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Video: UCLA scholars on the presidential race

UCLA faculty, visiting scholars and political thinkers continue…

Gift establishes endowed chair in history

Nickoll Family Chair to be awarded to renowned history scholar…

J. Fraser Stoddart wins 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry

J. Fraser Stoddart, who was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry…

New book from UCLA’s Ursula Heise examines the conservationist thrall and narratives of extinction

It all began with the adoption of a Jardine’s parrot in the…

Anthropologist brings European refugee crisis to the classroom

Students in two global studies classes at UCLA this quarter will…

Pacific Ocean’s response to greenhouse gases could extend California drought for centuries

Clues from prehistoric droughts and arid periods in California…

UCLA physicists discover ‘apparent departure from the laws of thermodynamics’

According to the basic laws of thermodynamics, if you leave a…

Preventing mass extinctions of big mammals will require immediate action

Preventing the extinction of gorillas, rhinoceroses, elephants,…

UCLA astronomers make first accurate measurement of oxygen in distant galaxy

UCLA astronomers have made the first accurate measurement of…

Literature and film help teach students to understand the brain

What can Shakespeare, Cervantes, Proust, and even contemporary…