Quincy Peters’ family friend was shot and killed by police in 2008.
Fifteen years later, she began working at the UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab – where researchers analyze the autopsies of people who have died in jails or during encounters with law enforcement officers – with the hopes of making legislative change to the policing system.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have arrested more than 10,000 people in Los Angeles since June, according to the U.S.

Bats have fascinated Joseph Curti since he first encountered them in seventh grade.
Now, as a postdoctoral fellow for the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, Curti not only researches and works with different bat populations but also works to get other people interested in bats as well.

A May Reddit post showing a dumpster bin filled with books, allegedly behind Olympic and Centennial residential halls, sparked outrage and confusion among students.
The post to UCLA’s subreddit with the image, entitled “UCLA IS TRASHING THOUSANDS OF BOOKS,” received about 250 “upvotes” and over 60 comments.

When Sara Graves wakes up every morning, she hopes the federal grants supporting her climate change research have not been cut.
Graves – a doctoral student in atmospheric and oceanic sciences – works as a researcher at the UCLA Center for Climate Science, where she focuses on water conservation efforts, along with other climate-related research.

“Raise your hand if you do not have a smartphone.”
In a room full of students and faculty, not one person raised their hand.
Dr. Sohil Sud posed this question to the audience at the “Prioritizing Mental Health Fitness” panel March 12.

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 2:10 p.m.
Jason Utas has long been in the craft of buying and selling meteorites.
But Utas – a graduate student studying earth, planetary and space sciences – said that in 2022 he found something particularly unusual on eBay, an online marketplace and auction site.

Locked behind a keypad door on the roof of the Life Sciences Building is UCLA’s apiary – a collection of beehives carefully maintained by the Bruin Beekeepers club.

This post was updated Nov. 3 at 11:28 p.m.
This November, Los Angeles County voters will decide on whether to approve a parcel tax to raise funds for the county fire department.

Creativity, original thought and novel ideas still separate artificial intelligence from humans, according to UCLA’s 137th Faculty Research Lecture.
Faculty research lectures – hosted by UCLA’s Office of Research and Creative Activities – are held during fall and spring quarters and have been a tradition at UCLA since 1925.