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UCLA Extension has built its Writers' Program steadily into a place where writers - from the established to the merely curious, and everyone in between - have found a home. Now in its 60th year, the prestigious program counts more than 400 courses ...

Purchased by UCLA in 2023, UCLA Downtown originally housed the Title Insurance and Trust Company, which erected the Art Deco building in 1928. Since then, its uses have fluctuated - at one point a design center, later a garment manufacturing and most ...

For the past several weeks, Laurel Busby has not been herself during the lunchtime hour. Instead, she has been a jilted lover, an estate planning daughter and even a nuclear scientist. When she steps through the doors of the Bruin Collaborative at ...

From a very early age, Jiawei Shen has used music to connect to others. That passion for music and pursuit of finding likeminded individuals has taken him on a journey thousands of miles from his home in China, landing him in the UCLA Extension Film ...

When Zahra Almahdi had the opportunity to study photography in both her home country of Saudi Arabia and the United States, she knew she had to take it. The collaborative program between UCLA Extension and the Misk Art Institute provided a chance for ...

For as long as she can remember, Army veteran Ineka Smith has always enjoyed working with computers, but she has never found the right moment to pivot her career toward that passion - until now. Through UCLA VetJET (Veterans Job, Education & ...

For 70 years, the UCLA Extension Technical Management Program (TMP) has been helping some of the nation's brightest minds become the leaders of today in their respective fields of expertise. Colt McAnlis landed in the program in the early 2010s as a ...

Though most students cannot wait to be done with school, one subset of UCLA Extension's scholars are choosing to go back to class and learn simply for the fun of it. Perhaps it is because these students have the option to take classes such as Gentle ...

Hancy Wang wanted to help his wife open a wellness clinic that offers various treatments including acupuncture. He was comfortable in his own IT career, but unsure where to start as a prospective entrepreneur. Enter the UC Excelerator Program at UCLA ...

A new mental health program at UCLA Extension offers a range of services for students.

A custom curriculum – and a new partnership with Antelope Valley College – helps workers succeed in the aerospace industry.

How UCLA Extension's real estate certificate programs help professionals plan for the long term.

The Film Scoring certificate program puts students in the studio with leading Hollywood musicians.

Spend the day learning something new with UCLAxOpen, our list of complimentary online courses and seminars designed for personal enrichment and professional development.

UCLA Extension landscape architecture students present proposals to make a campus resource more accessible.

From first steps to deep dives, learn how AI technology is revolutionizing everything from finance to creative design.

Held for the first time in Los Angeles’ Historic Core, the showcase event reflected UCLA Extension’s deepening commitment to downtown L.A. – and its students’ gifts for storytelling.

UCLAxOpen offers dozens of free classes and seminars in entertainment, technology, the arts and more.

UCLA Extension’s Paralegal Training Program celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala event on Dec. 7 for alumni, staff and students. More than 200 current and former paralegals, legal professionals and administrators gathered at UCLA’s Carnesale ...

IRS commissioner Danny Werfel delivered the keynote address at UCLA Extension’s annual meeting on tax law, advocacy and enforcement.

It’s 80 degrees and sunny here in Westwood but the air is filled with pumpkin spice – and that means Halloween is once again upon us. To mark the occasion, we wondered what classes the spooky set might take if they enrolled at UCLA Extension. Here are ...

The Writers' Program's new student-run magazine of art, poetry, fiction and non-fiction will celebrate its launch with a reading on Sept. 21.

Five UCLA Extension classes to help the ubiquitous blonde prepare for the real world.

UCLAxOpen offers zero-cost workshops and seminars taught by industry leaders from Los Angeles and beyond.

The memorial Barbara Abercrombie Scholarship will support promising writers from all walks of life.