Bruin basketball fans are looking forward to the 2011–12 season to catch their first look at David and Travis Wear, the highly recruited McDonald’s All-American twins.
UCLA Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Anne Rimoin M.P.H. ’96 is a virus hunter and an American archetype: the brave, resourceful scientist-adventurer.
Because almost everyone remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, we each carry part of the story. Bruins shared their memories of how they heard the news on Sept. 11, or in some cases, how they saw it happening.
"The time has come to teach one another and to learn from one another," said Chancellor Emeritus Albert Carnesale during a 9/11 campus memorial. This "teachable moment" became the impetus for a series of innovative seminars that continue...
When the enrollment of African American students at UCLA decreased to 100 students in 2006, Darnell Hunt, director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, knew he had his work cut out for him.
The Jazz Studies Program is a jewel in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s crown. And now, the Thelonious Monk Institute is uniting with the university.
The world’s leading expert on cacti biology, UCLA plant physiological ecologist Park S. Nobel is an evangelist for the environmental benefits of succulents.
Music industry executive and philanthropist Morris "Mo" Ostin has donated $10 million for a state-of-the-art campus music complex to be known as the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center.
Neuroscientists are opening a window into just why we do what we do. The implications for marketing to public health and politics are, well, mind-boggling.
Armed with a $100-million gift from alumni Meyer and Renee Luskin, the School of Public Affairs is building a powerful new resource for reshaping public life.
As Ackerman Student Union celebrates its 50th birthday, we look at how it was a harbinger of big changes and a chronicle of student and societal tastes.
Royce Hall audience of about 1,000 heard from MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams and prominent UCLA alumni who had served as Peace Corps volunteers.
Bruin actors, writers, directors, stage managers, and lighting, set and costume designers. “The show” is what they love. Westwood is where they learned it.