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Fowler Museum at UCLA named one of the best places to see art in Los Angeles — and more media coverage of UCLA

The New York Times wrote: In a city with so many great museums, the one that most frequently surprises me is the Fowler, on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, whose collection display is also dense with Yoruba woodcarvings, Alaskan headdresses and Haitian ceramics. It began as a modest basement display of “ethnic arts and technology,” but successive donations, above all a copious gift in the 1960s of African and Oceanic objects amassed by the pharmaceutical baron Henry Wellcome, have made it one of America’s foremost institutions of non-Western culture. Read more about UCLA in today’s KCBS-TV, LAist’s “AirTalk” and other outlets.

UCLA’s Rick Hasen warns of dangerous precedent in federal elections — and more media coverage of UCLA

PBS News Hour interviewed election law expert Rick Hasen, who cautioned that recent federal actions targeting local election offices could pose serious risks to the integrity of future U.S. elections. Hasen, who is also the founding director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at the UCLA School of Law, said an FBI raid on voting offices in Fulton County, Georgia — more than five years after the 2020 election — appears legally dubious and may be less about accountability than about perpetuating unfounded claims of election fraud. Read more about UCLA in today’s CNN, Time and other outlets.

IN FOCUS: Black History Month

A curated selection of stories from across the UCLA campus spotlighting Black voices, histories and research.

UCLA musicology professor helps explain ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ secret Grammy sauce — and more media coverage of UCLA

The Los Angeles Times cited UCLA music industry expert Robert Fink in a discussion about the shifts streaming platforms have made in soundtrack production ahead of the 68th Grammy Awards. The article focuses on Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters,” which received five Grammy nominations for the film’s fictional K-pop group, “Huntr/x.” Fink, who is also the associate dean for academic affairs in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, said over the last 10 years, the role of music supervisors working in streaming has become about more than just finding a song to match a scene. Read more about UCLA in today’s Reuters, Los Angeles Times’ ‘De Los’ and other outlets.

Study: LGBTQ+ communities face distinct challenges in fire recovery — and more media coverage of UCLA

The Advocate cited a new study released by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, highlighting the impact of the fires that burned through LGBTQ+ households and businesses. The findings reveal that LGBTQ+ survivors entered the disaster with greater vulnerabilities and less immediate support from community organizations, friends and family. Read more about UCLA in today’s Marketplace, Associated Press and other outlets.
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