SPECIAL REPORT: IT’S THE CLIMB
Video Story: The UCLA Climbing Team
A short documentary about the Bruins bonded together by their fascination with scaling the heights — on campus and beyond.
DIRECTED BY ADAM AMENGUAL
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Peak Effort
In reaching for an audacious dream — to be the first Iranian to climb the world’s Seven Summits — double Bruin Sara Safari found something unexpected: her life’s purpose.
SHEILA YASMIN MARIKAR | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ADAM AMENGUAL
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Rock Solid
Alice Kao ’01 turned a passion for climbing into an entrepreneurial vision. The secret to her success? Slow and steady wins the race.
JOSEPH BIEN-KAHN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ADAM AMENGUAL
FEATURES
Where Content Is Truly King
Insurgent content platforms like Substack are rewriting the rules of publishing, creating a new frontier for provocative, intelligent, long-form writing. Here are some Bruin newsletters you should be reading.
JOHN HARLOW | ILLUSTRATIONS BY PETE RYAN
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HISTORY ON — AND UNDER — THE GROUND
Walking Westwood
The home of UCLA is also the location for a surprising number of sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Come take a stroll.
ED LEIBOWITZ | ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARIA RABINKY
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Final Curtain
How a small Westwood cemetery became the last stop for so many of the famous.
ED LEIBOWITZ | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAKE MICHAELS
DEPARTMENTS
CHANGE AGENT
The Man Who Can See the Future
When Google needed someone to oversee its boldest, most cutting-edge new ventures, it turned to a Bruin.
LEXI PANDELL | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA CHOU
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FORWARD THINKER
Are We Already Doomed by Climate Change?
Maybe not. Although the past year has seen devastation from both flames and floods, a UCLA public health hero has some welcome news: It’s not too late to reverse the current trends of cataclysmic global warming.
DELAN BRUCE | PHOTOGRAPHY BY STELLA KALANINA
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MY VERY OWN UCLA
The Course That Changed Everything
A UCLA history seminar challenged all I thought I knew about my hometown of Los Angeles — and determined my future in the process.
MARY MELTON ’91 | PHOTOGRAPHY BY AMANDA FRIEDMAN
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HAIL TO THE HILLS
Once A Bruin, Always A Bruin
As it celebrates its centennial, the UCLA Alumni Association continues to unite and uplift Bruins past, present and future.
LUCY BERBEO ’06
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BIG PICTURE
Where the Boys Were
The cover of the Beach Boys’ first No. 1 single was photographed nowhere near the ocean.
JOHN HARLOW
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AT ISSUE
Shaping Our Future Together
The strength of our connections will fortify us for whatever comes next.
UCLA CHANCELLOR JULIO FRENK
QUICK TAKES
The Mad Search for Billy Crystal’s Sweater
How an offhand comment set off a CSI-worthy quest to find a lost piece of sartorial cinema history.
FIONA RUANE
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166 Minutes of Pain
Forty years ago, the Bruins prevailed and won the NCAA title in the longest match in the history of men’s college soccer.
DELAN BRUCE
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A History Reclaimed
A new app aims to bring the forgotten stories of Mexican-owned ranchos in Los Angeles to life — one digital map marker at a time.
BROOKE PORTER KATZ
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The (Food) Force Is With Him
New Bruin Jack Bobo is a globally acclaimed food systems expert whose resume is literally out of this world.
JONATHAN RIGGS
