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Misa Chien ’08 is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded the popular Nom Nom banh mi truck.

For seven seasons, UCLA professor David Saltzberg has made sure “The Big Bang Theory” gets the science right.

Some say it was the full-court press. Others say it was the snowstorm.

The actor-writer-director brings his screenwriting students’ work to life by placing their scenes in the eye of the camera.

The ’03 grad performed at this year’s Grammys, where she was a double nominee. She’s also writing a book and a musical.

Women’s Swimming and Diving may be one of UCLA’s lesser-known sports, but it springs into the new season with plenty of promise.

The man who edits and publishes Martin Luther King Jr.’s papers isn’t just a scholar of the civil rights movement. Clayborne Carson lived it.

UCLA is at the forefront of applying digital technology to news and the social sciences.

Decades ago, the legendary photographer trained his camera’s eye on the University of California campuses and took hundreds of shots of UCLA.

The 41-year-old California Democrat is dedicated to ending partisan gridlock.

UCLA and UC have signed a “master agreement” for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), which will be the most powerful and advanced ever built.

Find out how campus buildings got their names.

Chris McKinlay met fellow Bruin Christine Tien Wang while studying the science behind OkCupid.

Maintaining a clean, sustainable water supply is fast becoming the defining challenge of 21st-century Southern California.

The next era in UCLA’s storied men’s basketball program begins this season, when Steve Alford takes the helm.

UCLA has played a role in elevating mariachi music, and the first formal class was taught in its ethnomusicology department in 1964.

A new analysis details UCLA’s deep and wide contributions to the economies of Southern California and the state.

Los Angeles magazine called Amy Rowat’s lecture series at UCLA “a mind-blowingly awesome event.” Not a description you’d expect for a university class.

The New York Times called Oakland Raiders punter Chris Kluwe ’05 “the most interesting man in the NFL.”

Both the story and the setting of Nebraska are close to the heart of the meticulous director.

Chelsea Hoffman Shukov ’99 and Jamie Oberg Grobecker ’01 sweeten the stationery industry in an increasingly digital world.

The building’s floor tiles contain a coded tribute to Professor Leonard Kleinrock, “Father of the Internet.”

UCLA researchers have found that happiness derived from a purpose in life has a healthier genetic effect than pleasure-seeking.

The Pulitzer Prize winner served as 16th U.S. Poet Laureate.

Much of the research being used to determine public policy on sexual orientation and gender identity is being generated by an institute at UCLA Law.