UCLA for Life: Meyer Luskin
Now a centenarian, the esteemed philanthropist — who, with his wife, Renee, has donated close to $200 million to UCLA — remains as true a Bruin as ever.
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Playing for Posterity
Led by Woody Strode, Jackie Robinson and Kenny Washington — dubbed the “Gold Dust Trio” — the Bruins finished the 1939 season ranked No. 7 in the nation.
Mind Games
At UCLA, there is no shortage of fascinating opinions on how art and science combine in a world transformed by technology.
Future Jobs
At UCLA Extension, students are or soon will be signing up for courses and programs on a flock of new career opportunities.
A Bruin Guide to Great Summer Travel
Bruin experts share travel tips, tales of life on the road and favorite destinations.
Capitol Gains
Two Bruins — Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez — are teaming up to tackle a mountain of challenges.
Multimedia Man
Yule Caise M.F.A. ’07 has been a child actor, a film screenwriter, an acting coach for Snoop Dogg, an instructor at UCLA and a NAACP/NBC fellow.
Split on Sex: America’s Love Life and the Great Divide
U.S. society is dramatically polarized on the subject of sexuality. For many Americans stuck in the middle, that just doesn’t feel good.
Money Down: How to Rescue the Falling Economy
UCLA faculty and alumni experts have some suggestions for healing our ailing economy — but their cures are neither gentle nor expected.
Civil Union: Gary Orfield and Patricia Gándara
The co-directors of UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles have been in the vanguard of academic inquiry into the America’s inequities.
How Green Is Your Campus?
The sustainability pipeline is bulging with new initiatives, from UCLA’s Climate Action Plan to weekly, student-run delivery of locally farmed produce.
Protect and Preserve
Robert Rosen’s passion for preserving original film work has become a legacy of our times.
Hoop Dreams
Men’s Basketball Head Coach Ben Howland has done it again. His 2008 freshman players includes elite guards, an explosive power forward and a standout center.
School of Rock
One of the places where music plays the loudest is UCLA, where Bruins — on campus and after graduation — made an indelible mark on rock history.
Smart Set
How do high-achieving students like James Franco reach their intellectual goals? Ask the UCLA counseling office.
Big Science, Small Miracles
Nanotechnology — the science of microscopic machines that promise miracles in almost every area of society — is the Next Big Thing. And UCLA is a major player.
Being Bruin: The Alumni Association’s 75th Anniversary
In 1925, five student leaders launched the Southern Branch of the California Alumni Association. Today, that group has become a 91,000-member organization.
Pay Attention
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — ADHD — gets a lot of bad press. But it’s no illusion, and it isn’t a smokescreen for bad parenting.
Moving Day
UCLA bid farewell to the 53-year-old Center for the Health Sciences and began life anew in the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Kick Start
It’s been six years since the Bruins won their last NCAA title. And this season, UCLA will face five of the last seven NCAA men’s soccer champions.
The Future of Freedom
All over the world, people are reexamining what the word “freedom” means to them — and whether democracy is the best way to deliver it.
Teaching Aides
Bruin undergrads from UCLA’s Student Initiated Access Center are working with high school students to get ready for higher education.
Food as Brain Medicine
“Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain,” a UCLA scientist notes. The right food can improve memory or fight depression, schizophrenia or dementia.