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Academics
Feb. 1, 2026 9:25 p.m.
Daniel Walker Howe, the former chair of UCLA’s history department and a Pulitzer Prize winner, died Dec. 25 at 88 years old. Howe – a historian of 19th-century religion – studied religious movements and their impacts on American culture. (Courtesy of the Howe family)
Daniel Walker Howe, the former chair of UCLA’s history department and a Pulitzer Prize winner, died Dec. 25. He was 88 years old.
Howe was a faculty member in UCLA’s history department from 1972 to 1993 and served as the department’s chair from 1983 to 1987.
By Zachary Turcios
A Closer Look
Jan. 28, 2026 11:46 p.m.Ma’ayan Epstein noticed disparities in patient care when working in the field as a psychiatry clinical research coordinator.
She said she found that patients from lower-income areas – not privately insured – were less likely to receive treatment and prognosis from health care professionals.
By Alisha Hassanali
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Jan. 25, 2026 12:00 p.m.UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab combines social, life sciences to analyze jail deaths
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.
By Zoya Alam
Academics
Jan. 22, 2026 1:53 p.m.UC Board of Regents approves dismissal of tenured ecology professor
This post was updated Jan. 25 at 9:22 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents approved the dismissal of a tenured UCLA professor Wednesday.
Priyanga Amarasekare, an ecology and evolutionary biology professor who began at UCLA in 2005, was initially suspended in 2022 for a year without pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block.
By Alexis Muchnik
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Jan. 21, 2026 11:31 p.m.UCLA students appreciate value of economics with 3rd place in Federal Reserve contest
A group of UCLA students placed third in an annual national economics competition hosted by the Federal Reserve on Nov. 21.
Nearly 140 teams from 36 states competed in the National College Fed Challenge and finals were held in Washington, D.C.
By Shermaine Lim
Academics
Jan. 14, 2026 7:19 p.m.UCLA health experts voice concern over CDC child vaccination guideline rollbacks
When Dr. Deborah Lehman did her medical training about 40 years ago, cases of bacterial meningitis were common, often sending patients to the hospital, leaving them neurologically impaired and, in severe cases, killing them.
By Leilani Krantz
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