Shea Pitts, who earned his bachelor’s degree at UCLA and is now a graduate student at UCLA Law, has spent years mentoring K–12 students in underresourced communities across Los Angeles. “To be able to use the UCLA platform to emphasize the importance of things like school, being good with your family, just other stuff outside of football — that’s really cool,” he says.

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The longtime UCLA professor of urban planning and associate dean of academic affairs began her new position Jan. 1.

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