Brija Johnson leads new program that expands UCLA’s entrepreneurial ties in the region June 17, 2024 Bruin Founders will advance goal 1 of UCLA’s Strategic Plan: to deepen the university’s engagement with Los Angeles.
4 UCLA grad students’ proposals to advance health equity in L.A. receive $50,000 June 11, 2024 Winning projects in the Health Equity Challenge support mental health and treating people experiencing homelessness.
UCLA plays a pivotal role in Getty PST ART, the nation’s largest art event May 22, 2024 UCLA Arts and UCLA Film & Television Archive bring seven projects to “Art & Science Collide” from July through May 2025.
Ary Amaya is 27 acres into an Indigenous-led reforestation of L.A. She’s far from done April 22, 2024 The UCLA graduate student is helping ensure that Native ecology drives the region’s land management for centuries to come.
UCLA infuses the arts into collaborative classes for Bruins and incarcerated students March 26, 2024 The Prison Education Program recently hosted a special campus performance for participants in its innovative prison-based spoken-word course.
Can ‘urban humanism’ reverse L.A.’s housing crisis? In some ways, it already has February 29, 2024 On March 7, Dana Cuff will discuss architecture’s ability to design more equitable futures at UCLA’s Faculty Research Lecture.
UCLA Labor Center’s Kent Wong honored by L.A. County with award for human relations advocacy January 19, 2024 Wong was recognized for his work bringing people together “to stand up for social justice, fair wages, and humane working conditions.”
Challenge accepted: Graduate students answer call to help boost health equity January 11, 2024 Finalists in the UCLA Health Equity Challenge proposed innovative measures to help those often underserved.
Watch: ‘L.A. Stories,’ UCLA Library’s new video series January 9, 2024 The series, which highlights the city’s past through current library collections, kicks off with an episode on Los Angeles labor history.
L.A. asks how to equitably achieve 100% clean energy by 2035 – and UCLA answers November 16, 2023 In a report released today, more than 20 researchers provide strategies that center equity and justice in LADWP’s transition.
12 feet of hope: ‘Little Amal’ the refugee has a big impact at UCLA Community School November 3, 2023 Students welcomed the giant puppet and her message of empathy for refugees fleeing war, famine and persecution around the globe.
‘Creating the future’: UCLA launches its new strategic plan October 26, 2023 The five-year project aims to deepen the university’s impact — on campus, in the broader community and around the globe.
Newly digitized Florentine Codex reveals Aztec culture, language October 26, 2023 UCLA scholars contributed to Getty project, which makes 16th-century Indigenous Mexican knowledge and culture available online.
2,000 volunteers bring UCLA spirit of service to the L.A. community October 3, 2023 The fall tradition marking the return to campus hosted 46 volunteer projects across greater Los Angeles.
UCLA’s workshop in Oaxaca immerses L.A. teachers in Indigenous Mexican culture August 18, 2023 That Latin American Institute summer program prepares K–12 instructors to bring new knowledge into their classrooms.
Aspiring urban planner chews into use of city property for outdoor dining June 12, 2023 Research by Graham Rossmore, who will graduate with a master’s in urban planning, has already influenced Los Angeles policy decisions.
Law students advocate for equitable groundwater rules at state Capitol April 20, 2023 Proposed legislation, which grew out the students’ work in a legal clinic project, would benefit small farmers who can’t afford big legal fees.
Classroom-in-residence program returns to Hammer Museum April 14, 2023 Sixth-graders from the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools learn about art, themselves and each other.
UCLA Health receives $25.3 million for street medicine program caring for homeless March 1, 2023 The state grant will help the program expand its coordination with other groups and agencies serving Los Angeles’ unhoused population.
Sustainable LA Grand Challenge launches initiative focused on transportation February 23, 2023 TRACtion — for Transformative Research and Collaboration — will begin with a two-year endeavor called Transforming Transportation in Los Angeles.
‘You can’t silence me’: Students celebrate MLK’s legacy – and hip-hop – with spoken word and rap February 6, 2023 Performers from UCLA and Crenshaw High School honored the late civil rights leader at the 34th MLK Oratorical Contest.
Serving California is easier than you might think January 19, 2023 Interested UCLA alumni learn about how to join state commissions and boards.
Concert for social justice to feature Brubeck Trio, world premieres from UCLA faculty January 11, 2023 UCLA musicians, others to perform Dave Brubeck’s ‘The Gates of Justice’ on campus and in the community.
UCLA linebacker mentors student-athletes in Los Angeles K-12 schools January 4, 2023 Law student Shea Pitts uses his sports stardom to inspire students in under-resourced communities.
UCLA collaboration fosters mathematical brilliance of Latino and Black middle school students January 4, 2023 Undergraduates work in L.A. schools to bolster math learning through innovative research electives.