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.

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.