How Arabic helped shape everyday English

From “algebra” to “chemistry,” many words traveled from the Islamic Golden Age into modern English, UCLA lecturer Kinda Al Rifae tells us.

From deep space to democracy: Trio of UCLA professors elected to National Academy of Sciences

Bruin scholars Eric Becklin, Martin Gilens and Craig Manning exemplify how UCLA research continues to power progress across disciplines.

UCLA ‘starter home’ project to expand to privately owned lots

Building on its ‘Small Lots, Big Impacts” initiative, cityLAB-UCLA is partnering with Genesis LA on a new opportunity to construct duplexes, fourplexes and courtyard apartments that blend into single-family neighborhoods.

It’s not an accident more LA college students are using LA Metro — and more media coverage of UCLA

Reporting by The LA Local focuses on the uptick of LA Metro use by college students who are choosing public transportation over personal vehicles or rideshare companies like Uber. Jacob Wasserman, research program manager at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, is quoted. Read more about UCLA in today’s ABC News, Scientific American and others.