$11 million gift establishes Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical...
An $11 million gift to UCLA from physicist and philanthropist Mani Bhaumik will establish a center devoted to advancing knowledge of the basic laws of nature.
View ArticleTechnique from biology helps explain the evolution of the American car
Borrowing a technique that biologists might use to study the evolution of plants or animals, the scientists plotted the “births” and “deaths” of every American-made car and truck model from 1896 to 2014.
View ArticleUCLA political science students witness historic Brexit vote
While Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day this weekend, 68 UCLA political science students are traveling through Europe and witnessing first-hand the dramatic results of Britain’s...
View ArticleLos Angeles is a metropolitan den for mountain lions
Los Angeles is one of only two megacities — Mumbai, India, is the other — where large predatory cats live among us, and they’re closer to human development than you might think.
View ArticleCharlene Villaseñor Black is as good as gold as recipient of top faculty prize
Within the warm, terra-cotta-colored walls of her office in Dodd Hall, Charlene Villaseñor Black has assembled a whimsical mini-museum of Mexican folk art that includes two baby Jesus dolls, a sacred...
View ArticlePatricia Turner is appointed senior dean of UCLA College
Patricia Turner, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, has been appointed senior dean of the UCLA College, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh announced today.
View ArticleAssociate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion named
Muriel McClendon has been named Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the UCLA College’s Division of Social Sciences. She succeeds Eric Avila, who is now the chair of the Chicana/o...
View ArticleLiterature and film help teach students to understand the brain
What can Shakespeare, Cervantes, Proust, and even contemporary playwrights and filmmakers contribute to the study of neuroscience? A lot, says UCLA professor of integrative biology and physiology Scott...
View ArticleUCLA astronomers make first accurate measurement of oxygen in distant galaxy
UCLA astronomers have made the first accurate measurement of the abundance of oxygen in a distant galaxy. Oxygen, the third-most abundant chemical element in the universe, is created inside stars and...
View ArticlePreventing mass extinctions of big mammals will require immediate action
Preventing the extinction of gorillas, rhinoceroses, elephants, lions, tigers, wolves, bears and the world’s other largest mammals will require bold political action and financial commitments from...
View ArticleUCLA ranked second best U.S. public university, 12th overall in the world
UCLA placed second among American public universities and 12th among all universities globally in a prominent international ranking.
View ArticleFeeding the hungry while cutting food waste
Rachel Sumekh, 24, co-founded Swipe Out Hunger when she was a student at UCLA. The nonprofit that she now leads as executive director allows college students to donate excess dollars on their meal plan...
View ArticleUCLA physicists discover ‘apparent departure from the laws of thermodynamics’
According to the basic laws of thermodynamics, if you leave a warm apple pie in a winter window eventually the pie would cool down to the same temperature as the surrounding air.
View ArticleUsing science to fight for environmental justice
Ward wanted to be a lawyer, but his plans changed during a class action suit against Chevron. In August 2012, the oil giant’s refinery in Richmond, California caught fire, sending a plume of toxic,...
View ArticlePacific Ocean’s response to greenhouse gases could extend California drought...
Clues from prehistoric droughts and arid periods in California show that today’s increasing greenhouse gas levels could lock the state into drought for centuries, according to a study led by UCLA...
View ArticleSACNAS at UCLA to receive two national awards
The UCLA chapter of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) has been selected to receive two awards from the national organization.
View ArticleAnthropologist brings European refugee crisis to the classroom
Students in two global studies classes at UCLA this quarter will benefit from an eye-opening month their professor spent in Greece this past summer. In July, anthropologist Laurie Hart taught...
View ArticleNew book from UCLA’s Ursula Heise examines the conservationist thrall and...
It all began with the adoption of a Jardine’s parrot in the mid-1990s. Ursula Heise, UCLA English professor and the Marcia H. Howard Chair in Literary Studies, author and leader in the growing study of...
View ArticleUCLA students get a big kick out of being ‘Big Bang’ scholars
As five UCLA freshmen settled onto a bus Thursday that would return them to campus after an on-set visit with the cast, crew, producers and writers of “The Big Bang Theory” at the Warner Bros. backlot,...
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Where Are They Now: Jonathan Dotan
Jonathan Dotan appeared in the inaugural edition of the College Report magazine in 2004 in an article highlighting his internship in war-torn Bosnia. The College recently caught up with Dotan to find...
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