FEATURES

The Problem Solvers
From Westwood to the Texas-Mexico border and Haiti, UCLA people are tackling global inequities, one heartfelt step at a time.

A Healthier New Year
Think of UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative as your personal coach.

Up in Fumes
The latest nicotine delivery system seemed like the answer to a smoker’s prayer. Then UCLA scientists started asking questions about vaping.

Larger Than Life
The activists featured in Our Stories, Our Impact — a UCLA centennial initiative — help shape important social movements.


DEPARTMENTS

At Issue: A Milestone in Technology
The network we now know as the internet had its beginnings at UCLA. And we’ve made a long journey down that superhighway.

D’Artagnan Scorza
G L Askew II
D’Artagnan Scorza, president-elect of the UCLA Alumni Association

Change Agent: From Insecurity to Influence
UCLA grad D’Artagnan Scorza is a busy social leader and educator — and he still has time to escape in an RV with his family on weekends.

Forward Thinker: Move Along
Through UCLA’s Dancing Disability Lab, choreographer Victoria Marks brings international artists to campus to study and help shape the future of disability in dance.

Life Signs: A Silver Lining
The benefits that come with age are many. We need to start cultivating them now.

Lighting the Way: John Wooden Changed My Life
A UCLA varsity yell leader remembers the influence that the legendary basketball coach had on his life.

End Point: City Cycles
CicLAvia celebrated 100 years of UCLA in October.


QUICK TAKES

Revealed: The Rules of Polite Debate
We are weeks away from the California primary. Political temperatures may soar, but with these tips, you can keep it cool.

Postapocalyptic Parable Comes Home
How a visionary storyteller saw the future.

Pitch Perfect
With more wins on record than any coach in women’s soccer, former UCLA and USWNT head coach Jill Ellis made her mark on Westwood and the world.

Bison burgers with blackberries, blue cheese and pickled onions
Skyler Burt
Bison burgers with blackberries, blue cheese and pickled onions

Give Me the Recipe!
UCLA’s Bruin Plate Cookbook is meant to satisfy hungry fans.

Row the Right Way
CrossFit enthusiasts (and Frank Underwood), you are very likely to be erging incorrectly.