Justina Blakeney ’01 turned a passion for all things bold, bright and beautiful into a home design empire. At UCLA, she found artful inspiration for her creative journey.
The first UC to guarantee on-campus housing for all undergraduates. Studying hate. NCAA championship in women’s soccer. “Sweater weather” on the moon. What a year.
The goal is eventually to increase the Native student, faculty and staff populations while deepening UCLA’s commitment to research into Indigenous studies.
National survey of high school principals found that political conflict leads to declines in support for teaching about race, racism, and racial and ethnic diversity.
A thousand students, faculty and staff attended the “Sembrando Comunidad” event, which was part of campus efforts to earn the Hispanic-Serving Institution designation.
The UCLA clinical professor, inspired by her childhood doctor to pursue a medical career, hopes to set an example for other people of color in health care.
Creating the class, which was a collaboration between the UCLA School of Nursing and the disability studies program, was a labor of love for Professor Lauren Clark.