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First day feels ✨ Here's to a successful start to the quarter! 📚🧸🎒

Bruins on the Block 😎🎡✨ This past Sunday, thousands of undergraduates kicked off their UCLA journeys together at the New Student Welcome and Westwood Block Party. Tap our link in bio to read the full story. #UCLA #BackToSchool #College

Possibility in the air, discovery on the horizon. Fiat lux! 📸: tell.my.tales on Instagram

We are One UCLA, improving the world through our groundbreaking research, innovation, education and service. Embodying excellence through the work of our students, faculty, staff and alumni. And boldly defining what it means to be a connective, impactful and exemplary institution in the 21st century.

Welcoming the newest members of our Bruin family! 🤩

Already making new memories ✨ Here’s to you, Bruins! #UCLA #BackToSchool #College

Over 1,200 clubs and orgs. Over 1,200 ways to connect, explore, and find your community. 💙 #UCLA #StudentLife #College

On the corner of Westwood and Wilshire, Hammer Museum has a message just for Bruins 💙🐻💛

Our college town came alive as we welcomed new and returning students to kick off the school year together! 🎡💙💛 #UCLA #BackToSchool #College

Imagine life without a second chance? The first heart transplants were done because of UCLA research. Learn more at ucla.edu/research. #researchpowersprogress

For Parking Day, we celebrate the legacy of Donald Shoup, the titan of urban planning. Listen in as we discuss the hidden costs of free parking and what steps we can take to end the city's "vehicular nightmare". https://ucla.in/4nJqog2

Home sweet Hill 💙🐻💛

Check out these tips from Bruin grads on how to make the most of your year as you head back to school. https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/recent-ucla-grads-offer-advice-to-incoming-bruins-2025 🎥: @goodmorningucla

Professor Alex Hall is building climate models that work. His research provides valuable insight into the future of our planet and the impacts of climate change, informing our response as we adapt to and combat this threat. Learn more about how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress: ucla.edu/research

The center of our galaxy was a mystery until UCLA Professor Andrea Ghez discovered a supermassive black hole, which unlocked the secrets of our universe. Learn more at ucla.edu/research. #ResearchPowersProgress

Dr. Vivek Shetty uses technology to increase access to routine dental care. A national leader in his field, he mentors and trains the next generation of healthcare researchers. Learn more about how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress: ucla.edu/research

Professor Aradhna Tripati is using chemistry to understand climate history and helping UCLA’s student veterans secure research opportunities in STEM. Learn more about how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress: ucla.edu/research

Journals aren’t just diaries where you doodle. In research, they mean something completely different. Research has its own language—and understanding terms like grant, peer review, and data is key to making sense of studies. Swipe through for a quick guide.

Breakthroughs aren’t abstract. They’re personal. These voices reflect the real-world impact of UCLA research. Share your story: ucla.edu/research #ResearchPowersProgress

UCLA Heat Lab's Bharat Venkat shares the far-reaching impacts of the funding suspensions on his works, his students and people's lives: kcrw.co/42kSENo

Pediatric psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson shares why music is an important means of connection for people on the autism spectrum: n.pr/3JMCndY

UCLA's David Jewitt and the Hubble telescope team's latest observations bring us closer to a comet zipping through our solar system: cnn.it/4gckfGn

Celine Parreñas Shimizu, the new dean of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television: "To me, there is no greater place on Earth than the classroom." bit.ly/4g3FXw9

Dean Tracy Johnson is studying the role of RNA in gene regulation. Her research has broad implications for human health: understanding cell adaptation, cellular dysfunction and disease. Learn more about how UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress: ucla.edu/research

Heat waves are not just intensifying, but getting longer according to a study led by climate scientist David Neelin: cbsn.ws/4g3FQAJ