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Q&A: Olympic gold medalist and UCLA freshman Jordyn Wieber

Jordyn Wieber (second from the left) struck gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, along with her teammates on the U.S. women's gymnastics team. She's now a psychology major at UCLA where she trains privately and serves as manager of the UCLA...

Big prize for small costume design

Eight UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television students have labored to create gorgeous, half-scale costumes that were entered into a competition. The winner will be announced Saturday, Feb. 8. The costumes they created were...

UCLA celebrates Black History Month

An authors series showcasing topics on African-American history and experience, a panel discussion highlighting student diversity in higher education, artistic and cultural exhibitions, lectures, and a symposium on race in Hollywood are among the...

Snow alert! It happened 82 years ago

This mild, summerish winter we're experiencing is making it easy to forget what season we are in without consulting the calendar. January? Really?

Bruins win first NCAA women's soccer championship

The UCLA women’s soccer team won its first NCAA championship in program history on Sunday afternoon, defeating the Florida State Seminoles, 1-0, in overtime.   The title represents UCLA’s 110th NCAA championship in school history,...

International students gain 'street cred' in slang class

'Street Talk' students (left to right) Dai Jung Chung, Jiu Hua Zhang, Hussain Alsherhri and Reema Aldahlawi. Photo by Celia Soudry. Hussain Alsherhri’s first slang encounter after arriving at UCLA from Saudi Arabia was with his...

She helps tell little-known story of Jewish refugees in Shanghai

An exhibit currently on view through Dec. 14 at UCLA Hillel tells the story of more than 20,000 Jewish men, women, and children who were shielded from persecution and death in the Holocaust by living in a "Designated Area for Stateless Refugees," a...

Admirer of Coach Wooden receives fellowship in his name

UCLA Anderson M.B.A. student Jordanna Mora Jordanna Mora, a UCLA Anderson MBA student, learned a valuable lesson straight out of Coach John Wooden’s playbook through her mom, a single mother who worked numerous jobs. “Before John...

Alumni cheerleader to lead his last eight-clap

After nearly four decades of bringing his own brand of positive "Bruin Family" cheerleading to the UCLA sideline, alumni cheerleader Geof Strand is hanging up his hat and retiring his bell following the Bruins' home finale against Arizona State on...

International student gets her words' worth with winning essay

Mengqing Shang, a third-year cultural anthropology major from China, became the first international student for whom English is a second language to win an annual prize honoring excellence in undergraduate student writing produced for lower- and upper-division humanities courses at UCLA.

Teaching to change lives

Jesús Gutiérrez, Jr., teacher of the year in Los Angeles County, is a UCLA graduate and alumnus of the Teacher Education Program.
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