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The Dr. Elizabeth Woldemussie Centennial Global Health Fund was made possible by a $250,000 gift from the estate of Elizabeth Woldemussie.

Andrews, senior research scientist at the Hatos Center for Neuropharmacology, has been honored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Kwon, professor of contemporary art in the art history department, has focused her research on several disciplines including architecture, public art and urban studies.

E. Tendayi Achiume, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, offered an international human rights perspective on the issue.

Safiya Umoja Noble, co-director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, is committed to re-imagining technology and championing racial and economic justice.

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UCLA Health will present a virtual conversation with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Michael Cooper and UCLA’s Martin Jarmond at 5 p.m.

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A new UCLA report shows that voting on 2020 statewide ballot measures varied significantly across racial groups and regions.

The Worker Equity Initiative will explore how government agencies and their partners help workers thrive in quality careers.

Online mentions of sourdough, sacrifice and death all surged as the pandemic took hold.

The Center for Oral History Research’s special website documents more than a dozen business owners’ stories of success, challenges and perspectives on history.

Chancellor Gene Block encourages those who have experienced an incident of discrimination or harassment to report it to the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

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Courses will pair social justice teaching with community engagement and instruction in data literacy, statistics and computational research methods.

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Heather Maynard, the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Professor of Polymer Science, will edit the world’s preeminent chemistry journal.

McCarthy, associate professor of design media arts at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, will receive an unrestricted $50,000 award.

Alexander Kusenko and Chandrashekhar Khare received the 2021 fellowships, which enable outstanding scientists to focus solely on research for a year.

The gift will “strengthen our vibrant community of faculty and students dedicated to studying Taiwan,” said Min Zhou, director of the UCLA Asia Pacific Center.

The UCLA planetary scientist is deputy principal investigator for one of the NASA rover’s experiments.

Kai-Wei Chang, Pavel Galashin, Ravi Netravali and Harold Pimentel are among the new class of young researchers recognized for their scientific achievements.

UCLA’s Dennis Lettenmaier and colleagues found that mosquito populations would have been around 40% higher without water-use mandates.

Rawls, a 2020–2021 UC Regents professor, will explore themes that inform his research into stop-motion filmmaking.

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