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Artists, scholars and community leaders join Bruins for campus events this Jewish American Heritage Month
Throughout May, organizations across campus will host cultural programing for the public.
Traditions, spirit and communities will be celebrated during May’s AANHPI Heritage Month at UCLA
Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cultures through a diverse event lineup.
The Bruins Who Come Back
Deciding to leave before earning a degree is never an easy decision. But for a growing number of students, the decision to return and finish is.
The UCLA Festival of Preservation returns May 29–31
Free to the public, the 22nd biennial festival celebrates the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s latest preservation and restoration work.
5 UCLA faculty members awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships
The UCLA scholars are engaged in transformative work in areas ranging from law and chemistry to theater, musical composition and medieval studies.
Lionel Popkin named dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
Currently the interim dean, Popkin has provided UCLA Arts with steady leadership during a challenging time. He will begin his permanent tenure May 1.
How UCLA’s TFT professor Marike Splint brings reality, unpredictability to performance
Theater-maker and UCLA professor Marike Splint often begins her work not with a script, but with a place.
‘Sinners’: A Q&A on the blues at the crossroads of music, culture and history
UCLA ethnomusicologist Cheryl Keyes talks about the importance of the Delta blues in the horror film, which has been nominated for 16 Oscars.
Blending Black horror and history: UCLA’s Tananarive Due on ‘Sinners’
The Afrofuturism and horror film expert discusses the groundbreaking film’s sweeping take on race, memory and modern America.
14 faculty projects earn Chancellor’s Arts Initiative grants at UCLA
The latest grants support creative research spanning migration histories, digital performance, environmental justice and community storytelling.
Now Playing at the Geffen
As it celebrates both 30 years of bringing innovative theater to Westwood and its unique bond with UCLA, the Geffen Playhouse continues to enchant.
Carol Burnett Is So Glad We Had That Time Together
The iconic comedian just endowed a scholarship at UCLA. She talks about how Westwood became the spot where her rise to stardom began.
How dance can be a tool for resistance and healing
Emmy-nominated producer Shamell Bell has used dance to bridge performance, healing and political practice.
Celebrating Black history and culture at UCLA
Events honoring Black communities, resilience and creativity are taking place during the observance month on and around campus.
The cultural stakes of the Super Bowl halftime show, from Madonna to Bad Bunny
UCLA alumna Joanna Love examines how halftime performances reflect changing ideas of America.
Will UCLA have a Grammy winner this weekend?
These faculty members and alumni of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music have been nominated for the 2026 music awards.
UCLA to receive more than $40 million from estate of alumnus Larry Layne
A former student-athlete and coach, Layne was a lifelong fan of multiple Bruin sports and a UCLA donor across six decades.
UCLA’s ‘Moment of Reflection’ marks the one-year anniversary of the LA fires
Members of the Bruin community came together on Jan. 7 for a moving ceremony of remembrance, music and acts of healing.
What Will Happen in 2026? Our Experts Tell Us What to Expect
After a tumultuous 2025, what’s in store for next year? Six UCLA faculty members weigh in on what the future holds.
Rob Reiner’s UCLA journey: From theater student to the university’s highest honor
Learn more about the legendary actor, director and political activist's decades-long connection to and support for the university.