LoginComputer scientist Jason Cong honored with 2024 Phil Kaufman Award
The professor is being recognized for his contributions to Field-programmable gate array design automation technology.
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UCLA in the News November 22, 2024
Highlights from Bay Area News Group, Boston Herald, NBC’s “Today” and others.
UCLA researchers discover a way to make fat cells skinny
Findings could lead to new, more effective therapies for managing diabetes.
UCLA in the News November 21, 2024
Highlights from BBC, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek and others.
Chris Regan elected an American Physical Society Fellow
The professor is a condensed matter physicist who studies the overlap between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics,
Can COP29 convince countries to pay for climate change disasters?
UCLA environmental law expert Cara Horowitz, fresh from COP29, outlines the difficulties in the climate finance discussion.
UCLA’s Jason De León wins National Book Award for Nonfiction
The professor and alumnus is the second Bruin to win the award in two years.
UCLA football star and bioengineering major Carson Schwesinger is ready to tackle ’SC
The Big Ten defensive leader and team captain is a Butkus Award semifinalist.
Origin of life favors one ‘hand’ of chemical building blocks?
Research from UCLA and NASA finds molecular orientation pattern likely results from factors other than chemical predisposition.
UCLA in the News November 20, 2024
Highlights from San Francisco Chronicle, NBC News, LAist 89.3-FM’s “AirTalk” and others.
Baharan Mirzasoleiman receives funding to train AI for cosmic data analysis
The assistant professor of computer science received $550,000 from the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation.
Prineha Narang receives nearly $2 million from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
The professor was awarded the grant for a four-year project to create new probes using entanglement and quantum photonic states.
Safiya Noble is honored for her work at the ‘intersection of technology and equality’
The internet studies scholar holds the David O. Sears Presidential Chair in Social Sciences.
What is familial Mediterranean fever? The genetic disorder causes painful inflammation
UCLA’s program dedicated to the condition, which is sometimes known as “Armenian disease,” is the only one in the Western Hemisphere.
Watch: Mayor Karen Bass gives an update on city’s efforts to combat homelessness, offers ideas for progress
The mayor spoke with UCLA’s Jim Newton during a discussion titled “L.A. Confronts Homelessness: Are we on the right track?”
UCLA in the News November 19, 2024
Highlights from Smithsonian Magazine, LAist, National Public Radio and others.
Sixiang Wang honored for book reframing 3 centuries of Korea-China relations
The professor was recognized by UC Berkeley with the 2024 Hong Yung Lee Book Award.
