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COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT

Megan Kissinger Assistant Vice Chancellor

Guy Wheatley Senior Director of Communications

UCLA COLLEGE MAGAZINE

Jonathan Riggs Editor

Kristina Hordzwick Art Director

Lucy Berbeo Assistant Editor

Katie Sipek Assistant Art Director

Erik Baxter Designer

Kathy Kei Copy Editor

COLLEGE VOICES by Jonathan Riggs and Lucy Berbeo photography by Stephanie Yantz

THINKING GLOBALLY

25

FACES OF BIG DATA

37

COLLEGE IMPACT by Jonathan Riggs

41

WHY I GIVE by Hollis Lenderking ’71

© Regents UC 2023 college.ucla.edu

HAVE CURIOSITY, WILL TRAVEL

All around the world, UCLA College students are living, studying and interning abroad and learning to make a difference. See the globe through their eyes on page 21, at bit.ly/thinkingglobally and in this study abroad photo contest-winning image of a Granada sunset taken by environmental science major Mia Conti, class of 2023.

“STUDYING ABROAD IN SPAIN WAS A TURNING POINT—I AM PURSUING A SECOND MAJOR IN SPANISH INSTEAD OF ONLY A MINOR BECAUSE THIS UCLA PROGRAM INSPIRED ME.”

Undesirables: A Holocaust Journey to North Africa

by Aomar Boum and Nadjib Berber

What Sorrows Labour in My Parent’s Breast? A History of the Enslaved Black Family

by Brenda E. Stevenson

‘TED’ TALK

Courtney Chapman ’22, who earned a B.A. in English, started her business in 2019 through TikTok. From jewelry to this one-of-a-kind Ted Lasso figurine, her work is inspired by pop culture characters close to her heart. Read more on page 17.

Miguel García-Garibay, senior dean of the UCLA College and dean of physical sciences, and Min Zhou, the Walter and Shirley Wang Professor of U.S./China Relations and Communications, were inducted into the National Academy of Sciences

The UCLA Space Physics and Planetary Sciences, Applications, Communication and Engineering (SPACE) Institute held the inaugural SPACE Economy Forecast in May, a collaboration between the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences and the UCLA Anderson Forecast. Watch this vital glimpse into the industry’s trillion-dollar future: bit.ly/SEFUCLA

UCLA’s 2023 Guggenheim Fellows include Michael Berry, professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies; Prineha Narang, Howard Reiss Professor of Physical Sciences; Alex Purves, professor and chair of classics; and Michael Rothberg, professor of English and professor and chair of comparative literature.

The UCLA Labor Center will launch a fundraising effort this year dedicated to labor research, teaching and service for decades to come. UCLA recently named the labor center building in downtown Los Angeles after Rev. James Lawson to honor his commitment to racial, immigrant and worker justice.

After using various ursine monikers, UCLA eventually settled on Bruins in 1926. In this spirit, look for variations of the Bruin bear represented in the artwork in each of the three features in this issue.

The Future Of Reproductive Health

As part of its ongoing “Let’s Talk Science” series, UCLA Life Sciences hosted an event with leaders of UCLA’s new Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education. Meet the center’s new director, Amander Clark, on page 10, and watch the webinar at bit.ly/crshevideo

To explore these and other stories in the UCLA College Magazine online, please visit college.ucla.edu/magazine