The Wellsprings of Our Moralities
In response to the question series “What can evolution tell us about morality?” professor of anthropology Daniel M.T. Fessler reflects on how natural selection allows the flexibility to adapt to the...
View ArticleUCLA faculty voice: Americans tend to be married to their political party
People often ask me “who these people are” — those who elected Donald J. Trump or those who voted for Hillary Clinton. They’ll ask, “What’s the single best description of Trump supporters?” My answer...
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Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World established at UCLA
UCLA has established the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World, the first center in the Western Hemisphere that aims to advance the knowledge of ancient Iranian languages, history and...
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$5 million gift from Meyer Luskin establishes research center for history and...
Thanks to a $5 million gift from longtime supporter Meyer Luskin, UCLA will establish the Luskin Center for History and Policy, the first academic research center on the West Coast devoted to using...
View ArticleOscar contenders are more diverse, but UCLA report urges Hollywood to address...
After years of being largely shut out of the Academy Award nominations — a trend that prompted the #OscarsSoWhite social media campaign in 2016 — actors, writers, directors and even a cinematographer...
View ArticleUCLA faculty voice: Oroville Dam shows urgent need for climate adaptation
The crisis at Oroville Dam should be a wake-up call to those making infrastructure decisions today that will affect Californians for many years to come.
View ArticlePolitics of place still exerts powerful influence in voting booth
John Agnew, UCLA distinguished professor of geography, has spent his scholarly career examining the politics of place. He teaches courses in political geography and globalization, as well as sections...
View ArticleReligious by nature: Scholar examines morality, mortality and human nature
Carol Bakhos is a professor of late antique Judaism and Jewish studies in UCLA’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Born and bred in Brooklyn, New York, Bakhos says people are often...
View ArticleIn memoriam: Professor Mark Sawyer, a champion for access and diversity
UCLA faculty, students and staff in the Division of Social Sciences in the UCLA College are mourning the loss of Mark Sawyer, who was a professor of African-American studies and political science
View ArticleAnita Ortega to deliver UCLA College commencement address
Anita Ortega, a former UCLA basketball star and the first African-American woman to become a Los Angeles Police Department area captain, will be the distinguished alumna speaker for the UCLA College...
View ArticleA spirited welcome and invitation for thousands at Bruin Day 2017
UCLA pulled out all the stops for the nearly 17,000 potential incoming freshmen and their families who visited campus for the annual Bruin Day on April 15, which for many, marked a final, exhilarating...
View ArticleUCLA Medalist John Lewis: ‘I found a way to get in the way’
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a living icon of the civil rights movement, relived for 1,300 rapt listeners in Royce Hall today key moments in the long struggle for equality, telling compelling personal stories...
View ArticleNew Summer Institute Explores Los Angeles Through the Lens of Technology and...
Developed by UCLA’s Urban Humanities Initiative (UHI), this new institute brings forth theories, methods and design perspective for tomorrow’s generation of urban thinkers, dwellers and practitioners.
View ArticleUCLA math professor keeps company with Einstein, Darwin, da Vinci in National...
“What makes a genius?” National Geographic asks on the cover of its May 2017 issue. In the accompanying article, writer Claudia Kalb observes, “Throughout history rare individuals have stood out for...
View ArticleTwo professors named 2017 American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows
UCLA College faculty members Judith Carney and Stephanie Jamison have been selected as members of the 237th class of American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows.
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UCLA hosts its biggest early education literacy fair
400 children and their families head to campus to celebrate literacy Every spring Dickson Court rings with the rare laughter and shouts of preschool children chasing one other in a game of tag. UCLA...
View ArticleHow Los Angeles became the capital of incarceration
For the last several years, UCLA history professor Kelly Lytle Hernández has been reaching into Los Angeles history, back before the city was even city or California was even a state, to unearth...
View ArticleDarnell Hunt appointed dean of social sciences in the UCLA College
Darnell Hunt, a renowned scholar of race, media and culture, chair of sociology and longtime leader of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, has been selected as the new dean...
View ArticleNASA selects UCLA alumna for 2017 astronaut candidate class
Jessica Watkins, who earned her Ph.D. in geology from UCLA in 2015, has been selected by NASA to join the 2017 astronaut candidate class. She will report to the Johnson Space Center in Houston for duty...
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Faculty member and his wife give $1 million to UCLA College
Michael Jung, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry in the UCLA College, and his wife, Alice, have donated $1 million toward the establishment of the Michael and Alice Jung Endowed...
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