Tag Archive for: UCLA

Picture of a hand gently holding a baby’s fingers.

New UCLA center promotes reproductive science and sexual health

Holly Ober | January 30, 2023 A new center at UCLA…
Dominic Thomas

UCLA’s Dominic Thomas wins international Gutenberg Research Chair honor

Jonathan Riggs | January 23, 2023 Last November, Dominic…
Kanon Mori, wearing a nametag, speaks into a microphone

Leading the Japan-America Innovators of Medicine

UCLA student Kanon Mori works to improve health care while bridging…

UCLA collaboration fosters mathematical brilliance of Latino and Black middle school students

Undergraduates work in L.A. schools to bolster math learning…
Kelly Lytle Hernández and David Myers

History professors on New Yorker’s best books of 2022 list

Kelly Lytle Hernández (left) and David Myers | UCLA;…
UCLA Fulbright winners collage

Graduate students selected for Fulbright-Hays Fellowship

Vania Sciolini | November 9, 2022 The Fulbright-Hays…
Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in a casino in scene from Rain Man | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.

Recent UCLA grad helped Wikipedia set the record straight on ‘Rain Man’ and autism

Lucy Berbeo | December 21, 2022 The 1988 film “Rain…
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Understanding what makes rainforests distinct from one another could advance conservation efforts

Even when they’re located near each other, not all rainforests…
Emmy-winning actor and comedic icon Jim Varney played the beloved character Ernest P. Worrell. | Courtesy of PaganomationEmmy-winning actor and comedic icon Jim Varney played the beloved character Ernest P. Worrell. | Courtesy of Paganomation

UCLA’s Jim Varney Scholarship pays the actor’s generous legacy forward

Jonathan Riggs | December 20, 2022 The Kentucky-born…
Morris Herbert, professor emeritus of law and philosophy at UCLA.

In memoriam: Herbert Morris, 94, landmark figure in law and philosophy

UCLA Law | December 16, 2022 Professor emeritus Herbert…