UCLA Magazine

An overview of the stories in UCLA Magazine’s winter issue.

No matter where you go around the globe, chances are there’s someone there who knows the eight-clap.

At Dinners for 12 Strangers, guests arrive as mutual unknowns but depart as friends, with a new appreciation for the ties that bind the UCLA family.

The UCLA Anderson Forecast’s signature brand of analysis is proving more vital than ever.

Justina Blakeney ’01 turned a passion for all things bold, bright and beautiful into a home design empire. At UCLA, she found artful inspiration for her creative journey.

UCLA’s new Initiative to Study Hate represents a critical effort to root out what’s causing the alarming rise in hate across the country — and what we can do to stop it.

How UCLA became a cool setting for a new crop of fiction.

UCLA’s Bedari Kindness Institute wanted to find out if kindness is contagious. The answer may surprise you.

With Bruin blood running through his veins, Walter Thompson-Hernández is bringing amazing chronicles to the world, one medium at a time.

The ideal of respectful political discussions seems more out of reach than ever. How we can rekindle the art of meaningful dialogue.

From the Count Basie Orchestra to BTS, Duane Benjamin is bringing a jazzy sensibility to modern music.

Chancellor Franklin Murphy looked at a gravel parking lot and saw a vision: verdant, landscaped sculpture grounds at UCLA.

Students living on the Hill face the daunting challenge of ascending staircases with names like the “Death Stairs” on their journeys to and from campus.

The new UCLA Initiative to Study Hate is tackling an audacious mission: eradicating bigotry and discrimination from American life.

How COVID has unraveled our sleep.

In a new documentary, a UCLA professor says L.A. needs to rethink its relationship with water.

A new biography explores the forgotten legacy of Kenny Washington, the Bruin who broke the color barrier in the NFL.

A new biography pays homage to a brilliant master of anime.

The federal government knows its web services are in desperate need of ingenuity. Is it any surprise it turned to three Bruins for help?

Editorial and art contributors to the Winter 2023 issue of UCLA Magazine.

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

A Bruin guide to some of this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

A Bruin guide to some of this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

UCLA Magazine will debut an annual print publication in the fall of 2023.