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Osvaldo Gutierrez

Rancho Raised, UCLA Made

Osvaldo Gutierrez shares his journey from undocumented student at UCLA to professor of chemistry and gives advice to a new generation of Bruins.

Expert insights on the causes, impacts and aftermath of the L.A. wildfires

UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and and UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge recently hosted a virtual seminar addressing the historic wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles in January 2025. The event brought together an esteemed panel of experts to share insights on the causes, impacts and recovery efforts surrounding these devastating wildfires.

Elements of Education

How the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department has grown into a teaching powerhouse at UCLA

Satellite orbiting the moon

The Next Trillion Dollar Industry

As space exploration, science, and technology advances at an ever-faster rate, an entirely new economy, the space economy, has sprung up. In fact, by 2040 the space economy is projected to be the next trillion dollar industry. With that realization in mind, the UCLA Anderson Forecast, UCLA SPACE Institute, and the UCLA Division of Physical...

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We invite you to explore the physical sciences at UCLA and discover for yourself what makes our departments some of the highest-ranked in the world.

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