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Britney Robinson

Summer Bridge Program Q&A With Britney Robinson

Britney Robinson is a first generation Afro-Latina who graduated from UCLA with a B.S in Pure Mathematics in 2021. As an undergrad, she served as a member of the ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ committees for the Mathematics Department and Physical Sciences and worked as a research assistant in the ‘Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab’, which...

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在自己的“根”上茁壮成长

科学最让我向往的地方是它能帮助我们了解世界和自己,并使这两者都变得更好。在地球、行星和空间科学系,我找到了致力于这一事业的一群人。

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Earth-like planets may be an inevitability

Our planet is often thought of as unique in the galaxy, with just the right conditions to support an atmosphere, liquid water and ultimately life. In fact, water is actually much more common in planets across the galaxy than anyone would have imagined just a few years ago. One of the challenges researchers face today...

Prineha Narang

Prineha Narang Named 2023 Guggenheim Fellow

Professor Prineha Narang, UCLA’s Howard Reiss Chair in Physical Sciences, has been awarded the 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. The physical world — from gas giants in the solar system, to living organisms, and even particles — exists in a state of nonequilibrium. Narang’s research aims to better understand the dynamics of nonequilibrium states in nature –...

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Explore the Master of Quantum Science & Technology program

Quantum Information Science (QIS) is at the cutting edge of technology, research, and education. It brings together scientists and engineers from a wide range of disciplines including physics, materials science, electrical engineering, computer science, chemistry, and mathematics. Now, a brand new professional degree program at UCLA will place innumerable opportunities within QIS into the hands...