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Center for Community Engagement debuts new name, new website, and campus database for community partnerships

The UCLA Center for Community Learning has a new name. As…

Why is progress so slow for Latinos in Hollywood?

Although minorities overall are becoming better represented…

Birthrates, marriage, gender roles will change dramatically in post-pandemic world, scientists predict

COVID-19 and America’s response to it are likely to profoundly…
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Diversity improves among TV actors, but executives still overwhelmingly white and male

-An analysis by researchers at the UCLA College found that…
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California has removed most obstacles to voting. Why are so many still not going to the polls?

A new report by the UCLA Luskin Center for History and…
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Andrea Ghez wins 2020 Nobel Prize in physics

Andrea Ghez, UCLA’s Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine…
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Guts and brains: How microbes in a mother’s intestines affect fetal neurodevelopment

During pregnancy in mice, the billions of bacteria and other…
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UCLA faculty couple leaves nearly $9 million for psychology and other programs

UCLA has received more than $8.7 million from the estate…
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Q&A: Norma Mendoza-Denton on how Donald Trump weaponizes words

Norma Mendoza-Denton, professor of anthropology in the UCLA College,…
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UCLA-led team of scientists discovers why we need sleep

Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems…