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Summer is often thought of as UCLA’s quiet season, which is true in the same way that L.A. traffic is light at 2 a.m. — everything is relative. The regular academic-year crowds have gone, but across campus, the work, learning and activity that define UCLA have continued — sometimes in places and ways that are easier to notice with fewer people around.
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A mysterious blip in the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector has UCLA physicist Alvine Kamaha and her colleagues wondering if they’ve had the first glimpse of the elusive particles.
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UCLA has given 17 global research awards to professors taking on challenges around the world, ranging from water, health and migration to music and more.
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UCLA-led researchers race to learn whether an existing vaccine can protect against the fast-moving Bundibugyo virus.
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New head football coach Bob Chesney talks about turning a team into a brood, why he loves reading a room and the coolest thing he’s done since moving to L.A.
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UCLA is opening the nation’s first freestanding Department of Digital Humanities. The new bachelor’s degree will teach students how to integrate AI and digital tools into disciplines including sociology, archaeology, history, and the study of race and gender.
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Scientists have observed particle interaction that may have involved a hypothesized particle called a WIMP, short for “weakly interacting massive particle.” This is one of the proposed candidates for being a dark matter particle. “We may be looking at something extraordinary, but we have to be exceptionally rigorous before drawing that conclusion,” UCLA astrophysicist and study co-author Alvine Kamaha said.
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UCLA marmot researchers launched Fat Marmot Week as a lighthearted, bracket-style competition to choose the marmot best prepared for winter hibernation. The winner? Dawn, a father who “enjoys the taste of rocks.” Dawn was also the true winner based on estimated actual weight.
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Sep
9
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The Hammer’s curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on artist Henri Michaux is led by director and chief curator of the Grunwald Center, Naoko Takahatake.
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Sep
11
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This clinic is a hands-on Teaching & Learning Center session for instructors preparing or refreshing a course. TLC staff will help participants identify priorities, talk through options, and recommend practical next steps. RSVP for this event.
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Sep
12-13
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Hosted by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. The late 1980s and early 1990s marked one of the most consequential periods of transformation in the history of the People’s Republic of China. Attend a screening of documentaries from this decade of change. Purchase tickets for this event.
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Sep
14
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This day-and-a-half training from the Teaching & Learning Center will equip educators with the essential knowledge and skills to build accessible learning environments, and will cover creating accessible course documents, designing inclusive presentation slides and more. Register for this event.
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Sep
20-26
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Take the opportunity to connect with Bruin students, faculty and staff as UCLA welcomes new and returning students to campus the week of September 20. Event highlights include the Enormous Activities Fair, annual block party, home football game at the Rose Bowl and Volunteer Day.
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