Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni Named a 2025 Guggeheim Fellow
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation’s 100th Class of Fellows taps 198 Trailblazing Artists and Scholars Across 53 Fields.
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Jerry Xuan Named 51 Pegasi b Fellow to Study Giant Planet Formation
Since its launch in 2017, the fellowship has supported 66 fellows and grown to include 24 institutions throughout the United States.
Criado en el Rancho, Hecho en UCLA
Osvaldo Gutiérrez comparte su trayectoria, de estudiante indocumentado en UCLA a profesor de química, y ofrece consejos a una nueva generación de Bruins.
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.
UCLA Division of Physical Sciences Listening Exercise
Attendees at the chancellor’s Listening Exercise session for Physical Sciences on March 17, 2025 raised several key issues affecting the division.
Breakthrough Research Sheds Light on the Formation and Role of Congestus Clouds
The new insights into these little-understood clouds can help scientists form more accurate climate models.
Elements of Education
How the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department has grown into a teaching powerhouse at UCLA
Tina Treude Honored as Corresponding Member of Göttingen Academy of Sciences
Treude is a leading researcher studying how microorganisms in the ocean impact our planet and environment.
UCLA Researchers Use JWST to Forecast Partially Cloudy Skies on Ultra-Hot Exoplanet
A team led by graduate student Louis-Philippe Coulombe used the James Webb Space Telescope to explore the exotic atmosphere of LTT 9779 b, a rare “ultra-hot Neptune."
Andrea M. Ghez, Renowned Astrophysicist, Receives Rumford Prize
The prize, from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest scientific awards in American History.
UCLA tops public universities in number of 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
Four of the six UCLA faculty members who won the prestigious award for early-career scholars are from the Division of Physical Sciences
A New Vision for Climate Science and Society
Alex Hall, new director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, explains how the response to LA’s recent fires are part of a larger push to change our world.