The Henry Samueli School of Engineering’s new $125 million Semiconductor Hub will push technological boundaries, faculty and administrators said at a conference May 21.
The hub will accelerate research on semiconductors, which are materials used in computer chips to regulate electrical current, faculty speakers said.

This post was updated June 3 at 9:50 p.m.
The senior dean of the UCLA College and dean of the Division of Physical Sciences will step down in June 2027, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt announced Tuesday.

Students gathered at Diddy Riese on May 26 for a meet and greet with Los Angeles mayoral candidate and City Councilmember Nithya Raman.
Bruin Democrats, who endorsed Raman earlier in May, hosted the event.

Eight candidates – including an incumbent and his predecessor – are running to lead the country’s largest sheriff department in the June 2 primary election.
The candidates, all current or former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, are running on differing approaches to homelessness, immigration enforcement and how to manage the department’s billion-dollar budget.

This post was updated June 3 at 10:01 p.m.
Professors said President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration mirrors historical discrimination at a Wednesday panel hosted by UCLA’s history department.

This post was updated June 2 at 10:01 p.m.
Gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer pledged to defend California’s public universities against the Trump administration – including by suing the federal government – at a UCLA event Monday.

TEDxUCLA held its first conference since 2023 Tuesday night, featuring business owners, researchers and a speaker from UCLA’s custodial unit.
The conference, which drew about 300 attendees to the Northwest Auditorium, hosted 10 speakers.