Fiona Ruane

Dec 2, 2024 | newsroom.ucla.edu | Fiona Ruane |Justin Torres

ApparelVarsity Patch Your LifestyleStarting at $100Showing Bruin pride can come in many forms. Help a fellow Bruin express theirs with a custom varsity patch. Talented Etsy artists will design a personalized accessory for a beloved jacket or tailgate tote bag. Simply describe the desired design — like a favorite spot on campus, or Joe Bruin defeating a certain crosstown rival — and they’ll stitch it into reality.

Nov 4, 2024 | hercampus.com | Fiona Ruane

So you’ve just moved into your Hedrick Hall classic triple and you and your roommates are already looking to get out—totally normal! The good news is that you’re in Los Angeles and there are plenty of bucket list locations to check off your list before the end of Spring Quarter (it will come sooner than you think). Here are 7 iconic locations where visiting once is more than enough, but you’ll be glad to have done it anyway.

Jun 18, 2024 | newsroom.ucla.edu | Fiona Ruane

Bruins are always innovating. Never is this more apparent than at commencement, when many of the thousands of graduating seniors wear identical caps and gowns, but many accessorize their outfits uniquely via custom adornments on their mortarboards. “I thought it would be really fun to decorate it and have my own individual identity in a sea of other caps,” recalls Natalie Perez ’19.

Apr 2, 2024 | newsroom.ucla.edu | Fiona Ruane

These Bruin facts are universal: We bleed Bruin blue and gold. We eight-clap with pride. We detest one irrelevant crosstown team. Indeed, no Rose Bowl game, no basketball match at Pauley, no gymnastics meet or any other competition is complete without this die-hard Bruin spirit. But when UCLA first began as an institution in 1919, there was nary a Bruin to be found.

Feb 22, 2024 | universityofcalifornia.edu | Fiona Ruane

At a school without any fashion-related major or minor, FAST rapidly emerged as a style beacon, becoming the foremost club for discussing how to choose fabric swatches or debating the longevity of the culotte. Since its inception more than 20 years ago, FAST — and its media presence — has increasingly grown and intensified. Social media and fashion became deeply intertwined with Instagram’s launch in 2010, and FAST responded tenfold.