“Every subject matter you’re working on should look at the context of the time and many of these books reflect this,” says Design | Media Arts department chair and book designer Willem Henri Lucas about his work. Lucas stresses the importance of art in the community and addresses social issues in his book designs, which have won awards in the US and the Netherlands.
“One reason that people in college grow and change so much is that they have relationships,” says UCLA psychology professor Benjamin Karney. Professors Karney and Thomas Bradbury provide insight into the psychology of romantic relationships in college and the reasons why third-year neuroscience student Esther Lee and fourth-year sociology student Lori McCallum can maintain their relationships with their fiancés in college. More »
“Truth is, I can remember things that I sold 30 to 40 years ago better than I can remember people I met 30 to 40 years ago,” remarks Izzy Chait, owner and operator of I.M. More »
“I’ve been blessed with a platform and in that platform I’ve been able to spread awareness,” said redshirt sophomore UCLA quarterback, Brett Hundley, during the Walk to End Epilepsy at the Rose Bowl on November 17, 2013. More »
“We are one people, we are one community and we will stand up for our rights,” said Thea Sircar, a UCLA political science doctoral candidate and teacher’s assistant, during a speech to a cheering crowd of AFSCME strikers and supporting UAW union members. More »
“You don’t need no more sub-genres, you don’t need no more labels … it’s just pure music,” said Jonathan Santin, a drummer in Sam Ali’s Hollywood Music Parade, an organic musical arrangement that combines many different artists and musical styles. More »
“I think it’s art because … when they first come, it’s like hair all over the place, it’s like a blank canvas,” says Michael Sianturi, a fourth-year psychobiology student who offers haircuts at his apartment and accepts donations to go toward his college expenses. More »