This post was updated August 7 at 11:01 p.m.
The University of California and California State University will now provide medical abortions on campus.
California Senate Bill 24 – passed in 2019 by the state legislature – requires every UC and CSU student health center to offer medical abortion services by Jan.

This post was updated July 31 at 10:41 p.m.
UCLA Health hospitals tied for fifth in the nation in a 2022-2023 ranking of U.S. hospitals published by U.S.

The University of California announced Saturday that officials have reached an agreement on a new contract with the California Nurses Association, a union representing more than 17,000 UC nurses.

This post was updated June 26 at 9:37 p.m.
UCLA administrators announced in a June 7 statement that the dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will be stepping down from her position in the summer.

This post was updated May 30 at 10:28 p.m.
UCLA announced in a campuswide email Thursday that it will reinstate universal indoor masking regulations effective Friday. 
The reinstated guidelines will continue through the end of the quarter on June 15 and could be further extended, according to the announcement.

More than 30 nurses rallied outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday night to advocate for improved working conditions ahead of impending contract negotiations.
The rally was one of several held across University of California hospitals that day, including UCLA Health’s Westwood location and the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, said Emily Carrera, a registered nurse in the labor and delivery division.

This post was updated April 14 at 2:45 p.m.
Researchers from UCLA and the University of Pennsylvania designed a sail that could one day be used to travel to another star system.

This post was updated Feb. 17 at 5:16 p.m.
Researchers have created a smart mask that enhances personal protective equipment for health care workers.
In a study published Dec.

UCLA researchers have developed a virtual, non-invasive method of visualizing skin tissue that could transform how skin diseases are diagnosed.
In a Nov. 18 study, UCLA researchers described how artificial intelligence could be used to transform a black-and-white image of the skin obtained by a non-invasive microscope into a colorized, highly-detailed image, similar to one obtained through a biopsy.

UCLA researchers have engineered a new material that can create robots more similar to living organisms.
In a study published June 17, researchers from the He Lab at UCLA developed a material that could shape the future of soft robotics.