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Jumped In: A UCLA Scholar’s 10-Year Journey into L.A.’s Gang Culture
Jorja Leap’s new book recounts what she learned from gang members and their families.
May 15, 2012
Team Rubicon: Disaster Relief
These volunteers race to provide medical aid to those most in need.
Apr 1, 2012
It takes an Optimist: New UCLA Ad Campaign Stars Bruin World-Changers.
New UCLA ad campaign stars Bruin world-changers.
Feb 15, 2012
Let Freedom Tweet
John Scott-Railton is an "urban planner." He's also the one who set up the live Twitter feeds in Egypt and Libya during the Arab Spring.
Jan 1, 2012
Scratch and Play
Think you're ready to DJ at those Vegas clubs? First, take a class at Scratch LA with Bruin alum DJ Hapa '03.
Oct 1, 2011
Woody Woodpecker's Great Big Little Secret
Who knew modern art was hiding in classic Woody Woodpecker cartoons of the 1940s?
Oct 1, 2011
Cinematic: Remember the Rebels
Special screenings feature the work of UCLA's movie-making rebels from the late '60s to early '80s.
Oct 1, 2011
Into Africa
Anne Rimoin is a virus hunter and an American archetype, a brave and resourceful scientist/ adventurer.
Oct 1, 2011
Natural Wonder
UCLA Magazine Q&A with Clio-winning, Emmy-nominated director and cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg, a pioneer in the art of nature and aerial cinematography.
Jul 1, 2011
On Exhibit: Road Work
Two visionaries of counter-culture art and language come together in one fascinating package.
Jul 1, 2011
Street Smiles
A Bruin's goofy-face street 'toons become a global happiness project.
Jul 1, 2011
A New Blueprint For Public Life
Armed with a $100 million gift from alumni Meyer and Renee Luskin, UCLA's School of Public Affairs is building a powerful new resource to reshape civic life.
Apr 1, 2011
Arctic Art
What drove acclaimed UCLA art and design professor Rebeca Méndez to conquer the North Pole?
Apr 1, 2011
Music That Cooks
Meet Iron Chef's secret to spicy TV: Bruin composer Craig Marks.
Apr 1, 2011
Mind Openers: Peel This
Who knows what's really news these days and what isn't? Editors of The Onion excel in blurring already fine lines.
Jan 1, 2011
No Ordinary Family
The Hovannisian family has three generations of Bruins, but more remarkably, a story combining Armenian history with tragedy, memory and redemption.
Jan 1, 2011
The Faces of Change
Five years since the number of African-American freshmen choosing to enter UCLA's incoming class dwindled to fewer than 100, an extraordinary effort among the entire university community has enrollment re-energized.
Jan 1, 2011
Babies, By the Book
Naturally, UCLA's Darling library would be the one to hold the world-renowned Baby Books Collection.
Oct 1, 2010
Get Ready: UCLA To Go
UCLA mobile means everything Bruin is literally at your fingertips, from game tickets and top exhibits down to when the next campus shuttle will arrive.
Oct 1, 2010
Cinematic: Dinosaurs and Dengue
You'll re-imagine The Lost World when you hear it set live to the band Dengue Fever's vintage Cambodian pop.
Oct 1, 2010
Basic Instinct
The man who brought Conan O'Brien back to TV is a theater grad who has transformed television.
Oct 1, 2010
Clean Clothes, Wet Power
Who's behind a dry-cleaning revolution? A Bruin helps a chemically industry clean green.
Oct 1, 2010
When Worlds Collide
Watch out! These Bruin Enigmans just might take over the universe. The student/alumni sci-fi/fantasy/etc. club turn their passions into professions.
Oct 1, 2010
Public Works: Volunteer Day 2010
What has 12,000 legs and cleans up L.A.? A 6,000-Bruin army dedicated to community service.
Sep 20, 2010
Art and Ancient Mariners
As an "expedition artist," alumna Danielle Eubank shipped out on a replica of a 6th-century boat to paint what inspires her as the crew proves they can circle Africa. She joined British businessman Philip Beale on his naval quest to prove that the ancient Phoenicians circumnavigated Africa before the Portuguese.
Jul 1, 2010
The Dancing Truth
Prof David Delgado Shorter about a psychotropic trip that never happened, and other misrepresentations of Yaqui culture.
Jul 1, 2010
Outlaw Biology
A couple of guys in a garage changed computer technology. Will someone in a basement one day transform biology just as radically? We explore the tantalizing — and maybe terrifying — frontier of synthetic biology and do-it-yourself life science.
Jul 1, 2010
Rocking Classroom
Owen Jackman '89 offers his students at Leonardo Da Vinci School in Sacramento a unique opportunity to learn and perform music with The Leonardo Da Vinci Blues Band.
Jul 1, 2010
Healing Artisan
The new dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and vice chancellor of health sciences at UCLA talks about his ideas of leadership, where medicine is headed, and what he'll bring to Westwood.
Apr 1, 2010
Power Player
This tech guru has created technology that has saved businesses and consumers over $4 billion dollars —
that's a whole lotta green!
