Congratulations, UCLA College Class of 2025!

Members of class of 2023 applauding at UCLA College commencement

Sarah Bareilles in black lying on a white floor with left hand above her head

Singer-songwriter and actor Sara Bareilles to deliver UCLA College commencement address

2023 student speaker Faaizah Arshad

Student voices shine at UCLA College commencement

RESOURCES

Commencement 2013

CEREMONIES

Student throws up peace sign while standing with fellow graduates in Pauley Pavilion

VOICES

Eight students in graduation robes and blue Class of 2025 stoles tossing their mortarboards into the air

INSPIRING STORIES

Composite of graffiti art with “Never forget power to the people” and Ryan Horio in graduation stole

Bridging ethnic studies, policy and public health, future physician-activist Ryan Horio seeks to shape a more equitable society

Amanda Penichet in her graduation gear.

How Amanda Penichet turned a love of reading into care and community for patients

Sohan Talluri in dark suit and tie

Sohan Talluri’s impact at UCLA goes beyond the lab, to creating opportunity and building a legacy of inclusion

Nicolette Bond in the UCLA Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden

English major Nicolette Bond’s video games are opening ‘new passages into the future’

Victoria Gutierrez at UCLA Dickson Plaza with Royce Hall in the background

Victoria Gutierrez’s senior research examines how Salton Sea residents organize to overcome poverty, environmental challenges

UCLA student Guillermo Miranda making cheese

Homemade queso de cincho and a transnational flight inspired Guillermo Miranda to look at history through the lens of dairy

Grace Harris

For graduating senior Grace Harris, UCLA has been more than an academic home — it has been a launching pad for a lifelong commitment to justice

Shanti Fukasaku sitting outside with Powell Library in the background.

Celebrating four graduating Center for Community College Partnerships peer advisors

Bruin Guardian Scholars Justin Monk Anna James Soraya Leonard

How 3 former foster youth found community through the Bruin Guardian Scholars program

Portrait of Katie Cunningham outdoors at UCLA

Katie Cunningham, linguistics and English major, selected to perform at 2025 commencement

Side by side portraits of Bella Brannon and Dhanya Charan, both outside of UCLA Royce Hall

2 from Humanities Division earn Undergraduate Research Week awards

Leila Chiddick seated on steps outside UCLA Broad Art Center.

To understand how global policy leaves behind some birthing parents, Leila Chiddick gathered intel from doulas

Brandon Lazard, sitting with elbows on knees and face in hands, against a background with the moon and an astronaut

Solar physicist and future astronaut Brandon Lazard shares his appropriately warm outlook on life and science

head and shoulder photo of Ananya Ravikumar in an outdoor setting

Graduating senior Ananya Ravikumar’s passion for finding solutions is leading her to a Ph.D. in gene therapy

The UCLA Guatemala Practicum team — Jennifer Gonzalez-Diaz, Iris Hong, Anna Neiger, Julia Packer, Alexis Shenkiryk, Taylor Simonich, Quinn Wynacht and faculty advisors Dan Cooper and Ryan Harrigan — gathers with members of the Maldonado family and Jones Coffee Roasters at Finca Dos Marias

Graduating UCLA environmental studies students trace biodiversity through Guatemalan cloud forest and coffee fields

Head-and-shoulderss photo of Evelyn Giron in black top and glasses

Evelyn Giron’s work has sought to challenge literary norms, centering Central American voices

Ritika Sarma in a blue striped shirt stands in front of a tree; Jimmy Mancilla in a gray collared jacket stands in front of a building

Graduating Bruins spotlight the struggles of students who juggle classes and jobs

A collage of Arismel Tena Meza in a white dress and her graduating regalia.

Harvesting a dream: Arismel Tena Meza is graduating with an education that goes beyond the lab

Joaquin Garcia

A UCLA senior’s path to community-driven change

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