UCLA Magazine Stories

Local Natives lead vocalist-guitarist Taylor Rice plans “to really push ourselves into new territory [and] try a lot of new ideas and concepts.”

J.K. Rowling couldn’t have imagined that her fictitious, flying magic game would one day become the hottest club sport on campus.

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.

What will the workplace look like in 2030? The future workplace figures to look nothing like it does today.

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.

The Arroyo Bridge was the first completed structure on the Westwood campus.

Bruin actors, writers, directors, stage managers, and lighting, set and costume designers. “The show” is what they love. Westwood is where they learned it.

UCLA architectural historian Thomas S. Hines is an expert on the architecture of Richard Neutra, the king of mid-century modern design in Los Angeles.

In 2006, fewer than 100 African-American freshman chose to enroll at UCLA. The university came together to meet this challenge and enrollment has now doubled.

As the master detective of “good” cholesterol, UCLA’s Alan Fogelman has been tracking down the true nature of this elusive molecule his entire career.

In only a few short years, UCLA’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research can claim a long string of breakthroughs.

UCLA Volunteer Day is the university’s largest and most far-reaching outreach project.

Last spring, UCLA was planning a 100th birthday bash for Coach John Wooden. Sadly, we never got the chance. He passed away on June 4, 2010.

At the Warner Graduate Art Studios facility, students in the UCLA Department of Art show their work and mingle with gallery owners and art critics.

Americans are healthier, breathe cleaner air and live safer lives because of Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

From football to movies, politics to celebrity murder trials, Bruins have been the source of some of the most popular quotations in history. Here are the Top 10.

Basic cable is the go-to place for TV dramas. Michael Wright ’87, executive vice president and head of programming for Turner cable networks, is a big reason why.

Here are some tips to determine if you or a loved one has a shopping problem, why it’s no laughing matter, and what to do about it.

UCLA is taking the lead in training caregivers to first do no harm, making Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center one of the safest in the nation.

Are IM’ing, texting and blogging ruining our minds — and our relationships? We ask Bruin experts for their take.

Just in time for summer road-trip plans, here’s a handy guide to some of the very best alumni winemakers and their wines.

We explore the tantalizing — and maybe terrifying — frontier of synthetic biology and do-it-yourself life science.

Kahi Lee ’99, founder of design firm Kahi Lee Lifestyle, recently designed a luxury penthouse for the just-opened W Hollywood.

UCLA’s Inverted Fountain was installed March 18, 1968 — and led to several Bruin traditions.