This is an announcement for the paper "A short proof of Stein's universal multiplier theorem" by Dario Trevisan. Abstract: We give a short proof of Stein's universal multiplier theorem, purely by probabilistic methods, thus avoiding any use of harmonic analysis techniques (complex interpolation or transference methods). Archive classification: math.FA Submitted from: dario.trevisan@sns.it The paper may be downloaded from the archive by web browser from URL http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/1408.4752 or http://arXiv.org/abs/1408.4752