UCLA receives $1.45 million bequest for research related to artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz June 23, 2021 The gift marks the largest contribution to date to the Chicano Studies Research Center.
Pride Month: What to watch and read June 17, 2021 UCLA staff share recommendations that highlight LGBTQ+ communities, experiences.
Exceptional undergraduate researchers recognized by UCLA Library June 16, 2021 Award recipients’ projects are published on eScholarship, UC’s open-access research repository.
Social justice in the spotlight during UCLA Undergraduate Research Week June 16, 2021 For the first time there was a showcase dedicated to community-engaged research.
‘Queens at Heart’: Rediscovering a pre-Stonewall portrait of trans lives June 9, 2021 The UCLA Film & Television Archive led the restoration of the film, which is available to stream.
Kara Jenelle Wade honors her heritage in dance June 9, 2021 The graduating dancer and choreographer will speak at UCLA Arts’ virtual commencement on June 12.
Charley Andrews graduates with lessons of building community June 2, 2021 She will speak at the UCLA Arts 2021 virtual commencement ceremony on June 12.
UCLA commencement speakers include alumnus D’Artagnan Scorza, Black Lives Matter’s Patrisse Cullors, astronaut Megan McArthur June 1, 2021 Graduation season shifts from virtual to hybrid celebrations.
LGBTQ series ‘In the Life’ remains as relevant as ever June 1, 2021 UCLA’s archive of the groundbreaking newsmagazine provides historical context and understanding.
Chon Noriega’s visionary leadership brought Latino culture and art to the forefront May 21, 2021 The director of UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center is stepping down at the end of June after nearly two decades.
Chancellor’s Arts Initiative funds grant to support faculty’s arts-based research May 6, 2021 Projects will be featured on the GO ARTS UCLA online platform, launched today.
Hammer Museum creates streaming-like video channel May 5, 2021 The Hammer Channel online video platform features more than 1,000 conversations, talks, performances and more.
Professor Janet O’Shea on managing conflict through competitive play April 29, 2021 How martial arts can help people learn to cooperate and manage disagreements.
For digital artists, NFTs are promising – and problematic April 22, 2021 UCLA design media arts faculty and alumni share their thoughts on the crypto-art craze.
8 UCLA professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences April 22, 2021 The academy is one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies.
2021 Hollywood Diversity Report: Audiences showed up for diverse films in theaters, online April 22, 2021 During a fractured release year, there was progress in gender and racial representation in all key categories, but disparities in budgets.
UCLA celebrates costume designers at annual Sketch to Screen event April 20, 2021 Deborah Nadoolman Landis, founding director of the David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design, will moderate the April 24 event.
Eight UCLA professors awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships April 12, 2021 UCLA had more faculty honored than any other university.
Susan Leigh Foster to share how dance functions in our lives April 7, 2021 The distinguished professor in the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance will deliver the 129th Faculty Research Lecture.
UCLA Library announces Spring 2021 public programs April 6, 2021 From film screenings to data visualization classes to undergraduate research week, the library will be hosting a wide variety of virtual events.
Hammer Museum’s Connie Butler looks back – and ahead March 31, 2021 As the museum prepares to reopen, its chief curator reflects on the lessons learned during a challenging year.
Using art and technology, proposal aims to increase bike commuting in L.A. March 23, 2021 A project by UCLA faculty envisions collaborative bicycle ‘flows’ that generate digital exhibitions.
UCLA lab asks: ‘What does your favorite song taste like?’ March 18, 2021 The PEER Lab will host a series of free virtual events beginning April 29.
Peter Sellars’ new project is a continent-spanning multidisciplinary film about illness March 12, 2021 A creative response to COVID-19, ‘this body is so impermanent …’ was made by artists as a call to learn and heal together.
Dominic Taylor’s course spans 400-plus years of African American theater March 2, 2021 The acting chair of UCLA’s theater department covers the subject from 1619 to the present.