UCLA football (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) out dueled Purdue (1-2, 0-1) in a Saturday night shootout at the Rose Bowl 52-38. Five different Bruins found pay dirt as the team totaled 645 yards of offense – the most the program has accumulated in a single game since 2019.

Once UCLA’s academic year begins, students will populate campus again, frequenting campus cafes and student stores for their day-to-day needs. Though they will see less traffic, campus services remain open over the summer, staffed by UCLA students. 
Daily Bruin photojournalist Amelia Chief visited four of these locations to speak with student employees about what their job is like in the sunny season.

The Hexi Corridor is a narrow strip of habitable land extending around 680 miles across northwest China. 
Bounded by the towering Qilian Mountains on the south and the Gobi Desert on the north, the Hexi Corridor became the pathway of cultural exchange between ancient China, Central Asia and the Mediterranean for centuries.

Coach Bob Chesney’s Rose Bowl debut began with a stalemate. But after the sweltering heat gave way to a serene summer night, a display of fireworks rounded out the evening.

BERKELEY – A reset may be underway. 
UCLA football (1-0) triumphed over former Pac-12 foe California (0-1) 45-24 in coach Bob Chesney’s Bruin debut. After a 3-9 campaign last year, the Bruins delivered a decisive performance for California Memorial Stadium’s sold-out crowd in the in-state rivals’ first clash since 2023.

At The Mint, the fae have come to play.
Alumnus Jenny Nuo took the stage at The Mint on July 14 as part of Sierra Sikora’s Summer Series, which featured guest artists across concerts in New York City, Nashville and Los Angeles.

Murmurs in anticipation of singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez’s arrival erupted into screams as she took the stage at the Kia Forum on August 14. The “Hades: The Sacrifice Tour” brought her fourth studio album to life through immersive sets, dramatic lighting and theatrical choreography that mirrored the album’s dark themes.