The Bruins secured the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class for the first time a decade ago. They then went on to earn the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament this year, once again making history.

A UCLA professor of geography was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in April.
Marilyn Raphael is a leading scientist in Antarctic climate and ocean atmospheric interactions around Antarctica, said Laura Landrum, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

This post was updated June 9 at 5:49 p.m.
UCLA Athletics’ first year in the Big Ten didn’t affect its ability to win conference – and national honors.

Danielle Herrera takes a nearly six-hour long flight from Miami every other week to work as a float pool nurse at UCLA Health.
A single mom with a 12-year-old son, she has – for the past eight years – traveled to work in hospitals across California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.

This post was updated June 20 at 3:06 p.m.
UCLA’s new Latinx Success Center aims to support the university’s Latino community.
The center, located in De Neve Birch, was established following a 2022 recommendation from UCLA’s Hispanic-Serving Institution Task Force.

This post was updated June 4 at 2:20 p.m.
Editors note: this article contains descriptions of sexual assault and abuse that some readers may find disturbing.

Maya Abdallah stopped eating May 9 in support of Palestine.
Eight days later, she left campus in an ambulance after losing consciousness from hunger.
Abdallah, a third-year film and television student, went on a hunger strike to demand that the university divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and disclose its financial investments.

This post was updated May 29 at 3:47 p.m.
Editor’s note: The following piece contains mentions of persecution, which could be disturbing to some readers.

This post was updated May 28 at 8:20 p.m.
With each note sung and guitar chord strung, Chianie Chi’s melodic tone echoes her love for music.