COVER STORY
Dive Into Summer (Perhaps Literally)
After a cold and rainy winter, the sun — and an array of active offerings from UCLA Recreation — invites you outside. It’s time to get moving.
EDITED BY DELAN BRUCE | PHOTOS BY MATTHEW BRUSH
STRICTLY BUSINESS
From medical devices to fashion to environmental tech, UCLA accelerators are helping the “entrebruinurial” kick-start their passions into businesses.
JOHN HARLOW | ILLUSTRATIONS BY DANIEL HERTZBERG
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A UCLA freshman conquers Shark Tank with an ooey, gooey invention.
KARENNA MEYER ’23 | PHOTOS BY PETER YANG
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How a UCLA grad and a UCLA dad joined forces to support budding Bruin entrepreneurs.
MADELINE ADAMO | ILLUSTRATION BY DANIEL HERTZBERG
THE ART OF VICTORY
With their team down two goals and 15 minutes left on the clock, Bruin fans watching the Women’s College Cup soccer final could have been forgiven for believing the game was lost. It wasn't.
DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI | ART BY ERIC NGUYEN | LETTERING BY MICAH MYERS
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How Margueritte Aozasa led the Bruins to a championship in her very first season — and became the most successful rookie coach in NCAA women’s soccer history.
DELAN BRUCE | PHOTOS BY DAVID ESQUIVEL
DEPARTMENTS
CHANGE AGENT
The Honorable Madam Secretary
For her entire life, Shirley Weber has been a fighter. As California’s secretary of state, she’s still fighting — for diversity and inclusion, for education, and to make sure every vote counts.
JORDAN TAYLOR JONES | PHOTO BY MITCH TOBIAS
FORWARD THINKER
The Aesthete
As the new director of the Fowler Museum, Silvia Forni is in awe of “makers” around the globe. Now she wants to share their work in a way that honors them — and makes visitors rethink their own views of the world.
MARY DAILY | PHOTOS BY MARK CHAMPION
HAIL TO THE HILLS
Dancing By Herself
At UCLA, Agnes de Mille found the creative force that would make her one of the most esteemed choreographers in history.
MICHAEL CALLAHAN
BIG PICTURE
The Wow of Pow Wow
Each year, Native and Indigenous communities come from everywhere to celebrate their heritage — and meaningfully share it — at UCLA.
JESSICA WOLF | PHOTOS BY SMALLZ + RASKIND
AT ISSUE
The Entrepreneurial Fast Track
From idea to startup, UCLA provides support to help Bruins get their businesses off the ground.
UCLA CHANCELLOR GENE BLOCK
QUICK TAKES
Bruin Jessie George’s research on ancient plant fossils at the La Brea Tar Pits may solve a vexing riddle: how to restore the habitat around the L.A. River.
MARY DAILY | PHOTOS BY JESSE RIESER
For UCLA’s car-building engineers, the road — and ingenuity — beckons.
JOHN HARLOW
