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An oral history of John Wooden taking his 1975 Bruins basketball team all the way to the NCAA title — his 10th and final one.

As UCLA plays its inaugural season in the Big Ten, new head football coach DeShaun Foster is bringing energy, vision and his own Bruin story.

A first-of-its-kind program is transforming women’s lives — and forging a path to lasting freedom — by bringing passionate Bruin teaching inside prisons.

Inside the Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle, the next generation of great math minds is taking shape.

Julio Frenk, and his partner, Felicia Marie Knaul, are driven by family histories of resilience, community and a belief in the power of possibility.

Bryan Do struck gold crafting premium alcoholic beverages on the peninsula — first with beer, and now with the country’s first single malt whiskey.

For almost a century, Westwood has seen a lot of amazing musical moments.

For those with Bruin tattoos, UCLA devotion runs skin-deep.

Ink pieces designed exclusively for UCLA Magazine or temporary tattoos. Either way, you can wear your Bruin pride directly on your skin.

A letter from Interim Chancellor Darnell Hunt M.A. ’91, Ph.D. ’94.

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

Hop in your ride, put the windows down, turn the volume up. We have the playlist you didn’t know you needed.

A Bruin guide to this month’s most intriguing events at UCLA.

“First Thursdays” — a UCLA event series that brings pedestrian-friendly Broxton Avenue alive — is rekindling the storied L.A. neighborhood’s old magic.

How Victor Shi took up the crusade to get Gen Z out of apathy and into the voting booth — and became a social media star in the process.

As founding editor of the first Latino student magazine at UCLA, Félix J. Gutiérrez lifted the voice of a community. Today, his community is paying it forward.

When it comes to sunny, enthusiastic evangelists for the UCLA experience, you can’t touch the Bruin tour guides. These are their stories.

David Placek ’75 might be the best product-branding guru on the planet. His secret? Sound symbolism.

Tapping into her Hawaiian roots, Kalena McElroy ’14 took a deep dive into fashion — and reinvented the bathing suit.

About to celebrate a 50-year career on the Great White Way, Judy Kaye, the diva’s diva of New York theater, calls herself “the luckiest girl alive.”

For some students fleeing war and violence around the world, a safe harbor for their dreams has emerged in an unlikely place: the UCLA School of Dentistry.

Saba Waheed has dedicated her life to social justice. As the new director of the UCLA Labor Center, she’s now on the front lines in the fight for workers’ rights.

An overview of the stories in UCLA Magazine’s summer issue.

Editorial and art contributors to the Spring 2024 issue of UCLA Magazine.