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Making Change

UCLA’s Centennial Celebration features four initiatives.

Quick Take: Mr. Good Boy

A UCLA alum has created a mobile record store that puts a vinyl lover’s spin on L.A. cart culture.

Quick Take: Last Lap

After 38 years at UCLA, Cyndi Gallagher ’83 is stepping down as head coach of the women’s swimming and diving team.

Quick Take: Storytelling as Change Agent

Thanks to a seed grant from the UCLA Pritzker Center, the Center for Scholars & Storytellers is exploring how entertainment media can highlight issues in foster care.

Walk-off Championship

In June, UCLA’s softball team walked off with the program’s 13th Women’s College World Series title.

Rainbow Radio

Kathy Tu couldn’t speak English when she came to the U.S. at age 5. Now she’s a popular voice for the LGBTQ community and beyond at New York’s WNYC.

Making Magic

In 1969, Leonard Kleinrock and one of his students sent the first computer-to-computer message, giving birth to the Internet.

Laughing All the Way

Author and scholar Norman Cousins’ pioneering research on the impact of humor on health continues through the center that bears his name.

Lighting the Way: Royce’s Role

The man for whom UCLA’s flagship building is named was a proponent of idealism and devotion to a cause — fitting for the university’s legacy of optimism and service.

At Issue: Bruins for Life

Everyone who attends UCLA automatically becomes a lifelong member of the UCLA Alumni Association.

100 Ways: Health

Also in this section: stories on the L.A. Rebellion, veterans and climate change.

100 Ways: Space

Also in this section: stories on the L.A. River, clean air and the Skoll Center.

100 Ways: L.A. Eats

Also in this section: stories on the Hammer Museum, brain mapping and the Olympics.

100 Ways: Athletics

Stories on mobile clinics, earthquake science and Jackie Robinson.

The Power of Positive Change

A public university exists not only to impart knowledge, but also to apply that knowledge to make a better world. For 100 years, UCLA has done just that.

Spanning the Spectrum

In addition to conducting research on the disorder, UCLA provides support for the autism community.

Hearing the Past

The reopening of the Ethnomusicology Archive offers new ways for visitors to listen.
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