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$2 million gift from alumnus establishes UCLA faculty chairs in chemistry and biochemistry
The gift will create the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Polymer…

$5 million gift from Morton La Kretz will support renovation of UCLA Botany Building
The restoration and improvements made possible by the donation…

UCLA biologists slow aging, extend lifespan of fruit flies
UCLA biologists have developed an intervention that serves as…

Traces of the Civil War in California
Cities nationwide — including in California — are confronting…

Astronomers find that the sun’s core rotates four times faster than its surface
Surprising observation might reveal what the sun was like when…

Technique for measuring and controlling electron state is a breakthrough in quantum computing
“The dream is to have an array of hundreds or thousands of…

How Los Angeles became the capital of incarceration
For the last several years, UCLA history professor Kelly Lytle…

New Summer Institute Explores Los Angeles Through the Lens of Technology and Social Justice
Developed by UCLA’s Urban Humanities Initiative (UHI), this…

Oscar contenders are more diverse, but UCLA report urges Hollywood to address ongoing equity issues
After years of being largely shut out of the Academy Award nominations…

$5 million gift from Meyer Luskin establishes research center for history and policy at UCLA
Thanks to a $5 million gift from longtime supporter Meyer Luskin,…