the adoption of live bears for mascot purposes halted in the mid-1960s. However, costumed portrayals of Bruno and Cubby — a smaller mascot who accompanied Bruno to games — continued to appear around ...

The UCLA mascot, known as Joe Bruin, is not merely a costumed character; it's a cherished symbol that embodies the essence of the university. Joe Bruin is an anthropomorphic male brown bear who ...

Theodore Francis Green, a former Rhode Island governor and US senator, introduced a brown bear as the university’s mascot. Today, Bruno the Brown bear is still the university’s prime cheerleader. A ...