COVER STORY
That Championship Season
50 years ago, John Wooden took his Bruins basketball team all the way to the NCAA title — his 10th and final one. Here, an oral history of that amazing journey, told by the people who took it.
SRIDHAR PAPPU | ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLIE GRIAK
FEATURES
Where the Journey Takes You
Chancellor-designate Julio Frenk and his wife stroll the campus.
EDDIE NORTH-HAGER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID ESQUIVEL
THE ERA OF AI
The AI Revolution
It’s going to change life as we know it. Are you ready? Are you sure?
JOHN HARLOW AND JONATHAN RIGGS | ILLUSTRATIONS BY ERIK CARTER
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The Great AI Novel?
We challenged ChatGPT to write narratives about UCLA in the style of two iconic 20th-century authors. Here’s what it came up with.
ILLUSTRATION BY ERIK CARTER
Eric Owen Moss and the Rebirth of Culver City
How a Bruin is reimagining the American city.
ED LEIBOWITZ | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TY COLE
BODY ART, BRUIN STYLE
Forever LINKed
For a symbol of devotion that lasts a lifetime, you can’t beat a UCLA tattoo.
MADELINE ADAMO | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHELLE GROSKOPF
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Get Your Bruin Body Art Here!
Meet Cristina Williams ’23, the Bruin creator of awe-inspiring skin art.
FIONA RUANE
The Spirit of Korea
After blazing trails in the craft beer market, Bryan Do now aims to strike gold with his ancestral country’s first single malt whiskey.
ANTHONY GIGLIO | PHOTOGRAPHY BY STAN LEE
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Liberation
A first-of-its-kind program is changing women’s lives by bringing passionate Bruin teaching inside prisons.
DELAN BRUCE | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALEXIS HUNLEY
BRUINOLOGY
Arts and Sciences
PST ART, the nation’s largest art event, is back.
MARY DAILY | PHOTOGRAPHY BY YURI HASEGAWA
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A Whole New Ball Game
The launch of the DeShaun Foster — and Big Ten — era.
MICHAEL CALLAHAN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY GL ASKEW II
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Sing a Song of UCLA
UCLA has hosted scores of amazing musical moments.
JOHN HARLOW
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A True Work of Art
At 98, sculptor Betye Saar ’49 is still provoking thought.
DIANA MCCLURE | ILLUSTRATION BY ANA BELCHER ’23
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The Gifts That Keep on Giving
A greatest-hits reel of noteworthy class gifts.
FIONA RUANE | ILLUSTRATIONS BY STAN FELLOWS
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A Simple Equation
Shaping the next generation of brilliant K–12 math minds.
LUCY BERBEO ’06 | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID ESQUIVEL
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
AT ISSUE
A Time For New Beginnings
Darnell Hunt takes office as our interim chancellor.
INTERIM CHANCELLOR DARNELL HUNT M.A. ’91, Ph.D. ’94
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The Great Cartoon Caption Contest
Our first-ever Instagram caption competition has a winner!
ILLUSTRATION BY GREG CLARKE ’82
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