UCLA will pay tribute to the life of beloved Bruin Rafer Johnson, a two-time Olympic medalist who helped found the Special Olympics and worked to advance social justice, during campus’s homecoming week Oct. 17 through Oct. 23. Johnson died in December 2020 at the age of 86 having left behind a legacy that continues to transform lives.
For UCLA, I think the return to campus was a landmark event. Students, in particular, have been eager to get back to in-person learning and activities that are difficult to reproduce in a virtual environment — things like chatting with friends in residence halls late into the night, getting involved in student organizations, or coming out to cheer for Bruin sports teams alongside thousands of others.
There is a sense of excitement and even liberation from the pandemic, but it’s tempered by a few things. Many of us have been through some very, very hard times. We know that our current situation is fragile and remains dependent upon everyone following health and safety protocols.
UCLA has received a five-year, $3 million Ph.D. traineeship grant from the National Science Foundation to advance the interdisciplinary frontiers of quantum science and engineering.
Guido Imbens, a Stanford University professor who was a UCLA faculty member from 1997 to 2001, is one of three winners of the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
You're invited to Homecoming at UCLA! Join us for Alumni Trivia Night and participate in weeklong celebrations leading up to the UCLA vs. Oregon football game at the Rose Bowl!
A distinguished panel of speakers will shed light on this little known chapter of Los Angeles and U.S. history in search of insights that might help us address the rise of anti-Asian hate we see today.
Join the Lewis Center, Ziman Center, and our guests for a conversation about the successes and failures of California’s response to the threat of evictions and housing instability.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that health care personnel who received a two-dose regimen of Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine had an 89% lower risk for symptomatic illness than those who were unvaccinated. For those who received the two-dose regimen of the Moderna vaccine, the risk was reduced by 96%.
A research project co-led by the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program aims to improve the assessment and treatment of concussions in school-aged children.
The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools reported nearly 270,000 K-12 students in California experienced homelessness in the 2018-19 school year, enough to fill Dodger Stadium five times.
KLCS PBS show “Sustaining US” has partnered with the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability to foster earnest discussion — informed by top research and perspectives.
