UCLA Magazine

UCLA’s renowned creative stars supercharge their efforts to create works of lasting beauty that also play a powerful role in human society.

UCLA marks the 40th anniversary of its four Ethnic Studies centers, which have helped create a new city and nation, diverse and multicultural.

The UCLA Community School is a unique experiment in K–12 education that’s bringing top-quality education to kids who might fall through the cracks.

They are the Bruins in blue. And much of what they use on the job they learned on campus. We salute the proud UCLA alumni who protect and serve.

An ever-growing group of former Bruin gymnasts finds fortune, if not fame, as Hollywood stuntwomen and as acrobats in live shows like Cirque du Soleil.

Eric Morris M.A. ’06 was a child actor and a TV screenwriter. But he left the roar of the crowd for a career as an urban scholar.

UCLA’s Early Care and Education program provides child care for students, faculty and staff.

Nine ways to help you stay jolly — or at least calm — this holiday season.

What makes Bruins such good astronaut material? Hard to tell, but eight have boldly gone — and more are likely to follow.

The pioneering UCLA Pediatric Epilepsy Program is pushing the boundaries of surgery and saving the lives of dozens of kids every year.

Pauley Pavilion is 44 years old and badly in need of a makeover. And it’s getting one — with a little help from a lot of Bruin friends.

More than at any other university, UCLA faculty have been the targets of violent animal rights extremists.

In the spring of 1952, Carol Burnett was an unassuming student actress at UCLA.

Led by Woody Strode, Jackie Robinson and Kenny Washington — dubbed the “Gold Dust Trio” — the Bruins finished the 1939 season ranked No. 7 in the nation.

At UCLA, there is no shortage of fascinating opinions on how art and science combine in a world transformed by technology.

At UCLA Extension, students are or soon will be signing up for courses and programs on a flock of new career opportunities.

Bruin experts share travel tips, tales of life on the road and favorite destinations.

Two Bruins — Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez — are teaming up to tackle a mountain of challenges.

Yule Caise M.F.A. ’07 has been a child actor, a film screenwriter, an acting coach for Snoop Dogg, an instructor at UCLA and a NAACP/NBC fellow.

U.S. society is dramatically polarized on the subject of sexuality. For many Americans stuck in the middle, that just doesn’t feel good.

UCLA faculty and alumni experts have some suggestions for healing our ailing economy — but their cures are neither gentle nor expected.

The co-directors of UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles have been in the vanguard of academic inquiry into the America’s inequities.

The sustainability pipeline is bulging with new initiatives, from UCLA’s Climate Action Plan to weekly, student-run delivery of locally farmed produce.

UCLA embarks on a landmark gang intervention study of Homeboy Industries.

Robert Rosen’s passion for preserving original film work has become a legacy of our times.