Cover Story
Remember when you found out you got into UCLA? Relive that amazing feeling. Plus: the extraordinary journeys of five first-gen students.
MICHAEL CALLAHAN AND JENNIFER SHAKLAN M.F.A. '02 | PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTINA GANDOLFO
Features
A new website brings UCLA’s massive archive of stunning aerial photographs — some dating back more than a century — to the masses.
ANNE PAUTLER
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How did UCLA end up producing so many of the nation’s top sportscasters? Let’s go to the replay.
DELAN BRUCE
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Each year, the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award is granted to a crusader battling climate change. Meet the heroes.
KAT SCHUSTER | PHOTOGRAPHS BY ETHAN PINES
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One of UCLA’s most celebrated artists unveils her mural masterpiece.
MARY DAILY | PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID ESQUIVEL
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In 1982, revered UCLA archaeologists Giorgio Buccellati and his wife, Marilyn, discovered a lost city in Syria. They’ve been working to preserve it ever since.
LISA FUNG
Departments
CHANGE AGENT
LA Commons founder Karen Mack believes art + civics = a healthy society.
JIM NEWTON | PHOTOGRAPHY BY G L ASKEW II
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FORWARD THINKER
Is the Nursing Profession ... Healthy?
How can we take better care of nurses? Kristen Choi has thoughts.
LOUIE KIM | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAGGIE SHANNON
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LIFE SIGNS
Seven ways to cope in these times of high anxiety.
DAN GORDON ’85 | ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID POHL
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HAIL TO THE HILLS
It just simply wouldn’t be the Rose Bowl. Here, a valentine to an icon as it turns 100.
BRIAN DAWSON
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BIG PICTURE
How marching band instruments spend the summer.
MICHAEL CALLAHAN
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AT ISSUE
The Long And Winding Roads
What makes UCLA truly exceptional.
UCLA CHANCELLOR GENE BLOCK
Quick Takes
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.
JOE LEONARD
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Aparna Bhaduri is leading the fight against the deadliest form of cancer.
VERONIQUE DE TURRENE
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The new “Bruin 100” showcases the ingenuity — and entrepreneurial spirit — of a wide swath of alumni.
MADELINE ADAMO
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A reinvented UCLA journal casts new light on an old world.
JOHN HARLOW
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A laser-powered mini-rocket could find humans a new home.
JOHN HARLOW