UCLA Magazine

An on-site conference center moves inexorably toward reality. Deans, professors and friends of the university say it can’t happen soon enough.

UCLA is a coveted lifestyle brand across Europe and Asia.

UCLA leads the way in exploring the boundaries of privacy in a digital world — and how policymakers should respond.

Why isn’t there more solar power in sun-drenched Los Angeles? The technology is there, but the will is not. But that’s changing fast.

From airplane patterns to Johnny Cash songs to crowdsourced digital sheep, techno-artist Aaron Koblin uses online data to explore new frontiers in digital arts.

Westwood has been a catalyst for Love since it first opened — a UCLA tradition of the finest kind. Here’s how the campus played matchmaker for a few couples.

Think you know about UCLA athletics history? Here’s your chance to prove it.

Alumni Shane Acker will direct a live-action feature about Thomas the Tank Engine.

UCLA researchers are creating solutions and making science that can help us all breathe easier.

Bruin basketball fans are looking forward to the 2011–12 season to catch their first look at David and Travis Wear, the highly recruited McDonald’s All-American twins.

The UCLA Film & Television Archive celebrates the filmmakers who told authentic stories about the black experience.

In 2008, a tragic accident in a campus lab profoundly shook the Bruin community. In response, UCLA didn’t just revise its policies; it innovated.

UCLA Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Anne Rimoin M.P.H. ’96 is a virus hunter and an American archetype: the brave, resourceful scientist-adventurer.

The Jazz Studies Program is a jewel in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s crown. And now, the Thelonious Monk Institute is uniting with the university.

We took a trip around town to check out the best Bruin-owned and/or operated spots in L.A.’s neatest neighborhoods. Here are some of our favorites.

The world’s leading expert on cacti biology, UCLA plant physiological ecologist Park S. Nobel is an evangelist for the environmental benefits of succulents.

Joe Bruin’s current design, unveiled in 1996, marks its 15th anniversary this September.

Dozens of Bruins are thriving as designers, brand managers, fashion journalists and art directors.

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.