UCLA Magazine Stories

UCLA’s Alumni Travel Program offers a lot more than sun, sand and umbrella drinks. The adventures are rich and varied.

Who better to inspire struggling students than a high school dropout who holds three UCLA degrees and heads the L.A. County Office of Education?

UCLA neuroscientist Marco Iacoboni studies mirror neurons — the brain cells that make us love watching sports and be quick to empathize with others.

Politicians aren’t the only ones who can vary their vocal qualities to display their personality, arouse emotions and influence others. You can, too.

UCLA researchers find that social media is just as addictive for teens as chocolate.

UCLA School of Dentistry research finds cause for concern.

UCLA researchers look at car models through the lens of evolutionary biology.

Bruins of all ages love to recall the Westwood stores, cafés and nightspots where they made lasting memories.

Many UCLA scholars devote their careers to preparing students for a lifetime of public service. That commitment takes on special meaning in an election year.

A look at the articles in UCLA Magazine’s 2016 summer issue.

In establishments ranging from high-end restaurants to ubiquitous food trucks, Bruins are helping change the way Angelenos think about food.

Floor exercise provides room for creativity — and Coach Valorie Kondos Field’s Bruins have taken it to a whole new level.

UCLA’s Hammer Museum is known for championing emerging artists from across Los Angeles — a mission that’s celebrated in this summer’s biennial exhibition.

Are computer games fantasy or reality, culture or technology? Can they absorb the richness of humanity? The director of UCLA’s Game Lab ponders these and other questions.

Anthony Yom’s work went mostly unnoticed until a student of his became one of 12 in the world to earn a perfect score on an AP calculus exam.

UCLA Professor Catherine Opie captures provocative images of the everyday that make us take another look at the icons around us.

Want to put more hours in your day? Simplify your life and increase your efficiency.

Bruins have excelled at the Summer Games. Now some two dozen UCLA athletes have been or likely will be chosen to represent their countries in Rio.

UCLA law students seize the opportunity to advise the nation’s highest court through the Supreme Court Clinic.

Game of Thrones costume designer Michele Clapton is the Swarovski Designer in Residence at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

A mediocre paintings collection secured by a UC Regent in 1938 was the catalyst that eventually landed UCLA on the national art scene.

At UCLA, we’re thinking ahead to 2024, in the hope that LA 2024’s bid will bring the Games to campus.

UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music balances scholarship, performance and composition across myriad genres and tastes.

UCLA’s all-time leader in career steals, Dave Roberts ’95, was named the first minority manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers in November.

They walk, they talk and they play soccer. But the robots of Dennis Hong’s UCLA Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory are designed for more serious jobs.