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Irv and Xiaoyan Drasnin’s commitment will help realize the vision of late communication professor Paul Rosenthal.

The repatriated objects — including clubs, picks, knives, sheaths, adzes and a boomerang — will go back to their Aboriginal owners in the Northern Territory.

The landmark gift from Meyer and Renee Luskin will support the department’s mission of leveraging historical knowledge for the public good.

History professor David N. Myers speaks with the alumnus and longtime UCLA supporter about the power of the past to shape what’s next.

Professor Cheryl Keyes invites everyone to join UCLA’s inaugural campus prelude celebration on June 5 at Royce Hall.

Lonnie Bunch delivers UCLA’s Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership.

By transcribing a once-forgotten scientist’s writings, a UCLA doctoral candidate is teaching students about female representation in STEM.

Learn about the work of preserving the legacy of the Austrian-American architect who influenced modern architecture in Los Angeles and beyond.

Student groups and UCLA’s Promise Armenian Institute are among those hosting free programs from April 17-29.

Katharine “Kitty” Young and Evan Mitchell Zepeda discovered their relatives, both civil rights icons, were longtime best friends.

Today, on what would have been the Italian astronomer’s 460th birthday, we revisit one of Newsroom’s most-read stories.

The items from the museum’s collections were personally handed over to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asante king, in Ghana on Feb. 5.

Join Bruins across campus for public performances, art and discussions happening this month.

Could the common story that the Irish writer and bon vivant died of syphilis be wrong?

With affirmative action under attack, historian Eddie R. Cole ponders the past as American colleges and universities barrel toward an uncertain future.

How Bruins are shining new light on one of the world’s oldest and most mysterious publications.

The series, which highlights the city’s past through current library collections, kicks off with an episode on Los Angeles labor history.

With “Napoleon” storming into theaters, we ask UCLA doctoral student Wilfrid Grandhomme about the infamous emperor.

The bequest intent epitomizes retired administrator and adjunct professor Tom Lifka’s longtime service to the university.

UCLA scholars contributed to Getty project, which makes 16th-century Indigenous Mexican knowledge and culture available online.

Filmmaker Ross Lipman talks about his in-depth look at “Crossroads,” which will be shown at the Billy Wilder Theater July 30.

A faculty member for more than 50 years, he was a renowned expert on the Armenian Genocide.

Professor Michael Rothberg, a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, examines how people and societies recall traumatic historical events.

Landmark 1960s anti-discrimination laws intended to increase wages for women may have been more effective than previously thought, UCLA research shows.

The historian and author discusses her ongoing research and her new book, “What Sorrows Labour in My Parent’s Breast?”