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Clothes Make the Band

The UCLA Bruin Marching Band updates the navy-blue uniforms it wore for decades.

First Response

UCLA’s High Speed, High Volume Laboratory Network for Infectious Diseases can track thousands of bioterror threats or infectious disease outbreaks.

Generation Next

UCLA faces the challenge of replacing a huge wave of retiring Baby Boomer professors.

Battle of the Sexes

The UCLA scout team acts as practice partners for the female Bruin hoopsters.

Access Granted

Academic Advancement Program celebrates 35 years.

The Transfer Effect

What does it take to get into UCLA two or three years after high school?

Adventures in Publishing

Debra Finerman shares the drama that unfolded while publishing her first novel.

A Steady Hand

When Norman Abrams agreed to be interim chancellor, he didn’t know that he would be plunged into a yearlong series of challenges and crises.

Block on Board

He’s a scientist, a scholar, a car lover and a leader. Meet UCLA’s new chief executive up close and personal.

Keep Off the Lawn

A new UCLA study reveals that Americans never use their back yards anymore. We’re too busy logging on to go outside.

The Human Touch

Universities are training doctors with a new emphasis on human beings. For many, the benchmark is a revolutionary program created at UCLA.

Think Big: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

In his new book, the basketball player chronicles the remarkable Harlem Renaissance of the ’20s and ’30s.

Avatar Academics

Is virtual reality the next frontier for universities? Some of the most famous names in education — including UCLA — are teaching in cyberspace.

Road to Ruins

Cruise ships and crushing poverty. Ancient ruins and modern menace. Past and present collide on a UCLA Alumni Association journey to North Africa.

Spectator Spectacles

From guys in funny hats to sports lovers who dress up in costume for women’s volleyball games, UCLA inspires its own kind of fanatics.

Upward Bound

Like Los Angeles itself, the university is a beacon for those who dream of a better life for themselves and for their families.

Don’t Play Hurt

Weekend warriors and weekday lunch lifters have a pretty decent chance of getting injured. Here are three keys to keeping your physical health on track.

Eureka!

Stem cell research. The iPod. Forensic DNA. Search engines. The faculties of UCLA and UC Berkeley choose 25 brilliant California ideas that changed our world.

Galaxy Quests

On almost every mission, UCLA scientists are working together and with colleagues around the world to unlock the secrets of the universe.

An African Love Affair

UCLA visual culture scholars Allen and Polly Roberts have spent two lifetimes studying and celebrating one of the most fascinating places on Earth.

Paper Trails

How the Daily Bruin became a training ground for leadership and one of the best-known college newspapers in America.

Secret Sports

Between intramural sports and intercollegiate athletics, club sports offer UCLA students a chance to compete on a high-level playing field.
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