UCLA Magazine Stories

Chancellor Franklin Murphy looked at a gravel parking lot and saw a vision: verdant, landscaped sculpture grounds at UCLA.

Students living on the Hill face the daunting challenge of ascending staircases with names like the “Death Stairs” on their journeys to and from campus.

The new UCLA Initiative to Study Hate is tackling an audacious mission: eradicating bigotry and discrimination from American life.

How COVID has unraveled our sleep.

In a new documentary, a UCLA professor says L.A. needs to rethink its relationship with water.

A new biography explores the forgotten legacy of Kenny Washington, the Bruin who broke the color barrier in the NFL.

A new biography pays homage to a brilliant master of anime.

The federal government knows its web services are in desperate need of ingenuity. Is it any surprise it turned to three Bruins for help?

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

A Bruin guide to some of this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

A Bruin guide to some of this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

Aparna Bhaduri is leading the fight against the deadliest form of cancer.

The new “Bruin Business 100” showcases the ingenuity — and entrepreneurial spirit — of a wide swath of alumni.

A reinvented UCLA journal casts new light on an old world.

A laser-powered mini-rocket could find humans a new home.

Demontea Thompson and his twin brother are both foster care success stories. Now, through his research at UCLA, Demontea hopes to raise graduation rates for foster youth.

How can we take better care of nurses?

Karen Mack believes the solution to what ails Los Angeles can be found at the intersection of art and civics.

Our students’ journeys to UCLA are as diverse, unique and special as they are.

We are living through one of the most stressful periods in American history. The Semel Institute’s Margaret Distler offers ways to cope.

A rundown of heroes who once competed in the blue and gold — and are now letting their mouths do the running.

Relive the electric, enthralling experience of “I got in!” through eight incoming Bruins and their inspiring stories.

For first-generation students, being admitted to UCLA is proof that if you can dream it, you can do it.

UCLA archaeologists Giorgio Buccellati and his wife, Marilyn, have traveled together on a 60-year journey that led them to the hidden treasures of a lost city in Syria.