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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…

New center at UCLA raises everyone’s voices for environmental science

The campus is home to the first university-based center dedicated…

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…

Faculty member and his wife give $1 million to UCLA College

Michael Jung, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry…

NASA selects UCLA alumna for 2017 astronaut candidate class

Jessica Watkins, who earned her Ph.D. in geology from UCLA in…

UCLA math professor keeps company with Einstein, Darwin, da Vinci in National Geographic ‘Genius’ issue

“What makes a genius?” National Geographic asks on the cover…

The moon is older than scientists thought, UCLA-led research team reports

A UCLA-led research team reports that the moon is at least 4.51…

UCLA mathematicians bring ocean to life for Disney’s ‘Moana’

UCLA mathematics professor Joseph Teran, a Walt Disney consultant…

Chilling climate revelations from the last ice age

About 14,000 years ago, the southwest United States was lush…

UCLA astronomers watch star clusters spewing out dust

Galaxies are often thought of as sparkling with stars, but they…