When third-year data theory student Madeleine Curran declared UCLA’s gerontology minor, advisors warned her that the required classes were rarely available.
After nearly two years in the program, Curran said the advisors were right.

Third-year psychobiology student Misty Aldrin said she started Catalyst – a quarterly science newsletter – with two of her friends to guide undergraduate STEM students through industry and academia.

This post was updated Feb. 16 at 11:35 p.m.
About 300 people attended the 2026 Innovate Tech Conference at UCLA on Friday to learn about how entrepreneurs can use autonomous artificial intelligence.

Khoa-Nathan Ngo is looking to pursue research, serve his community and make a national impact.
Ngo, a fourth-year psychology student, won one of 10 National Institutes of Health undergraduate scholarships offered nationwide in the 2025-26 cycle.

The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, marking the end of its 78-year membership.
The United Nations agency – established in 1948 – encourages international collaboration to achieve the “highest attainable standard of health,” according to the WHO constitution.

Researchers celebrated the role of numerical data in scientific research at a Jan. 26 event at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center.
The Lange Symposium on Computational Statics and Biomedical Data Science – hosted by the UCLA Department of Computational Medicine and Human Genetics – invited six speakers from across the country to discuss their research.

The California Department of Cannabis Control gave UCLA four grants in January totaling $7.3 million for cannabis research.
These grants will fund four research studies that will allow UCLA to develop the science and evidence to help guide public policy related to cannabis availability, safety and accessibility, said Ziva Cooper, a professor-in-residence of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.