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The historian and author discusses her ongoing research and her new book, “What Sorrows Labour in My Parent’s Breast?”

From books, graphic novels and podcasts to narrative films and documentaries, staff members recommend their top picks.

Historian Kelly Lytle Hernández was honored for her book “Bad Mexicans,” which looks at the Mexican Revolution from both sides of the border.

“The Power of Nature,” edited by the UCLA anthropologist, explores how people have responded to volcanoes, epidemics and droughts.

Ada Lovelace published the first description of a computer program; a UCLA doctoral student is using AI to reveal her forgotten story.

Research by John Thomas and others led to posthumous honors for policemen who served in the early 20th century.

Fifty years ago today, the celebrated author joined students in Royce Hall to talk about his work and his relationship with the slain Black activist.

In an interview, the UCLA professor of education also explores why some are trying to limit teaching about race and racism.

The UCLA Anderson Forecast’s signature brand of analysis is proving more vital than ever.

In 1992, with racially charged violence erupting across L.A., Bruins gave Angelenos a chance to talk.

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.

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.

The collaboration between the Islamic studies program and UCLA Library continues to enrich the field and the world.

A reinvented UCLA journal casts new light on an old world.

UCLA archaeologists Giorgio Buccellati and his wife, Marilyn, have traveled together on a 60-year journey that led them to the hidden treasures of a lost city in Syria.

UCLA houses one of the most comprehensive archives of aerial photography in the world. Now, a new website is bringing these majestic images to the masses.

It just simply wouldn’t be the Rose Bowl. Here, a valentine to an icon as it turns 100.

$13 million from Arcadia will bolster the Modern Endangered Archives Program.

Special Collections is home to a 70-plus-year-old pamphlet that provides the four-part answer to why you are so much more comfortable in air conditioned surroundings.

The short documentary “Chicano Moratorium” captures the brutal police response to protests against the Vietnam War.

The UCLA alumna and Los Angeles County supervisor hosted the landmark talk show, which began in 1992.

The donation of 40 historical texts from Paul Chrzanowski further bolsters an already remarkable collection of early English texts.

In recognition of the holiday, UCLA Newsroom shares insights from UCLA professors Eddie Cole, Karida Brown and Brenda Stevenson.

For decades, this East Los Angeles enclave has sent students to UCLA, while university scholars have added to the understanding of the community’s diverse history.