-241 Bill Walton in a floral tie-dye shirt in an outdoor setting.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BillWaltonHero-363-241-300x241.png)
Bill Walton, 71, legendary UCLA College alum, NBA star and broadcaster, has died
May 27, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Kaitlyn-Coons-for-web-363-241 Portrait of Kaitlyn Coons](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kaitlyn-Coons-for-web-363-241-300x241.png)
For classics and history major Kaitlyn Coons, graduation isn’t the end of the UCLA journey
May 24, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Tran-Elise-363-241 Elise Ỷ-lan Tran](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Tran-Elise-363-241-300x241.png)
Fulbright Awardee seeks to connect with her roots and make an impact on the Vietnamese Deaf community
May 23, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![hypatia-363-241 Lauren London and Jonah Hill in “You People”](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hypatia-363-241-300x241.png)
Women, people of color drive viewer ratings for top streaming films
May 23, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![AANHPI_HM_HeroBanner_363-241 A blue banner with a floral watermark that reads "Asian American Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month - UCLA."](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AANHPI_HM_HeroBanner_363-241-300x241.png)
IN FOCUS: AANHPI Heritage Month
May 23, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Students-inYRL-RR-363-241 Student sitting inside a well lit room with a blue couch and communal desks in the background.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Students-inYRL-RR-363-241-300x241.png)
13 students, including 12 from the UCLA College, among 2024 UCLA Library Prize for Undergraduate Research winners
May 22, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Burns-and-Patino-Loira-composite-photo-363-241 From left to right, a diptych of Raphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira in outdoor settings.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Burns-and-Patino-Loira-composite-photo-363-241-300x241.png)
Raphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira earn fellowships to conduct research at I Tatti
May 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![2024-05-10-UC-global-languages-conference-participants-363-241 Participants in UC global languages meeting](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-10-UC-global-languages-conference-participants-363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA Humanities hosts UC-wide meeting on global languages
May 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![COVID+masks+and+election+ballots-363-241 face masks and election ballots](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/COVIDmasksandelectionballots-363-241-300x241.png)
A new UCLA study shows COVID-related private funding had no substantial effect
May 21, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Grand-Theft-eco-character-overlooking-Los-Angeles-UCLA-LENS-363-241 A young girl, rendered using Grand Theft Auto’s game graphics, looks out at a revitalized L.A. River and the cityscape beyond.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Grand-Theft-eco-character-overlooking-Los-Angeles-UCLA-LENS-363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA storytellers use Grand Theft Auto as basis for series of original films imagining L.A. in 2050
May 16, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![URW-beaker-363-241 A close-up view of a laboratory setting, showcasing a pipette dispensing a liquid into one of the many small, clear tubes arranged in a tray. The tray is dark blue, and the background is blurred, emphasizing the precision of the experiment in progress.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/URW-beaker-363-241-300x241.png)
Scientific rigor and creativity on display at Undergraduate Research Week 2024
May 16, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![PLEASE-363-241 Scrabble-like tiles spell out the word “please.”](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PLEASE-363-241-300x241.png)
Children are taught to say “please.” But a new UCLA study shows the word may be a tool to manage frictions, not a sign of politeness.
May 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Alumni+Awards-2024-363-241 Photo collage featuring 2024 recipients of UCLA Awards from the Alumni Association. Clockwise from top left: Donna Cox Wells, Cesar Pacheco Garcia, Asad Madni, Shirley Weber, Refik Anadol, Chase Griffin, Elizabeth Zachry and Marina Lemas of the UCLA Alumni San Francisco Bay Area Network, and Gary Greene.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AlumniAwards-2024-363-241-300x241.png)
UCLA Alumni Association celebrates College Bruins who have impacted UCLA and the world
May 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![lili+yang+nature-363-241 A microscopy image shows an enhanced natural killer T cell (blue) attacking a human multiple myeloma cell (magenta).](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/liliyangnature-363-241-300x241.jpg)
UCLA scientists, including a life sciences faculty member, develop a new method to engineer immune cells that could treat multiple patients
May 15, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![map-of-Earth-363-241 an image of Earth that includes the ocean bathymetry](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/map-of-Earth-363-241-300x241.png)
The Carbon Cycle and Solid Earth Connection Redefined
May 14, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Diana-Khoi-Nguyen-by-Karen-Lue-363-241 Outdoor portrait of Diana Khoi Nguyen](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Diana-Khoi-Nguyen-by-Karen-Lue-363-241-300x241.png)
5 questions for Diana Khoi Nguyen: Poetry at the intersection of the personal and the political
May 14, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![NAS-24-363-241 Zvi Bern and Leonard Kleinrock — split screen featuring photo of Bern (left) and Kleinrock (right)](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NAS-24-363-241-300x241.png)
Professor of physics and astronomy, Zvi Bern, elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 13, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Extremely-363-241 A still image from “Extremely Short,” directed by the renowned animator Kōji Yamamura.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Extremely-363-241-300x241.png)
Film commissioned by UCLA professor earns spot at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes
May 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Chris+Tausanovitch-363-241 Chris Tausanovitch standing in a stone courtyard on a sunny day.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ChrisTausanovitch-363-241-300x241.png)
Political scientist Chris Tausanovitch named 2024 Carnegie Fellow
May 7, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Brian-Copenhaver-363-241 Brian Copenhaver portrait](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Brian-Copenhaver-363-241-300x241.png)
Brian Copenhaver, professor of philosophy and history, receives UC award for emeriti faculty
May 2, 2024/by Alvaro Castillo![Tyler-Jarvis-363-241 Tyler Jarvis on the set of Jeopardy!](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tyler-Jarvis-363-241-300x241.png)