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Feeling Sliimey

A UCLA freshman conquers Shark Tank with an ooey, gooey invention.
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Notable UC books of 2023

Looking to curl up with some winter reads? Whether your taste leans toward coming-of-age memoir or non-fiction, cooking or crime, we have something for you.
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Getting paid to get ahead: A new program helps students gain career experience and earn money for college

Funded by a state grant, the new Learning-Aligned Employment Program, or LAEP, offers high-quality, paid research jobs for low-income students.
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UCLA Anderson Forecast: Despite geopolitical uncertainty, data indicate no recession

California’s slower-growing economy continues to outpace the nation’s.
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12 ingenious discoveries from a year of UC research

In 2023, every campus, lab and medical center came through with findings that benefit our health, happiness and the very fate of our planet.
UCLA |

Why emotions stirred by music create such powerful memories

Study shows the dynamics of people’s emotions mold otherwise neutral experiences into memorable events.
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UC researchers among the most influential in the world, according to Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list

UC’s 317 faculty and scientists across all 10 campuses and the labs make the university the most highly cited institution in the world.
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The weather whisperer

When climate catastrophe looms, reporters and legislators call up UCLA’s Daniel Swain to explain what’s happening and why.
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Advisory committee named for UCLA chancellor search

University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., has announced the formation of a search advisory committee of university faculty, staff, students, alumni and foundation representatives to help in the international search for a new chancellor to lead the UCLA campus. Regent Richard Leib, Chair of the Board of Regents, appointed five Regents to serve on the committee.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced in August that he plans to retire at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.

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Romance or nomance? Adolescents prefer to see less sex, more friendships, platonic relationships on screen

Teens and young adults think romance is overused in the media they consume.
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Three extraordinary UC faculty awarded National Medals at White House ceremony

They received the nation’s highest honor for their scientific and technological achievements.