Collage of images of Arthur Ashe, by Peter HovarthBy Peter Hovarth

Arthur Ashe: Champion for Justice

The tennis icon spent his life fighting for the oppressed.…
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Days with hazardous levels of air pollutants are more common due to increase in wildfires

In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine…
Image of Professor Zrinka StahuljakPhoto credit: Janja Ružić

Reimagining the scope and approach of the UCLA Center for Early Global Studies

Zrinka Stahuljak embraces the role of ‘fixer’ as she…
From left to right: Isita Tripathi and Nisarg Shah

$100,000 Leadership Scholarships Awarded to Recent Grads

Currently in med school, Isita Tripathi ’20 and Nisarg Shah…

New scholarship supports undergraduate internships at community organizations

By Robin Migdol An unpaid summer internship is practically…
Illustration of Maripau Paz, a first-generation college student, says AAP creates a welcoming environment. “During my freshman year, I was so scared,” she says. “But AAP made everything easy to understand, and soon I was able to manage the coursework on my own.”Jon Stich

To Go Far, Go Together: UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program

Professor Marissa López examines Robert Becker’s "Diseños of California Ranchos: Maps of thirty-seven Land Grants if 1822-1846 from the Records of the United States District Court, San Francisco" in the Rare Books room at Central Library downtown. PHOTO CREDIT: Yvonne Condes

UCLA Professor Marissa López’s Summer Writers’ Workshop empowered young attendees to map out their unique vision of L.A.’s future history—and their role in it

What Gets Remembered By Jonathan Riggs There has…
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English major Woody Brown, a precise prose stylist diagnosed with autism at age 2, wins the Christopher Zyda Creative Writing Award

About the Author By Jonathan Riggs   Aspiring…
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In memoriam: Gary Nash, 88, influential scholar of early American history

By Sean Brenner Gary Nash, a prolific historian of early…
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Margaret Kivelson selected for 2021 James Clerk Maxwell Prize

By Stuart Wolpert Margaret Kivelson, professor emeritus…