Gillian Smith smiling while wearing a purple sweater and red baseball hat, with canyon formations and a blue afternoon sky in the background.

Gillian Smith is living history

This graduating senior changed her academic direction—and life—at…
UCLA meteorite gallery

The UCLA Meteorite Gallery poetry contest awaits your stellar verse

Help celebrate the study of these formerly heavenly bodies Jonathan…
A silhouette of a person with a hand outstretched in front of a golden sunset

New name, enhanced mission

The UCLA Scholarship Resource Center is now the UCLA Center for…
Lauryn Wang

She is the change

Third-year student Lauryn Wang earns 2023 Newman Civic Fellowship Courtesy…
Andrew Panosian

A ‘once-in-a-century’ Bruin experience

Recent graduate Andrew Panosian, who transferred to UCLA at the…
Head and shoulders phot of Janel Pineda (left) and Nathan Madllipeddi (right) against a white background

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships awarded to 2 UCLA College students

Doctoral student Janel Pineda and 2020 alumnus Nathan Mallipeddi…

A Victorian-era computer pioneer gets to speak for herself

Ada Lovelace published the first description of a computer program;…
Julio Vega-Payne

Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in classics shares experience

McNair Research Scholars

Celebrating 20 years of the UCLA McNair Research Scholars Program

The UCLA McNair Research Scholars Program prepares undergraduate…

Senay Zedingel named fourth Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar

Courtesy of Senay Zedingel Senay Zedingel, the fourth recipient…