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Don’t Play Hurt
Weekend warriors and weekday lunch lifters have a pretty decent chance of getting injured. Here are three keys to keeping your physical health on track.
Eureka!
Stem cell research. The iPod. Forensic DNA. Search engines. The faculties of UCLA and UC Berkeley choose 25 brilliant California ideas that changed our world.
Galaxy Quests
On almost every mission, UCLA scientists are working together and with colleagues around the world to unlock the secrets of the universe.
An African Love Affair
UCLA visual culture scholars Allen and Polly Roberts have spent two lifetimes studying and celebrating one of the most fascinating places on Earth.
Paper Trails
How the Daily Bruin became a training ground for leadership and one of the best-known college newspapers in America.
Secret Sports
Between intramural sports and intercollegiate athletics, club sports offer UCLA students a chance to compete on a high-level playing field.
Saving Troubled Minds
There’s a clinic in Westwood where researchers are breaking new ground in the battle against schizophrenia — united in their relentless search for a cure.
The War on Weight
America is extra large for a lot of reasons. And fat is fast becoming a hot-button political issue. How do we slim down our “obesegenic” society?
Flu Fighters
If bird flu comes to the U.S., it will spread across the country in weeks. UCLA is among those helping to prepare for and protect us from a possible pandemic.
Crisis Point
UCLA Magazine invited nine campus and community leaders to a discussion on how to improve diversity.
Saving Faces
For 20 years, the Mercy Ship Anastasis’ Gary Parker has been treating the facial tumors and deformities of the forgotten poor.
Water Warriors
The world is running out of freshwater. But a determined trio of scientists at UCLA is working to help save a parched planet.
Eye Spies
Whenever you are out in public or on the job, hidden cameras have you in their sights. In post-9/11 America, we’ll trade privacy for security. But at what cost?
The Fractured Family
The American family is increasingly isolated, as the stress of modern life inexorably pushes them apart. Can we learn to reconnect with each other?
Amazing Grace: Antronette Yancey
Antronette (Toni) Yancey, 48, an associate professor in the UCLA School of Public Health, is an expert on chronic disease prevention intervention.
The Download Dilemma
Digital piracy on campus pits kids against corporations, artists against audiences. UCLA is leading the search for solutions.
The Gospel According to Los Angeles
Los Angeles’ rich heritage in gospel music has gone underappreciated. Now a UCLA archiving project sings the city’s praises.
Hard Labor
The first national study of day laborers paints a bleak picture of abuse, uncertainty and discrimination. A report on the war over illegal immigration.
The Hydrogen Highway
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is evaluating the hydrogen fuel-cell car.
Media Bias
A new study finds the conservative “Wall Street Journal” tilts to the left more than any other major news outlet.
Sex and the Single Cell
Two new studies suggest that women may have evolved to want to stray during the most fertile part of their cycle.