DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

Childhood adversity can rewire our cells — with lifelong health effects
A young child with blonde hair peers through the vertical slats of a wooden railing, their expression somber and tearful.
Scientists at UCLA have discovered how abuse and neglect affect mitochondria — the tiny power plants inside our cells — in distinct ways, which may explain the lasting biological toll of childhood poverty and trauma.

High-severity wildfires are reshaping California’s forests
Burned tree trunks sit on a hillside in Yosemite National Park next to trees covered in foliage.
UCLA researchers say that these fires now burn 30 times more acreage in the state than they did four decades ago, threatening forests’ ability to recover in a hotter, drier climate.

UCLA and Keke Palmer launch artist-in-residence collaboration
Keke Palmer wearing green sleeveless top and jeans as she sits cross-legged on a white sofa, resting her chin on one hand.
The new “From Blocking to Broadcast” initiative at the School of Theater, Film and Television will support student production and distribution through the star and entrepreneur’s KeyTV Network.

Building civic engagement, one student at a time
Illustration of two people standing back-to-back beneath a globe, with rainbow-colored beams projecting from their eyes across a world map, symbolizing global perspectives, communication or information exchange.
With democracy under attack here and abroad, dedicated professors at UCLA are instilling insight, reason and passion in students who are answering the call to save it.

Here’s why experts are warning California about ‘The Big One’ — and more UCLA media
A stylized illustration combines an earthquake waveform with an aerial view of a fault line. The image is tinted red and white, with a large seismic signal superimposed across the landscape to represent earthquake activity in California.

UCLA professor and earthquake engineering expert Jonathan Stewart was quoted in a USA Today report about new data showing the San Andreas Fault is under more stress than it has been in 1,000 years. Read more about UCLA in today’s New York Times, Associated Press and others.
UCLA in the News headlines
Go to UCLA Newsroom

UCLA on Facebook

UCLA on Instagram

UCLA on LinkedIn
 
UCLA on X

UCLA on YouTube
This newsletter is published by UCLA Media Relations. Contact UCLA Newsroom by email or call 310-825-2585.






This email was sent to [email protected]
why did I get this?    unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences
UCLA Media Relations · 325 Westwood Plaza · Los Angeles, CA 90095 · USA