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An image of the Madrigal family from the Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto”Courtesy of The Walt Disney Studios

UCLA botanist Felipe Zapata brings Colombia’s biodiversity to Academy Award winner ‘Encanto’

Felipe Zapata taps into his life’s work, as well as…
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UCLA, partners win Department of Energy grant to boost diversity in field of nuclear physics

By Stuart Wolpert The UCLA Department of Physics and…
Collage image of the UCLA College’s 2022 Sloan Fellows. Top row from left: Seulgi Moon, David Baqaee, and Mikhail Solon. Bottom row from left: Chong Liu, Natalie Bau, and Guido Montúfar.Image credit: UCLA

Six UCLA College faculty among 2022 Sloan Research Fellows

Editor’s note: Congratulations to all of the UCLA scholars…
Photo credit: Courtesy of Ellen Sletten

Professor’s invention is a kid-friendly introduction to the chemistry of light

Ellen Sletten’s Photonbooth gives L.A. students a picture-perfect…
Photo credit: Sean Brenner

Days with hazardous levels of air pollutants are more common due to increase in wildfires

In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine…
Image of smoke from a 2019 Northern California wildfire, seen by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.Photo credit: NASA

Increasingly frequent wildfires linked to human-caused climate change, UCLA-led study finds

By Stuart Wolpert Research by scientists from UCLA and…
Montage of diverse images of researchers in the sciences and social sciencesPhoto credit: UCLA

UCLA College scholars among most highly cited researchers for 2021

  Editor’s note: Congratulations to the UCLA College…

Neuroscientist Adriana Galván named 2021 Gold Shield Faculty Prize winner

Adriana Galván, dean of undergraduate education at UCLA,…
A photo of Dr. Scott Wilke and Jovian Cheung.

Two Bruins win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

UCLA undergraduates Jovian Cheung and Kevin Jiang have won…