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A new definition of groundbreaking architecture

UCLA’s Hitoshi Abe is among those whose work is featured in an exhibit detailing nontraditional ways architects have helped rebuild the coast of Eastern Japan following the devastating tsunami of 2011.

Home is where his heart is — in a remote Sri Lankan village

Lokubanda Tillakaratne has spent more than three decades helping his former village in many different ways. Now he's published a book of facts, figures, interviews and personal recollections of life there.

World travel gives student filmmaker a compelling story

Lucretia Stinnette, a graduate student filmmaker in the School of Theater, Film and Television, made a short film about a mail-order bride from Vietnam after teaching English in South Korea to such women.

UCLA International Institute receives $6.3 million in federal funding

Four centers — the Latin American Institute, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Asia Institute and the National Heritage Language Resource Center — received Title VI funding for area and language studies.

Fowler Museum to present photos of duo’s 1891 bicycle trip from Greece to Uzbekistan

“Round Trip: Bicycling Asia Minor, 1891” opens Dec. 14 and features 42 black-and-white photos from the historic trip.

Gift from top international businessman will propel Japanese studies at UCLA

A $2.5 million gift from Tadashi Yanai will help transform UCLA’s Department of Asian Languages and Cultures into one of the world’s leading centers for the study of Japanese literature and culture.

Anthropologist’s film exposes plight of polygamy in Indonesia

In his latest documentary, “Bitter Honey,” UCLA anthropologist Robert Lemelson tracks the abuses suffered by wives trapped in polygamous marriages.

Anderson students devise plan to save NATO millions in Afghanistan

M.B.A. students took on the challenge to craft a business plan that cuts costs and increases training productivity.

Archiving genocide in Cambodia

UCLA information studies professor Michelle Caswell’s new book examines the ethical questions of archiving and displaying documentation of human rights violations and atrocities.

‘Rebirth’ of Japanese studies at UCLA reflected in new scholars, new directions

New faculty have expertise that help redirect UCLA’s approach to Japanese studies, to include study of anime, manga and other Japanese popular culture.

UCLA staffer helps monitor radiation levels in Japan

Yoh Kawano is assisting a team of Japanese researchers as they aim to help government officials prioritize decontamination efforts in the areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Teaching to your taste buds

Museum-curated restaurant outings? A food talk with Jonathan Gold? The not-so-secret secret is out: It's more fun to learn when there's food involved.

Lessons in Buddhism from an iconoclastic scholar

As one of the world’s leading authorities on Buddhism, UCLA’s Gregory Schopen has shattered many myths, notably the notion that Buddhist monks in ancient India renounced money and property.

UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center establishes first endowed chair focusing on Japanese American internment

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has established the first endowed academic chair to focus on the World War II internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans and their campaign to gain redress.

UCLA REACHES OUT TO ASIA