Recent News Articles
On October 18, 2024, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto, announced UCLA’s partnership with Morgan State University (MSU).
Effective September 9, 2024, Bruin IRB will replace the current online system for the submission and review of research projects involving human subjects. For more information about this transition, please refer to the BruinPost.
On August 27, 2024, Interim Chancellor Darnell Hunt and Vice Chancellor for UCLA Health Sciences John Mazziotta, jointly announced a $120 million gift to UCLA from Gary and Alya Michaelson.
On July 1, 2024, the new UC Patent Policy took effect, allowing each UC location to issue local exceptions.
On August 2, 2024, Vice Chancellor for the Office of Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) Roger Wakimoto announced that effective October 1, 2024 overhead rate for industry funded clinical trials will increase from 26% to 33% of total direct costs (TDC).
On June 27, 2024, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael J. Beck, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto, and Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer Lucy Avetisyan, announced permanent storage quotas to UCLA Google personal accounts and shared drives.
University of California AlianzaMX is excited to announce current and upcoming funding opportunities.
On May 23, 2024, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, Dean of Undergraduate Education Adriana Galván, Dean of Graduate Education Susan L. Ettner, and Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities jointly announced that academic appointees represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811 intended to begin a strike on May 28 at UCLA.
On April 19, 2024, the Office of Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) hosted the 136th Faculty Research Lecture at Schoenberg Hall. Nominated and selected by peers, Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Human Genetics Daniel Geschwind discussed progress in understanding the causes of complex brain disorders.
On April 10, 2024, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt and Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto, jointly announced UCLA’s continued support for scholarly exchanges and collaborative research with foreign institutions, while noting concerns about foreign influence and research security.
On April 3, 2024, Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) welcomed nominations for the 2024-25 Faculty Research Lecture.
On April 3, 2024, Director of Undergraduate Research Center Jacquelyn Ardam invited UCLA undergraduates from every class level and field of study, with projects at every stage of the research and creative process, to share their work at the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase.
On April 2, 2024, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Athena N. Jackson announced UCLA Library’s Spring Quarter Workshops. Presented with the Office of Advanced Research Computing, these workshops cover digital technologies as well as foundational research workshops.
On March 22, 2024, The University of California Office of the President invited comments on a proposed Presidential Policy BFB-BUS-50: Controlled Substances Use in Research and Teaching (PDF)
On March 7, 2024, the Office of Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) hosted the 135th Faculty Research Lecture at Schoenberg Hall.
On March 12, 2024, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Athena N. Jackson, invited undergraduate students, who have completed a research paper or project, to apply for the 2024 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research.
