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Going After the Best

In an environment of dwindling resources and intense competition among universities, what is required to enhance UCLA’s Excellence and Competitiveness?

Why UCLA?

Despite the competitive pressures from other institutions, UCLA continues to attract the best and the brightest.

Can We Afford Excellence?

Bruin alumni serving in the state legislature talk about what’s necessary to maintain quality, preserve access and achieve greatness.

The Price of Excellence

It might be a favorable time to explore ways to create more stable long-term funding for the University of California.

Strength in Numbers

Securing funding through research grants and private grants and private givings is a critical part of UCLA’s broad approach to ensuring its continuing excellence.

First & Goal

Integrity is Karl Dorrell’s watchword as he assumes the mantle of UCLA’s head football coach.

The Rising

As a physician, Richard Ehrlich admires the new UCLA hospital as a technological wonder. As a photographer, he marvels at its startling beauty.

Honorable Intentions

With smaller classes and greater access to top faculty, UCLA’s Honors Programs is for many students a deciding factor in their choice to become Bruins.

The Cardinal of Westwood

For 25 years, Congressman Jerry Lewis has been a powerful voice on Capitol Hill and a valuable friend to UCLA.

The Littlest Bruin

For one young student, coming to UCLA is more than just an opportunity to get a great education. It is the adventure of a lifetime.

Sensing the Future

Wireless-sensing technology developed at UCLA promises to connect the physical world in the same way that the Internet has linked the virtual world.

Dershowitz, for the Defense

The noted legal scholar and writer takes on the “unnuanced” critics of Israel and urges supporters to be more vocal in their defense of the country.

The Little Marias

It took the commitment and the heart of a caring university and its people to help two baby girls from Guatemala.

Coming Home

For six Bruin pioneers, returning to campus awakens vivid memories of when both they and UCLA were very young.

The Scholar & the Poet

Stephen Yenser was a 25-year-old graduate student when he met the poet James Merrill. The bond they forged continues to be a focus of his life.

Science & Society

In the post-Sept. 11 era, the need for government support of university research to answer critical questions is more urgent than ever before.

Man on the Street

Franklin Gilliam is leading UCLA’s effort to strengthen ties between the campus and the broader community around it.

Great Expectations

Bruin Baseball Hall of Famer Dan Guerrero returns to Westwood as UCLA’s new director of athletics.

Fahrenheit 451 Revisited

With a bag of dimes and an idea, the author descended to the basement of Powell Library to write one of the most important science fiction stories of the age.

Beautiful Connections

The new director of UCLA’s Fowler Museum is out to offer visitors an experience that is both challenging and informative.

Who Owns the Music?

With the growing popularity of world music, UCLA’s role in safeguarding the cultural patrimony of indigenous peoples is more significant than ever before.

Tough Times, Tough Choices

As California and the UC prepare to tighten belts next year, Chancellor Albert Carnesale lays out UCLA’s strategy for dealing with difficult economic times.

The Contrarian

Thinker, writer, social critic, computer techie, Internet hotshot: Law Professor Eugene Volokh defies easy classification.

Confronting the Terror Within

Terrorism has come home. To meet the new threat of biological assault, UCLA has marshaled its best and brightest minds.

A Walk in the Garden

Art and environment fuse within the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden to create a Tranquil Haven in a chaotic world.
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