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The pledge is designed to foster generations of leaders, advance discovery science and provide the laboratory resources needed to support the work. The commitment provides holistic funding for new breakthroughs in basic, translational and clinical science.
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This discovery could lead to treatments for deadly infections in people with cystic fibrosis and in hospitalized patients on ventilators, as well as solutions for problems in industry that are rooted in the presence of bacterial biofilms.
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The study, led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators, has revealed how melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, evolves to resist immunotherapy, leading to a potential strategy to prevent or reverse that resistance.
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Hundreds of Bruins’ lives, including Jocelyn Meza’s, have been changed thanks to PROPS, or Psychology Research Opportunity Programs. Since 1990, PROPS has been an arm of the UCLA Department of Psychology giving annual student cohorts the necessary experience and grounding in research to become competitive graduate school candidates.
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See a curated selection of stories from across the UCLA campus spotlighting Native American voices, histories and research.
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Read more of the latest research & news stories
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Latest from Chancellor Frenk
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This Friday marks the start of Bruin Family Weekend. During this festive two-day event, we will welcome several thousand parents, guardians and loved ones of our students to the UCLA campus. This is their chance to experience the Bruin spirit firsthand, and it is our chance to show them how special our community is. See my message to the campus.
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Chancellor Julio Frenk writes that universities are the only institutions able to pursue the bold, ambitious research that leads to national progress — and that pursuit of knowledge provides the foundation for our most transformative developments. U.S. research breakthroughs become U.S. prosperity, and without the federal funding that has spurred innovation for almost a century, our global competitiveness and security is put at risk, he writes.
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Many Americans have big feelings about “big government.” For some, it’s become shorthand for inefficiency, waste and overreach. But according to Scott Galloway, a Bruin alum, serial entrepreneur and professor of marketing at New York University, that doesn’t paint the complete picture.
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In the United States, feeding dogs and cats accounts for more than a quarter of the environmental impact from meat consumption, creating the equivalent amount of pollution to driving 13.6 million cars for a year, according to a UCLA study.
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UCLA’s latest Teens and Screens Report reveals that Gen Z is craving less sex in movies and television, more friendship and rarely watches on an actual TV. Beneath these stats is a portrait of a generation quietly rewriting what connection and long-form storytelling can mean in the digital age.
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A number of viral infections, including flu, COVID-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new UCLA-led study affirmed.
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Open enrollment is your chance to enroll in or make changes to your current benefits. UC is making big changes to its program — including offering a new medical plan — next year, so it’s critical that you compare your options. Visit the Open Enrollment website to explore and get essential information about the University of California’s medical plan costs for 2026.
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Nov
8
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A three-concert series celebrates ecstatic freedom in music, from improvisation to minimalism and beyond. Experience radical, expansive works by Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Cassandra Miller, Catherine Lamb and more. Full programs and special guests to be announced. Purchase tickets on the event website.
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Nov
9
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Author-illustrator Weshoyot Alvitre will host a special reading and talk featuring her heartfelt picturebook, Brave. The story follows a Native American boy proudly growing out his hair and learning from his family that braids are powerful, beautiful and deeply meaningful. Reserve tickets on the event website.
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Nov
10
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3:30 p.m.
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UCLA Dodd Hall, Room 147
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This film screening and discussion sheds light on the overlooked presence of African and Black individuals in Renaissance Europe, highlighting their depiction in masterpieces by some of the era’s most celebrated artists. Admission is free to attend with registration.
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Nov
12
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1 p.m.
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Charles E. Young Research Library
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Join the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences. Across time and place, the story of our understanding of the heart has been richly decorated with images that illuminate the dance between art, religion, philosophy and ‘scientific’ thinking. RSVP for this free event.
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Nov
13
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12:30 p.m.
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Fowler Museum or Virtual
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Join Syona Puliady for an online discussion of Women’s Artistry, a textile rotation featuring striking works from Indonesia, focusing on hinggi — formal garments from the island of Sumba, Indonesia. Register on the event website.
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The next time you’re attending a performance at Freud Playhouse — and you really should — linger in the lobby for a bit and get a glimpse of what an iconic career full of accolades looks like. UCLA alumna and legendary star Carol Burnett has gifted UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) her collection of awards from her seven-decade multi-hyphenate career, along with a selection of memorabilia from her life’s work, including one of her first-ever accolades: the 1952 UCLA TFT Spotlight Award for “Most Outstanding Newcomer.” Recently, she endowed a scholarship to support one student each year in the musical theater program at UCLA TFT. Learn more about Alexa Cruz, the inaugural recipient of the Carol Burnett Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship.
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