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Hunter, who taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, showed students how to write a full-length screenplay in 10 weeks.

The work of ethnomusicologist Anna Morcom, director of the UCLA Center for India and South Asia, focuses on modern Indian and Tibetan performing arts.

The current associate dean of academic affairs at the school, who is a distinguished professor of urban planning, begins her term on Jan. 1, 2023.

Morris earned his bachelor’s degree at UCLA and went on to become a campus leader for seven decades.

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.

Q&A with Professor Kal Raustiala, whose new book illuminates the life and legacy of the only UCLA alumnus to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

The series provides education on discrimination prevention, best practices for advancing inclusion and other resources.

The UCLA engineering professor and colleagues take approaches to mitigating climate change that are considered unlikely by some.

Renee Tajima-Peña, who will present her landmark 1987 documentary at the Academy Museum on Dec. 4, discusses her filmmaking and activism.

Kelly Lytle Hernández’s ‘Bad Mexicans’ comes at a time when L.A.’s politics reckon with racism.

Q&A with the associate vice chancellor for EDI, who is a renowned scholar on the effectiveness of diversity initiatives on college campuses.

Family and friends, former colleagues and students, and campus leaders came together to pay tribute to Klug, who was killed in 2016.

The annual list compiled by Clarivate identifies scholars whose work has been referenced most often in studies published by other researchers.

UCLA staff members recommend works for education and entertainment to celebrate throughout November.

California legislators have invested $15 million in the Latina Futures, 2050 Lab and $1.5 million in the Hollywood Diversity Report.

Access to the latest resources is just part of the equation; liaisons also provide hands-on guidance on research strategies.

As Native American Heritage Month begins, Newsroom spoke to the two scholars about their new role as special advisors to the chancellor.

García-Garibay, who will continue to lead the physical sciences division, begins his two-year term Nov. 1, replacing David Schaberg.

From Nov. 7 to Nov. 10, units across UCLA will host events on global issues and opportunities for students.

Patricia Turner discusses her new book, “Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century”

Tejas Parasher, a comparative political theorist who joined the faculty this fall, teaches students how to question established paradigms.

UCLA’s Dr. Haig Aintablian, campus’s first space medicine fellow, will have a role in shaping the next generation of flight physicians.

Scholars agree that, even with ample evidence, prosecution could be extremely challenging at best.

Harter, a professor emerita at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, died on Oct. 8 from congestive heart failure.