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Welcome to Fall Quarter 2025! This is more than the start of a new academic term, it's the next chapter in a shared journey of transformation. As higher education evolves, UCLA Extension stands at the forefront, leading with purpose, innovation and a ...

For as long as she can remember, UCLA Extension instructor Nicole Charky-Chami has had a passion for storytelling. Growing up watching the news with her family and spending her mornings poring over each page of the newspaper, she always saw news ...

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 ...

Though UCLA Extension instructor Antonio Pagano is listed as the sole instructor of his courses, he is not working alone. Helping him facilitate these classes is an artificial intelligence virtual teaching assistant named Claudia GPT. Pagano ...

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 ...

One of Hamy Sharifi's key memories as a child was going to the bank with his parents. "I remember being in awe as I walked into the bank surrounded by so many customers," he recalled. "Something sparked my curiosity about how these individuals in ...

There is no shortage of headlines declaring a crisis in higher education: declining enrollments, rising skepticism about the value of a degree, unsustainable funding models, and a growing disconnect between universities and the world of work. These ...

From the first day Kristina Kepner set foot in a fire station, she felt at home. She joined the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Explorers, a program for youth interested in fire service, when she was 15. Although being the one girl in the room ...

Dr. Rishab Gupta has had a long and successful career. He retired after decades at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine conducting cutting-edge cancer research and training surgical oncology fellows and graduate students. However, he could not ...

Charlie Jensen, Humanities & Social Sciences Charlie Jensen joined UCLA Extension in 2016 as director of the Writers' Program, and in 2025 expanded his portfolio to include programs in the Humanities & Social Sciences portfolio. Jensen holds a ...