DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

Olympic legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee to deliver address at UCLA commencement

Jackie Joyner-Kersee in red jacket, looking back over her shoulder while holding Olympic medals

The three-time gold medal winner, Bruin alum and philanthropist will speak to graduates at all three UCLA College ceremonies on June 12 at Pauley Pavilion.

5 UCLA faculty members awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships

Collage featuring UCLA's five 2026 Guggenheim Fellows

The UCLA scholars — Richard L. Hasen, Jamie Kreiner, Heather Maynard, Sean Metzger and Kay Kyurim Rhie — are engaged in transformative work in areas ranging from law and chemistry to theater, musical composition and medieval studies.

UCLA Bruin women set record at WNBA draft

UCLA women's basketball team members stand in front of a UCLA step-and-repeat banner

A little over a week after making UCLA history by winning their first-ever NCAA championship, the UCLA women’s basketball team has notched another historic mark — with the most players selected from a single university program in a WNBA draft.

20 years of research debunks most claims against same-sex marriage — and more media coverage of UCLA

Two women in white hold hands in a room filled with photographers

In a Los Angeles Times commentary, UCLA’s Benjamin Karney discusses his lab’s effort to review what social scientists have learned about the consequences of legalizing same-sex marriage in the two decades since Massachusetts paved the way for LGBTQ couples to marry. Read more about UCLA in today’s LAist’s “AirTalk” and the New York Times Magazine.

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