2008

James Franco finished his UCLA degree by taking 60 credits in a single academic quarter. He's not the only student given that option: College Academic Counseling works with lots of high achievers.   Continue »
Dec 22, 2008

Nurit Katz is UCLA's first sustainability coordinator, and the first employee dedicated completely to making the campus 'greener.'  Continue »
Dec 15, 2008

Ever wonder how the Chancellor spends his time? This slide show chronicles the more photogenic moments.   Continue »
Dec 8, 2008

Scott Hugo, a senior in political science and history, and Chris Joseph, a summa cum laude 2008 graduate in geography, are the first UCLA winners of the Rhodes Scholarship since 1997.   Continue »
Dec 1, 2008

As part of UCLA Day ’08, alumna Teresa Valenzuela shares a touching personal story about the struggle of getting herself through UCLA, along with her pride of being a first-generation college graduate.   Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

As part of UCLA Day ’08, an all-alumni event, alumna Gail Becker shared an inspiring story about her contributions as a Daily Bruin reporter…   Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

As part of UCLA Day ’08, alum Carlos Collard shared his sincere memories about the challenges, aspirations and pride of being a first-generation college student.  Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

As part of UCLA Day ’08, alum Jay Dillon shared an entertaining and heart-warming story about being part of the Bruin family…  Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

At UCLA Day ’08, an all-alumni event, California State Senator Dean Florez shared his memorable and inspiring accomplishments after arriving at UCLA as a transfer student…   Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

During UCLA Day ’08, an all-alumni event, alumna Valarie De La Garza talked about her experience as a Daily Bruin editor-in-chief, and her pride in running the student newspaper…   Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

As part of UCLA Day ’08, alum Brian Maillian shared his most memorable and significant UCLA moment…  Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

As part of UCLA Day ’08, alum Bill Schade shared his most memorable and significant UCLA moment…  Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

As part of UCLA Day ’08, alum and UC Regent Emeritus Peter Taylor shared a personal story about the early days of his involvement and support of UCLA, which continues today…  Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

At UCLA Day ’08, an all-alumni event, Los Angeles Councilwoman Wendy Greuel shared her memorable and inspiring moments at UCLA …  Continue »
Nov 24, 2008

The Hammer Museum collection spans the centuries. But director Ann Philbin focuses on the art of our times, especially emerging artists.   Continue »
Nov 17, 2008

New women's basketball coach Nikki Caldwell understands UCLA's championship tradition. She has championship rings of her own.   Continue »
Nov 10, 2008

Anita Ortega left UCLA a basketball star. But this first-generation college student came as a walk-on, not a scholarship athlete.   Continue »
Nov 3, 2008

Graduate student filmmaker Anthony Onah wins the 'Stolen Dreams' competition for his short film dramatizing a health care and financial crisis affecting a small boy.   Continue »
Oct 28, 2008

Edward 'Ned' Wright has studied the stars since he was a youngster growing up in Virginia. On Oct. 28, he will deliver UCLA's 105th Faculty Research Lecture: "Observing the Origin of the Universe: A Century of Progress in Cosmology."   Continue »
Oct 20, 2008

As the first in her family to go to college, Alma Flores found the support she needed in UCLA's Academic Advancement Program (AAP). Her younger sister is now a UCLA student, too, and her mother will attend Parents' Weekend Oct. 17-19.   Continue »
Oct 10, 2008

Teacher, scholar, writer - and now, winner of the Gold Shield Faculty Prize. Alicia Gaspar de Alba hopes the recognition will make Chicana/o Studies more visible.   Continue »
Oct 6, 2008

UCLA now has a presence on YouTube and Facebook, as well as iTunes U.  Continue »
Sep 30, 2008

Astronomer Andrea Ghez became the ninth UCLA faculty member to receive a "genius grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.  Continue »
Sep 23, 2008

Now it begins: Welcome Week celebrates the beginning of the academic year for new and returning students.   Continue »
Sep 19, 2008

UCLA's star scholars and one of its amazing medical school students talk about their work on climate change law, exploring time and space, teaching teachers, helping the homeless and many other subjects in this series of spots for the university's partnership with KCET-TV's "SoCal Connection" program.  Continue »
Sep 18, 2008

Courtney Lyder, new dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, is young, male and African-American - shattering stereotypes about academic nursing.   Continue »
Sep 8, 2008

Veteran screenwriter Hal Ackerman has always advised his UCLA students to tap into their own experiences to find powerful stories.  Continue »
Sep 2, 2008

Internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock adds the 2008 National Medal of Science to his honors and awards. Kleinrock has been a computer science professor at UCLA since 1963.   Continue »
Aug 25, 2008

Olympic Gold Medalist Lauren Cheney is headed back to campus to begin her junior year. She is one of 13 current or former UCLA student athletes to medal for the U.S. in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.   Continue »
Aug 25, 2008

