Lionel Popkin, Interim Dean, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

To the Class of 2024, As you go out into the world with confidence, humility, and fortitude to make the world the place that you want it to be, CONGRATULATIONS! 

Jay O'Shea, Chair, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance

Congratulations, Class of 2024, on your many accomplishments. Best wishes in your future endeavors. 

Mariana Ibañez, Chair of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design

To the UCLA Arts Class of 2023: Congratulations! We are so proud of everything you have accomplished during your time here.

Dana Cuff, Professor in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design

Dear AUD Grads: CONGRATULATIONS! Completing architecture graduate school is a huge achievement & rite of passage. May your convictions and talents make the world a better place.

Class of 2024, you have demonstrated unwavering perseverance throughout your academic journey — one that for many of you began online during a global pandemic and is now culminating at a particularly challenging time of unrest for UCLA and other college campuses across the world.

Not only have you navigated through all of this, but you have also overcome the myriad challenges necessary to complete your respective degree programs here at UCLA. It has not been easy, but I hope it has been rewarding, made you more resilient, and equipped you with the tools you need to excel in the next chapter of your lives. 

While uncertainty has been a defining feature of these past several years, what I know with great certainty is that your honesty and creativity has not only enriched our campus community, but has also ignited our collective imaginations and gifted us tools to help make sense of our complex, nuanced, and ever-changing world.

As we come together to commemorate this milestone, let us remember the power of the arts and architecture to build structures and create worlds that spark dialogue and foster empathy. I encourage you to continue pushing boundaries and embracing new opportunities. I also urge you to maintain the community you’ve built here at UCLA. The relationships developed here can become our strongest support systems.

Your time at UCLA may be coming to an end, but your impact on the world is just beginning, and I hope you will stay connected to UCLA Arts — sharing news of this remarkable journey with us.

On behalf of the entire faculty and staff of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, our heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2024!

Lionel Popkin
Interim Dean, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

Interim Dean, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

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A Message from Lionel Popkin

OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER

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