Commencement 2019

Amid cheers and happy tears, the UCLA class of 2019 received inspiration from astronaut Anna Lee Fisher: “You, too, can aim for the stars."

Doctorate degrees were conferred today on about 300 UCLA graduates at the traditional doctoral hooding ceremony in Royce Hall.

With 30,000 guests expected on June 14, staff and faculty who usually drive may want to leave their cars at home.

Twin sisters Helen and Rachel Lee have dedicated themselves to getting the sales tax on feminine hygiene products repealed.

Haya Kaliounji founded the non-profit, Rise Again, which provides people wounded in the conflict in her home country with free prosthetic limbs.

UCLA’s Hanadi Elyan says its hugely important for filmmakers from the Arab world to tell the stories of the mothers, daughters, sisters that no one else is telling.

At Hippocratic oath ceremony, Dr. Lisa Sanders charges graduates to “be the doctor we aspire to be.”

"With your degree today, you have the power to turn the law into hope," Bet Tzedek Legal Services president and CEO Jessie Kornberg told graduates.

The School of Law holds its graduation on Friday, kicking off a month of ceremonies.

The first mother in space and the creator of some of prime-time television’s most memorable shows are among the people who will speak.

“She is an example to all Bruins that one can truly reach beyond the stars,” said Senior Dean Patricia Turner.