Three current students, one incoming freshman and 27 UCLA alumni will compete in the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.  Continue »
Aug 4, 2008

Eleven UCLA students organized a food drive in 1934 to benefit needy children and families in West Los Angeles. But the student volunteers wanted to do more.  Continue »
Jul 28, 2008

With poetry's lofty reputation, the uninitiated might think that humor and poetry overlap only in dirty limericks, but for UCLA alumna Kay Ryan, who was named poet laureate of the United States on July 17, "much of the best poetry is funny."   Continue »
Jul 21, 2008

"Hard work has never been so much fun," says a student who helped excavate mummies in the Tarpaca Valley in Chile. That pilot project has been expanded to 14 sites for the summer of 2008.   Continue »
Jul 7, 2008

Chemicals, lab regulations and safety procedures make greening a lab a daunting prospect. But that hasn't stopped the School of Dentistry's Weintraub Center from becoming a pilot project for environmentally-conscious practices in laboratories.  Continue »
Jun 30, 2008

Since 1981 Marsha Coutin has devoted her prodigious skills to helping staff grow and thrive.   Continue »
Jun 23, 2008

When Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje was a child in Georgia, she studied piano in the Western classical tradition. But in college she discovered African music, and as an ethnomusicologist she has learned the one-string fiddle from a master in Ghana.  Continue »
Jun 16, 2008

Three dedicated graduates — Jessica Gu, Michael Marcus and Antonio Moya — will work to improve the state of public health in far-flung corners of the globe.  Continue »
Jun 9, 2008

On a tough day for golf, the men's team hung on for a one-shot victory over defending champion Stanford.   Continue »
Jun 2, 2008

Women's Tennis claims first title and UCLA now has a nation-leading 102 NCAA team championships.  Continue »
May 21, 2008

Kathy Molini, director of UCLA's Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD), remembers vividly the day she decided to become independent.  Continue »
May 19, 2008

The Women's Water Polo team captured UCLA's 101st NCAA team championship. It was the fourth championship in a row for this undefeated team.   Continue »
May 13, 2008

The formal ceremony installing Gene D. Block as Chancellor of UCLA is a community celebration involving students, staff, faculty and friends of the University of California.  Continue »
May 6, 2008

These three UCLA students have a commitment to public service that reaches far beyond UCLA's borders.   Continue »
Apr 28, 2008

Mermaids will take on a whole new meaning once you've experienced the Splash! Festival at the Fowler Museum.  Continue »
Apr 11, 2008

Saul Friedlander and Daniel Walker Howe are both members of the UCLA history faculty. And on the same day, their books were awarded Pulitzer Prizes.   Continue »
Apr 7, 2008

With help from Edgar Allan Poe, English professor Christopher Looby has resurrected a long-forgotten 1836 novel.   Continue »
Apr 6, 2008

It hasn't happened since the glory days of John Wooden: the men's basketball team is making its third straight appearance in the Final Four.  Continue »
Mar 30, 2008

The Distinguished Teaching Awards honor a select group of UCLA's finest teachers. Our 2008 winners talk about their philosophies of teaching.   Continue »
Mar 17, 2008

As an expert on presidential campaigns and elections, political scientist Lynn Vavreck finds 2008 a very busy year.  Continue »
Mar 10, 2008

Lisbeth Gant-Britton, a student affairs officer at UCLA, has written a history book that's energizing the teaching of black history in high schools.  Continue »
Feb 29, 2008

Maybe Oscar's not a Bruin, but he sure gets lots of Bruins involved, backstage and on stage, for the annual Academy Awards.   Continue »
Feb 22, 2008

In its 35 year history, UCLA's Academic Advancement Program has welcomed and challenged undergraduate students. Today the focus is on first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students.  Continue »
Feb 19, 2008

Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, lives again in a one-man show by UCLA Extension instructor Don Marquardt  Continue »
Feb 11, 2008

Cody Decker was "born" a Trojan - but he ended up at UCLA, a history major and a Bruin baseball player.   Continue »
Feb 1, 2008

UCLA's film school has close ties to the Sundance Festival, starting with alumnus and festival director Geoff Gilmore.  Continue »
Jan 26, 2008

Dr. Wayne Grody knows many people learn their science from entertainment and media. That's why this expert in genetic testing works on movies and tv shows.  Continue »
Jan 22, 2008

Have the CIA and FBI learned the lessons of 9/11? UCLA's Amy Zegart doesn't think so. But she doesn't agree with all the conclusions of the 9/11 Commission, either. Watch the sparks fly as ex-CIA agent Larry Johnson questions Zegart about her research.   Continue »
Jan 14, 2008

Mathematics grad student Craig Citro loves number theory, but sometimes it drives him to climb the walls. Luckily the rock wall at the Wooden Center is close by.  Continue »
Jan 7, 2008