UCLA College Magazine 2021 Issue
Welcome to the latest issue of the UCLA College Magazine, highlighting our remarkable faculty, students and alumni. In the central feature, we celebrate five Black Bruins — scientists, professors, activists […]
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Entries by Evelyn Tokuyama
Journeys in Precollege Summer Institutes
By Robin Migdol The summer before their senior year in high school, Ryan Vuong and Alysa Kataoka each spent a week on campus participating in UCLA’s Precollege Summer Institutes, but […]
Camille Gaynus: Marine Scientist on a Mission
By Bekah Wright This belief led Camille Gaynus to earn her Ph.D. in biology from UCLA in 2019. There was an equally important mission to tackle: diversity in the sciences. […]
In Conversation with Bradley Burnam ’01
By Bekah Wright Bradley Burnam ’01, founding member of the recently formed UCLA Social Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board, says that delivering UCLA’s Department of Sociology’s 2019 commencement address was “the […]
Neuroscientist Adriana Galván named 2021 Gold Shield Faculty Prize winner
Adriana Galván, dean of undergraduate education at UCLA, describes herself as “painfully shy” as a child, but by the time she enrolled at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, […]
Two Bruins win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
UCLA undergraduates Jovian Cheung and Kevin Jiang have won this year’s prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, among the 410 natural science, engineering and mathematics students from across the U.S. to be awarded […]
Imaging technique could help identify where landslides are likely
Each year, landslides kill thousands of people around the world and cause catastrophic property damage. But scientists are still trying to better understand the circumstances that cause them. Doing so would […]
UCLA Division of Physical Sciences’ Centennial Awards honor faculty, alumni
The UCLA Division of Physical Sciences will honor scientific excellence and commitment to education during the inaugural Centennial Awards celebration on May 26. The online event, which will feature a […]
New digital exhibit explores Jewish history in Boyle Heights
In the 1930s, the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights had the highest concentration of Jewish people west of the Mississippi. There were approximately 10,000 Jewish households in the area, […]
Lessons Learned: UCLA Symposium on Remote Teaching during COVID-19
Students haven’t been the only ones navigating a new college experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. For faculty, switching to fully remote teaching posed a challenge unlike anything they’d experienced before. […]
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