UCLA |
UCLA Law students work to help protect outdoor laborers from heat and pollution
Research produced by those in the California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic has influenced proposed legislation.
UC Newsroom |
UC a top producer of Fulbright students
Students from eight UC campuses and scholars from six have received Fulbright awards to advance their studies and promote international exchange for the 2021-22 academic year.
UCLA |
The Russian invasion of Ukraine: Professor Daniel Treisman provides insight and context
Treisman is the co-author of the book “Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century.”
UC San Diego |
The unique power of headphones to persuade
Headphones increase feelings of connectivity, empathy and engagement, reports a new study from UC San Diego, UCLA and UC Berkeley.
UCLA |
Making the past personal
Students are gaining a new understanding of the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
UCLA |
Megadrought in southwestern North America is region’s driest in at least 1,200 years
The drought that has enveloped southwestern North America for the past 22 years is the region’s driest “megadrought” — defined as a drought lasting two decades or longer — since at least the year 800, according to a new UCLA-led study in the journal Nature Climate Change.
UCLA |
Proportion of Black physicians in U.S. has changed little in 120 years, UCLA research finds
The proportion of physicians who are Black in the U.S. has increased by only 4 percentage points over the past 120 years, and the share of doctors who are Black men has not changed since 1940.
UC Davis and UCLA |
Two athletes with UC ties head to Beijing for the Winter Olympics
Find out how to root on bobsledder Carlo Valdes and freestyle skier Brita Sigourney as they seek gold for Team USA.
UC Newsroom |
Five years ago, love won. Here's how research helps make progress possible
In 2015, the Supreme Court upheld a right to marriage for gay couples in Obergefell v. Hodges. One of the key elements to winning this battle was research — particularly one UC researcher's groundbreaking study in the 1940s that showed being gay was not a mental illness.
UC Newsroom |
The evolutionary advantage of the teenage brain
Research is showing that the behaviors of teenagers aren’t just there to annoy parents. They serve a real evolutionary purpose.
UC Newsroom |
Will cars of the future run on poop?
Is brown the new green? UCLA researchers are using waste matter (yes, including poop) to make a new generation of advanced biofuels.