The triple Bruin and English professor discusses how his move to Los Angeles from Ukraine helped shape his creative worldview.

Alumni Edward Barnett and Matt Kaczmarek are new board members; current member Cheryl Lott begins her term as board director July 1.

Artistic director Edgar Miramontes’ first-season lineup features more than 80 artists from around the world.

The double Bruin, who has been a longtime leader in the fields of law and philanthropy, was honored for her dedication to social justice.

UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain discusses this summer’s record-breaking heat and extreme rain and flooding on Monday, June 24, at 1 p.m. PT.

From bulky item pickup to donations to repurposing, on- and off-campus partners team up to avoid unnecessary landfill waste.

The landmark joins previous honorees such as the Hollywood Sign, Angels Flight and the Ralph J. Bunche House.

Elya Aboutboul-Bilia found comfort, then confidence and value, in the discomfort of art.

Findings could enable advances in sustainable energy production, industry and design.

Fragments from the early cosmos help unravel the mystery of our solar system’s birth.

The UCLA Health physicians will help redefine normal ranges for a certain type of white blood cell in people who lack Duffy antigens.

Lawson, who led desegregation and worker justice efforts beginning in the 1960s, was known for teaching nonviolent resistance tactics to thousands of young activists.

The early-career scientist was chosen for the grant to explore new avenues in cancer development, diagnosis and treatment.

“First Thursdays” — a UCLA event series that brings pedestrian-friendly Broxton Avenue alive — is rekindling the storied L.A. neighborhood’s old magic.

How Victor Shi took up the crusade to get Gen Z out of apathy and into the voting booth — and became a social media star in the process.

As founding editor of the first Latino student magazine at UCLA, Félix J. Gutiérrez lifted the voice of a community. Today, his community is paying it forward.

When it comes to sunny, enthusiastic evangelists for the UCLA experience, you can’t touch the Bruin tour guides. These are their stories.

David Placek ’75 might be the best product-branding guru on the planet. His secret? Sound symbolism.

Tapping into her Hawaiian roots, Kalena McElroy ’14 took a deep dive into fashion — and reinvented the bathing suit.

About to celebrate a 50-year career on the Great White Way, Judy Kaye, the diva’s diva of New York theater, calls herself “the luckiest girl alive.”

For some students fleeing war and violence around the world, a safe harbor for their dreams has emerged in an unlikely place: the UCLA School of Dentistry.

Saba Waheed has dedicated her life to social justice. As the new director of the UCLA Labor Center, she’s now on the front lines in the fight for workers’ rights.

An overview of the stories in UCLA Magazine’s summer issue.

Editorial and art contributors to the Spring 2024 issue of UCLA Magazine.

UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute is out to definitively map the African rainforests, a mission that could revolutionize climate science — and just maybe save the planet.