UCLA Film & Television Archive collection includes more than 100 moving image holdings relevant to the study of the iconic civil rights leader, ranging from newsreels to TV documentaries.
The state of California has hundreds of open board and commission appointments in categories as diverse as the state itself. On January 12, UCLA Alumni hosted a zoom town hall that offered guidance on applying for a state commission or board appointment and discussed the importance of having a diverse range of people serve in those roles. The program began with a welcome from UCLA Alumni Association Board Member and former California State Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez and remarks by Chancellor Gene Block on the significance of Bruins in public service.
UCLA’s new Initiative to Study Hate represents a critical effort to root out what’s causing the alarming rise in hate across the country — and what we can do to stop it.
UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives grants fund 21 new projects focusing on the overlap between climate change and health equity, and prioritize research projects designed to benefit vulnerable or historically marginalized communities.
UCLA has long inspired storytelling in movies; more recently, UCLA has become a cool setting for a new crop of fiction. Writers are bringing a fresh eye to whodunnits, family sagas, magical realism and other emotions inspired by the campus, in offerings as diverse as UCLA itself.
Shea Pitts, who earned his bachelor’s degree at UCLA and is now a graduate student at UCLA Law, has spent years mentoring K–12 students in under-resourced communities across Los Angeles. “To be able to use the UCLA platform to emphasize the importance of things like school, being good with your family, just other stuff outside of football — that’s really cool,” he says.
Attend an upcoming Metro Community Open House meeting this month to learn more about potential station locations associated with the future Sepulveda Transit Corridor project.
Learn more about how you can advocate for an accessible and equitable Sepulveda Transit Corridor that includes a direct station on the UCLA campus and a seamless connection to the Purple/D Line Westwood Village station by visiting STC4All.
