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Brenda Elaine Stevenson receives inaugural 2019 Germany residency at the University of Augsburg

During its annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,…
Photo of the DVD cover for the Nollywood film 'Water of Glod'.

Social scientists partner with Nollywood film industry to test a corruption-reporting campaign in Nigeria

  A team of social scientists, including UCLA political…
Diagram of Vegetation density in California in 2011 versus 2014.

California ‘browning’ more in the south during droughts

  Like a climate chameleon, California turned brown…
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Professor Stephanie Jamison to share how she finds women in ancient, often patriarchal, texts

For four decades, UCLA’s Stephanie Jamison has been somewhat…
The galactic chimneys (yellow-orange areas extending vertically) are centered on the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center

  The center of our galaxy is a frenzy of activity.…
Photo of Kara Cooney, professor of Egyptian art and architecture at UCLA.

The parallels of female power in ancient Egypt and modern times

Related: Kara Cooney discusses her book, ‘The Good Kings,’…
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41 UCLA scientists among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations

  The world’s most influential scientific researchers…

Three UCLA professors awarded 2019 Sloan Research Fellowships

Three young UCLA professors have been named recipients of 2019…
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Political science professor’s new bestseller illuminates America’s ‘Identity Crisis’

For almost a decade, UCLA political science professor Lynn…

Indonesia’s devastating 2018 earthquake was a rare ‘supershear,’ according to UCLA-led study

The devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the…