Apr 1, 2010
Cinematic: Space Trip
Even with 8 months left until its release, Disney's TRON Legacy is building huge buzz.
Apr 1, 2010
Curtain Up: Nightmare with Music
Movie and TV icon Gil Cates, who once worked circuses and ice shows, directs the world premiere of Nightmare Alley, a musical about the seedy world of carnies, cons and clairvoyants.
Apr 1, 2010
Bruins in Blue
These officers who protect and serve with the LAPD have one thing in common — they are all Bruins.
Jan 1, 2010
Get Ready: Blue and Golden Opportunities
Looking for the perfect gift for your favorite Bruin? Check out what the UCLA Alumni Association offers.
Jan 1, 2010
New America
The Ethnic Studies centers at UCLA have done more than tackle cultural clashes — for forty years, these centers have been on the forefront of New America, a multicultural society brimming with endless possibilities.
Jan 1, 2010
Hit Forward: The Internet's Next 40 Years
"We'll have holograms. And we'll have microchip brain implants. Right now, I have to look something up on iPhone. In the future, I'll just think it." On the Internet's 40th b-day, UCLA's great thinkers predict the next 40 years.
Oct 27, 2009
Get Ready: Blogging Bruins
UCLA faculty find a new realm to share their ideas.
Oct 1, 2009
Cinematic: Footsteps and Fog
UCLA Film and Television Archive puts a British spin on noir style.
Oct 1, 2009
Winners Then, Winners Now: 21st Century Edition
Meet the latest crop of scholar-athletes carrying the banner for UCLA's 2009 NCAA advertisements.
Sep 4, 2009
Future Jobs
When it comes to providing job skills for the future, UCLA Extension has always been on the cutting edge, starting with French classes for nurses going overseas during WWI, and later aerospace classes for LA's burgeoning flight industry. Now, classes look ahead to sustainability, social networking and online advertising.
Jul 1, 2009
Future Jobs Sidebar: Booming Business
Baby boomers hate to be left out of a trend. Here's how the biggest generation is sending ripples into the future workforce, both by staying in longer and by getting out.
Jul 1, 2009
Curtain Up: Power Play
Chris Noth (Mr. Big from Sex and the City) and Chris Pine (Captain Kirk in this summer's Star Trek movie) star in the Geffen's political play, Farragut North, taking us in the thick of a national election with all the tricks and behind-the-scenes conversations.
Jul 1, 2009
Jobs, not Jails
Father Greg Boyle has helped thousands of gang members through his Homeboy Industries, and UCLA researchers are conducting the first scientific study about its success.
Apr 1, 2009
Campus Coupling
How do UCLA students think about sex in 2009? Find out from a recent grad who created a sex site when she realized her peers lacked basic information, and a campus sex columnist who sees less emphasis on commitment before sex.
Mar 26, 2009
Reviewing the Reviewers
A look at why UCLA admissions uses "holistic review," why one professor challenged it, and UCLA's plan to review the process.
Jan 1, 2009
Professor Conspirator
Eugene Volokh, UCLA law professor, is one of the most famous and controversial legal experts in America.
Jan 1, 2009
A Blaze of Bruin Glory
The history of Saturday Night Bruin Lights.
Oct 1, 2008
Of Sheiks & Cinema
Jonathan Friedlander is traveling the U.S. to save what's left of an entire movement in American Cinema.
Jul 1, 2008
Greening the Center
Bruin Pouria Abbassi aims to make the Los Angeles Convention Center the greenest facility anywhere
Apr 1, 2008
Mind Opener: The Shapes of Things
On April 22, Thom Mayne delivers the 104th Faculty Research Lecture.
Apr 1, 2008
On Exhibit: Writings on the Wall
Fascinating African art is displayed in this exhibition.
Jan 29, 2008
The Shootist
Brent Thomas, director of the famous "1984" Apple commercial, talks with Jack Feuer about his experiences in the industry.
Jan 1, 2008
Cinematic: Heroes and Hospitals
This soldier story will keep audiences on the edge of their seat. The scariest part? Every second of this documentary is real.
Oct 1, 2007
Machines are people, too
Truman is not human. He is a socialbot, the first "socially adept" robot created by UCLA instructor Dario Nardi.
Jul 1, 2007
On Exhibit: Ancient Qumran Comes Alive
What did the Israel look like 2,000 years ago? Visit the San Diego Natural History Museum and find out.
Jul 1, 2007
Think big: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Jul 1, 2007
Kid Friendly: Neal Halfon
Q&A with the international champion of healthy kids and director of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities.
Apr 1, 2007
Final Four Is Twice As Nice
It's time for Ben Ball, the sequel. For the second consecutive year, and the first time since the storied Wooden Era, UCLA has made it to back-to-back Final Fours.
Mar 26, 2007
Equality Gap Still Exists Among Black and White Californians
A group of California lawmakers vowed to improve college preparation for African Americans, access to better jobs and even the availability of healthier foods in their communities.
Jan 31, 2007
Sex and the Single Cell
Is a cheatin' heart hard-wired into every female? Research from UCLA indicates that women may have evolved to want to stray during the most fertile part of their cycle -- but only if they find their partners less than, well, hot.
Apr 1, 2006