APRIL 2015 | YOUNG ALUMNI EDITION

Catch the Spirit. Unleash Your Bruin Pride. Come back to UCLA for Alumni Day and a rush of blue and gold Bruin spirit. Experience the magnificence of campus from the Hill. Dine in style at one of our nationally acclaimed dining halls, and later a sunset dinner in Wilson Plaza. Choose from an abundance of topical sessions and inspirational speakers. Then celebrate the UCLA of today at Spring Sing. Get your Bruin friends back together on campus again and make your reservation today.

Chancellor Block: Bringing Bruins Together
From increased programming and inclusion, to complimentary membership to the Alumni Association, Chancellor Block outlines the action plan for strengthening the bonds of alumni with their alma mater, making it easier for ideas and support to flow back and forth.

Young Alumni Spotlight: Bryan Pezeshki '12 and Amir Hakimi
Moved by a desire to help those less fortunate, a lesson they learned from the example of their immigrant parents, these cousins founded on and off campus organizations that are feeding, clothing and furnishing the needy.

Healthy Skin, Healthy Living - April 23, UCLA
UCLA dermatologist Jenny Hu, M.P.H. '07, M.D. '07 attempts to dispel myths and expose truths about maintaining healthy skin for both men and women. She will show you what to avoid, what to acquire and how healthy living leads to healthy skin and vice versa.

Rock Pauley at Spring Sing - May 16
More than just a talent show or concert, this 70 year old UCLA tradition showcases the Bruin spirit in performance art. Reserve your tickets for a night of amazing music, laughter and surprise celebrity guests. Alumni pre-sale on April 15-16 thru CTO or Ticketmaster, passcode: SSAlumni. Alumni Day attendees, refer to your confirmation email on how to purchase your Spring Sing tickets now.

UCLA Awards Honor Two Recent Grads
Since 1946, UCLA Awards have recognized alumni who have brought great honor to the university. This year's co-recipients of the Recent Graduate Achievement Award are Ann Wang '13 and Jessica Willison '13, co-founders of Enrou, an online marketplace that empowers consumers to purchase from socially conscious brands that advance global community development. They, and their fellow award recipients, will be honored at UCLA Alumni Day.

Mixin’ It Up Makes an Impression
With a gorgeous venue, captivating pole dancing performances and striking art, the Mixin’ It Up event on March 12 at the downtown L.A. Art Walk was a remarkable cultural experience. The event demonstrated the commitment of UCLA Alumni to engage its diverse alumni community with avant-garde alumni relations offerings.

UCLA No. 2 Public University in World Reputation Rankings

This is What Admission to UCLA's Class of 2019 Looks Like on Social Media

Women's Basketball to Play in NIT Finals, Men's Basketball Reach NCAA Sweet Sixteen, Women's Gymnastics Seeded #2 in Regionals

UCLA Engineering Celebrates New, State-of-the-Art Building

Twenty-seven UCLA Graduate and Professional Programs in Top 25 of U.S. News Rankings

Alan Leve's '51 $5 Million Gift Will Ensure UCLA Center for Jewish Studies Remains Among the Best in U.S.

23-Day Old Baby Receives Heart Transplant at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA

The "Voice of UCLA" Retiring After 23 Years

Cheng Wang, Ph.D. '13 and Fang-Li Yuan, Ph.D. '14 Win Award for Redesigning Devices that Power Computers, Cellphones

Find the Latest Alumni News and Share Yours in Class Notes

Congratulations to David Garcia '07 Named as Comstock's Magazine's Top 10 Young Professionals

UCLA Career Week Activities April 6-10 Open to BruinView for Alumni Subscribers

Q&A: Alumna Haley McHugh Discusses Theater, Life as a Professional Actress

Q&A with TV Screenwriter and Bruin Drew Greenberg '93

Doctors by Day, Rockers by Night

UCLA Student and Spring Sing Alumna India Carney Impresses on 'The Voice'

Daily Bruin Receives 30 California College Media Association Awards Including Best Daily Newspaper

Submit a Video Clip of Yourself Saying Why You Love UCLA and Be a Part of the I ♥ UCLA Week Compilation Video this May

Help Students Practice Interviewing Professionally at Interview With a Bruin - April 29

Video: Part 2 of the Living Globally Series Answers Some Practical Questions About Living Abroad

Video: "Empower Hour" Web Series Features Resilient Women in the Face of Sexual Assault

Screening of "The Mask You Live In" and Q&A with Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Robert Farrell '61: Memoirs of a Freedom Rider and How They Changed America

Dr. Gary Small ’73 of the UCLA Longevity Center Offers Pointers for Staying Mentally Fit

UCLA Alumnae Climb to Top of Pole Dancing Competition

UCLA Arts to Host More Than 150 Performances, Lectures and Exhibits This Spring

Erik Courtney, M.F.A. '02 Talks About Being Filmed for the Reality Show "Newlyweds: The First Year"

A Different Kind of Tour: Hidden Treasures on Campus

BUNCHE CENTER

April-May, UCLA | Bunche Center Spring Events

CONEJO VALLEY NETWORK

April 9, Thousand Oaks| Young Alumni Happy Hour

GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

April 9, Los Angeles | Joint Higher Education Reception and Town Hall

ORANGE COUNTY NETWORK

April 18, Irvine | Bruin+PLUS Career Workshop

UCLA ALUMNI AFFAIRS

April 4, UCLA | Katie Neipris '14 Novel Launch Party

May 3, UCLA | UCLA Baseball vs. Gonzaga at Jackie Robinson Stadium

May 29, UCLA | Save the Date: TEDxUCLAWomen

UCLA ATHLETICS

April 25, Pasadena | UCLA Football Spring Showcase

    

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