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The event featured Terry George, an Academy Award-nominated writer and director; Dr. Eric Esrailian of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; and Stephen D. Smith of the USC Shoah Foundation.

Stupid F#@king Bird” is a play about a young director and a young actor raging against an older generation of artists.

The more than 100 public events include exhibitions at campus museums and galleries; lectures by artists, alumni and faculty; and performances by students and professionals.

Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and elected representative from Georgia's 5th District, will deliver the fifth annual Winston C. Doby Distinguished Lecture and receive the UCLA Medal, the university's highest honor.

The symposium, sponsored by the UCLA Brain Research Institute and the Semel Institute, will feature visiting speakers and UCLA faculty on the science regarding cannabis, cannabinoids, and the endocannnabinoid system.

Presentations will discuss challenges, solutions and innovations for a better future in countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Europe.

On Wednesday, April  5 from 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. at the UCLA Law School in room 1457, the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies hosts a viewing of “Hummus! The Movie” followed by a hummus tasting.

The UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame inductee and LAPD trailblazer has earned numerous accolades for her accomplishments off the basketball court.

The UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration will host “The Global Refugee Crisis” on Friday, April 7, from 9:00 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. in the California Room of the UCLA Faculty Center.

Join the Fowler Museum for a night of music with the UCLA Charles Mingus Quartet from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12.

The Annual Update is UCLA Williams Institute’s signature event, with discussion panels. It is free to attend and open to the public.

The UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences presents a talk by from William Borucki, principal investigator of NASA's Kepler mission.

“African-Print Fashion Now!” introduces visitors to a dynamic African dress tradition featuring the colorful, boldly designed, textiles that have come to be known as “African-print cloth.”

The Paul Torrens Health Forum at UCLA is hosting a panel discussion on Wednesday, March 22, regarding “ACA Repeal and Replace: What’s the latest?”

Join the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for a dramatic retelling of Euripides’ “Helen” in the UCLA Macgowan Hall Little Theater.

The discussion will feature Evan Wolfson, whose four-decade fight to change the law, is featured in the movie, and filmmakers Eddie Rosenstein and Amie Segal.

Students from the UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures will perform the poetry and music from various countries such as Russia, Romania, Hungary, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Poland.

John Agnew, UCLA distinguished professor of geography, has spent his scholarly career examining the politics of place.

“The Great Transmission” explores the remarkable journeys of Tibetan Buddhist knowledge over the 2,500 years of its existence.

The biannual Faculty Research Lecture presents the work of UCLA's most distinguished scholars to give the campus and the greater community an opportunity to gain a new perspective on their scholarly achievements.

The event is a tribute to Dr. David Coffey, a psychiatrist and UCLA faculty member who died in 2012. He was a movie aficionado, and the annual screening is held in his honor.

On the eve of the Academy Awards, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, chair and founding director of the Copley Center, welcomes a stellar group of international costume designers, including three 2017 Oscar nominees, to campus to discuss their craft.

UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance presents a night of storytelling in Royce Hall at 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 21.

UCLA’s Fowler Museum will celebrate the opening of “African-Print Fashion Now!” from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Fowler’s Lenart Auditorium on Saturday, March 25.

UCLA Film & Television Archive presents its latest restoration projects at the UCLA Festival of Preservation March 3 through March 27 at the Billy Wilder Theater.