Bruin Spotlights

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Keeping Watch Over the Earth

It’s not every day you meet a Bruin whose job it is to protect the planet. But that’s what happened when I met Lorraine Fesq, M.S. ʼ90, Ph.D. ʼ93, whose job at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is to monitor and mitigate large space objects hurtling towards or near Earth. It was then that I […]

In Memoriam: C. Fred Fox

Dr. C. Fred Fox, award-winning microbiologist, UCLA professor emeritus and founder of what is now the Keystone Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Biology, passed away on Oct. 24 with his family by his side. He fought a valiant fight with Alzheimer’s Disease and was briefly hospitalized. Fox was lovingly cared for by his wife, Dr. Jacqueline Schott Fox (Jackie), […]

Joanna Hayes ’01

On June 17, UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame member and Olympic gold medalist Joanna Hayes ’01 returned to UCLA as the new Sherie L. and Donald G. Morrison UCLA Director of Track & Field and Cross Country. As a student-athlete, Hayes competed for the Track & Field program from 1996 to 1999, earned NCAA Outdoor […]

Bruin couple Roxanne Neal '84 and Chris Palomo '12, their son, Brendan Palomo '20, and their yellow Labrador retrievers were profiled by UCLA Newsroom this week. The couple has a combined 61 years of full-time staff service to UCLA; Neal, a history major, was in charge of new student orientation for many years. Her husband, […]

Tracy Pierson

The sight of Bruin blue and gold. The sound of thousands of cheering fans. The smell of popcorn. The smashing of laptop keys. For Tracy Pierson ’83, owner of Bruin Report Online (BRO), this is just another day in the office. Pierson, a UCLA alumnus with a B.A. in English, has been at the helm […]

Ryan Dusick '01

There are books that we read for pure enjoyment, others that we read for the historical knowledge, still others we read because they illuminate the human condition and potentially help us to become better people. Rarely does a book come along that encompasses all of these aspects of life and learning. Ryan Dusick’s “Harder to […]

Max Moy-Borgen

If you’re a world arts & cultures / East Asian studies / Asian humanities triple major (with a minor in Asian American studies) at UCLA, what type of employment are you likely to find when you reach the working world? If you’re Max Moy-Borgen ’08, perhaps a better question is, “what type of employment are […]

Leslie Lindon

When Leslie Lindon ’88 read the recollections of other Bruins in a recent edition of Alumni Connect, she began thinking of her time on campus and the journey that brought her to Westwood. That reflection led her to write a heartfelt and cathartic message to the Alumni Association. “I cried when I wrote it,” Lindon […]

Florence Sloan

"Leopoldstadt," co-produced by UCLA Foundation board member Florence Sloan, CEO of Golden Karavan Productions, has won the 2023 Tony Award for best play. A synopsis from the website states, "Set in Vienna, the play takes its title from the Jewish quarter. This passionate drama of love and endurance begins in the last days of 1899 […]

Chase Griffin

Chasing Opportunity The average college student is faced with a challenging schedule that often involves balancing a combination of school, work, and on occasion, a social life. For UCLA Football quarterback, Chase Griffin ’21, M.Ed. ’23, the above rings true…with the addition of balancing life as a student-athlete and navigating it all as a two-time […]

Brodea Most Drogin

Brodea Most Drogin '38 and husband, Eugene When Brodea Most Drogin '38, having graduated from Belmont High School in Los Angeles, began her Bruin experience on the still-new Westwood campus, she had no idea she was setting a precedent as the matriarch of a multi-generational UCLA family. She earned her bachelor's degree in education, earning […]