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antique multicolored map of Los Angeles

Mapping Mexican heritage: UCLA professor Marissa López’s journey through California’s past

Mary Melton and Thomas Hines photographed at Hines’ apartment in Westwood

History alumna Mary Melton ’91 revisits the UCLA history seminar — and professor — that shaped her understanding of Los Angeles and her career

Alice Kao climbing

Economics alumna Alice Kao ’01 turned a passion for climbing into an entrepreneurial vision

Julie Bernard standing on a mountain lookout point with a mountainous valley in the background.

Announcing the 2025 Cotsen Prize recipient: Julie Bernard M.A. ’01, Ph.D. ’08

April 8, 2025

UCLA College | April 8, 2025 The UCLA Cotsen Institute…

New Bruin Jack Bobo is a globally acclaimed food systems expert whose resume is literally out of this world

Photos, clockwise from top left, of Josh Yen-Ho Chou, Quinn O’Connor, Zhe Zhang and Annemarie Lawrence

Disability studies alumni panel brings advocacy, access to the forefront

Mason Porter

UCLA professor of mathematics Mason Porter wins major Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics prize

Bruce Whiteman speaking to the audience at the Clark Library

For 25 years, Bruce Whiteman has penned the captivating program notes for Chamber Music at the Clark

Yoko and Michio Yanai standing at the base of a concrete stairs with clouds and lightning in the background.

Family gift enables UCLA to establish first endowed department chair in physical sciences

An underwater photo of canopy-forming kelp with rays of sunlight illuminating their translucent leaves.

Understanding how wildfires affect California’s kelp ecosystems

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