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UCLA collaboration with local high schools catalyzes college-bound culture
The UCLA-LAUSD partnership works to increase the number of African-American students who are competitively eligible for University of California admission.
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UCLA program trains underrepresented college students for public health careers
The UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program hosted 40 students from across the country last summer in an effort to help increase diversity in the field.
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UCLA to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day
The event in Bruin Plaza on Oct. 9 is sponsored by the American Indian Studies Center and will feature singing, refreshments and a screening of Native short films in Kaplan Hall.
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With UCLA in his blood, New York Times reporter shares stories of the underrepresented
Walter Thompson-Hernández applies lessons from being a lifelong Bruin to his help make sure his multimedia stories illuminate subcultures and don’t exploit them.
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Rethinking classical theater for Los Angeles audiences
UCLA group presents “LA Escena,” the city’s first Hispanic classical theater festival Sept. 21–23.
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Policy academy gives elected leaders tools to take on challenges in Latino communities
Three days of workshops at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs teach officials from around the United States. how to support their constituencies
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UCLA Extension program boosts access and opportunity for Native youth
The Tribal Leadership and Community Development Certificate began with 23 students and now has more than 200 enrollees.
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Conference at UCLA prepares underrepresented students for graduate school
Students at the National McNair Scholars Conference had the opportunity to present research, learn about the application processes and network with professors.
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UCLA offers freshman admission to 16,000, increases offers to transfer students
109 of the 114 California community colleges are represented among transfer admissions.
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Native American siblings stop at nothing to graduate from UCLA and lift their community
David, Minda and Daniel Streamer defied the odds and circumstances that have made American Indians the least-represented group on college campuses nationwide.
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Student-organized conference shines light on Latinx communities
Social services professionals and scholars gather at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs to share best practices about working with Latinx people in California.
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Students honored for work as advocates for women’s empowerment and leadership
The Advocates for Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Reception was co-hosted by Carol Block at the chancellor’s residence.
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UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents a celebration of musical diversity and scholarship
Singer-songwriter Eva B. Ross, a UCLA alumna, will perform at the closing concert, as will the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA and Superdevoiche, the UCLA Balkan Women’s Choir.
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UCLA celebrates MLK with a week of screenings and activities
A week of activities commemorating civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 UCLA visit will kick off on April 17.
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UCLA focuses on preventing sexual violence and harassment with week of special events
The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in collaboration with campus partners is presenting its first “Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Awareness Week.”
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UCLA partners with tech leaders to launch free summer coding bootcamp
Bruin Code Summer Academy will offer 30 students from Mann UCLA Community School an opportunity to learn programming.
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Graduate students push for funding in Sacramento
UCLA contingent participated in the annual UC Graduate Research Advocacy Day, which is designed to advocate for government support for higher education.
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UCLA professors reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Upon the 50th anniversary of his death, six African-American faculty members ponder how to advance his agenda of equality and justice.
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UCLA Health named a leader in care for LGBTQ patients
All four UCLA hospitals and the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center were lauded by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for equitable, inclusive care.
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Moving Hollywood beyond ‘Black Panther’
UCLA alumnae and film and TV veterans Gina Prince-Bythewood and Felicia D. Henderson share experiences with fighting for representation and advice for aspiring writers.
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Labor activist Dolores Huerta fires up crowd at UCLA
During the Winston C. Doby lecture, the co-founder of the United Farms Workers outlined a history of civil rights and encouraged the audience to keep fighting for justice.
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#MeToo in the fields, factories and backrooms
UCLA School of Law panel spotlights the disparate impact of sexual harassment and assault on racial minorities, low-wage workers and immigrants.
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‘Black Panther’ success amplifies findings of UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report
The fifth annual study analyzed the casts of and talent behind the top 200 theatrical releases of 2016 and 1,251 broadcast, cable and digital platform television shows from 2015–16.
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UCLA School of Law launches sexual harassment discussion series
Sexual harassment and power dynamics in the workplace are the focus of a seminar series that will feature alumnae, legal leaders.
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A dose of inspiration – ‘Black Men in White Coats’ – is just what the doctor ordered
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA joins national campaign to inspire underrepresented minority students to consider becoming physicians.
- Friday, December 14, 2018