COVER STORY
Bruins are back, enlivening campus this fall. Can their spirit of renewal invigorate Westwood Village?
VIRGINIA POSTREL | ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRETT AFFRUNTI
Signs of Hope: Bruins Are Out and About
The UCLA and Westwood communities are again enjoying campus and the neighborhood.
PHOTOS BY ADAM AMENGUAL
FEATURES
Tennis star Arthur Ashe spent his life fighting for the oppressed. A new oral history collection tells his story.
DELAN BRUCE AND MARY DAILY | COLLAGE BY PETER HOVARTH
The UCLA Labor Center contributes students, energy and research to dozens of unions in Los Angeles.
JIM NEWTON | PHOTOS BY SAM COMEN
UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program provides Bruins with community and a sense of belonging.
CHERYL CHENG ’02 | ILLUSTRATIONS BY JON STICH
The Cheerful, Wacky Art of Greg Clarke
While at UCLA, he discovered the illustrators of The New Yorker. Now he’s one of them.
MARY NADLER
DEPARTMENTS
CHANGE AGENT
Triple Bruin Examines Black History Through Sports
Damion Thomas, a curator at the largest museum of African American culture, uses sports to tell the story of race relations.
DELAN BRUCE | PHOTOS BY JARED SOARES
FORWARD THINKER
Art as a Means of Getting Outside Ourselves
Charlene Villaseñor Black teaches her students that art can inspire empathy toward others, such as the immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border.
MARY DAILY | PHOTOS BY CLAUDIA LUCIA
LIFE SIGNS
A Quick Guide to Post-Pandemic Reentry
How to minimize anxiety as we emerge from isolation.
DAN GORDON ’85 | ILLUSTRATION BY BLAIR KELLY
HAIL TO THE HILLS
Architect Harry Cobb designed the UCLA Anderson complex to enhance university life.
MARY DAILY
BIG PICTURE
As Bruins begin to populate Westwood Village again, now is the perfect time to revisit its history.
AT ISSUE
UCLA and Westwood Village need each other in order to to be at their best.
UCLA CHANCELLOR GENE BLOCK
QUICK TAKES
The Benefits of Drinking Natural Wine
Alum John Stanley advocates drinking vino that’s more expressive and ‘alive.’
DELAN BRUCE | PHOTOS BY NOAH WEBB
Sparks: UCLA's Influential Musical Duo
After blazing their own musical path, Ron and Russell Mael are at the heart of two very different movies.
JOHN HARLOW
Eric Jager’s Long Road to Hollywood
The professor’s true crime tale set in medieval France was finally turned into a film 15 years after publishing.
WENDY SODERBERG ’82
Volunteers Create Paintings for COVID Victims’ Families
The canvases contain the fingerprints of those who have died.
JOHN HARLOW
Two Professors Co-Direct Film About Harsh Border Crossing
Águilas documents hope and loss in the Arizona desert.
WAYNE LEWIS
