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Few Bruins faced more fateful choices than Iva Toguri ’40 and Hitoshi Yonemura.

The Bruin turned 35 in September.

Alumnae Patricia Coleman James and Coretta Harris, along with current student Imani Elston, discuss the early days and how the chapter has evolved.

CicLAvia celebrated 100 years of UCLA in October.

UCLA’s status as a bike-friendly university has been a long time coming. Here’s the rest of the plan.

UCLA UniCamp, run by student volunteers, provides outdoor experiences for underserved youth. And both groups flourish from it.

The creation of a thriving women’s athletics program has changed campus life and the lives of thousands of student-athletes and those who look up to them.

Undaunted by bias or condescension, four extraordinary women helped shape UCLA.

On May 31, 1929, police motorcycles led a colorful motorcade of trucks and student cars west into the future.

UCLA Moments: That UCLA happened at all is proof of the hubris and ambitions that fueled the growth of Los Angeles.

In just 100 years, UCLA has grown into a world-class center of learning, research and health care.

Walter Thompson-Hernández applies lessons from being a lifelong Bruin to his help make sure his multimedia stories illuminate subcultures and don’t exploit them.

Powell Library was once relocated for five years to a futuristic structure named Temporary Powell, known as “Towell.”

A 1993 hunger strike led to the creation of UCLA’s César E. Chávez Center.

UCLA’s North Campus is home to a number of works by renowned sculptor Robert Graham.

Take a look at some of the inscriptions on campus that you may have missed before.

In a new book, "Coach Wooden and Me," Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retells the story of his relationship with UCLA Coach John Wooden that lasted from the time he left New York City at age 18 until 2010 when he sat by his coach's bedside during his 99-year-old mentor's last days.

Two days after delivering his annual address on the State of the City at City Hall, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti returned to the UCLA Lab School where he had “the most important educational experience of my life.”

One-time Westwood Village establishments have vanished while new ones have taken their place.

A monument to Jackie Robinson, one of UCLA’s most celebrated alumni and the first player to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball, was unveiled at a campus ceremony Saturday.

Screening and discussion of 'Prejudice and Pride,' from the acclaimed PBS series 'Latin Americans,' on March 3, 7:30 p.m. at the UCLA Fowler Museum.

Music in all its forms has been a big part of UCLA's first century. Acclaimed alumni include John Williams, Jim Morrison, Sara Bareilles and Kamasi Washington.

In the 47 years since Johnson helped found the games, the most important change has been in attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities.

For Pauley’s 50th birthday, UCLA looks back on how the arena hosted history.