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What Will Happen in 2025? Our Experts Tell Us What’s Coming
Six faculty members tell us what they see transpiring in their fields over the next 12 months.
Brian Kite named UCLA dean and vice provost of graduate education
Kite, currently the dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, is expected to start in the new role on or before Feb. 1, 2025.
Beyond ‘comfort TV’: Streaming audiences want new offerings, more diverse stories
In the face of a contracting industry, with streamers relying on old or long-running shows, researchers at UCLA sought to find where future success lies for the small screen.
Sinatra family piano with storied legacy finds new home at UCLA
The Bösendorfer was originally a gift to the family from longtime Frank Sinatra songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen.
What is magic?
In practice and in scholarship, magic continues to intrigue and inspire students, faculty and staff throughout UCLA. Here are a few quick glimpses behind the glamour.
UCLA Film & Television Archive welcomes 2025 with free winter cinema
Free public programs will run through April 13 at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
UCLA students benefit from professional theater production of Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’
The enigmatic and thought-provoking work came to vivid life for a group of UCLA humanities students.
2024 reflections: A year of excellence, challenges and empathy
As we head into the holidays and prepare to usher in 2025, Newsroom takes a look back at the accomplishments of the Bruin community and the highlights of 2024.
UCLA Film & Television Archive presents fall 2024 lineup of cinematic and TV treasures
Free programs, including tributes to Giant Robot magazine and filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, run through Dec. 15 at the Billy Wilder Theater.
In memoriam: Robert Rosen, 84, historian and former dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
The educator, critic and preservationist was a pioneer in establishing efforts to rescue, restore and showcase moving images.
Liberation
A first-of-its-kind program is transforming women’s lives — and forging a path to lasting freedom — by bringing passionate Bruin teaching inside prisons.
UCLA Library announces winning composition for Resonate 2024
Yi-Ting Lu’s “An Unopened Seashell” was selected from more than 500 entries of saxophone, percussion and piano pieces.
Theater companies from Mexico, Spain, L.A., New York to take the stage at UCLA’s LA Escena festival
Live performances, which are free to the public, will take place at the UCLA Nimoy Theater from Sept. 12 to 17.
Film & Television Archive’s summer: Queer cinema, sci-fi, and film and TV gems of the past
Screenings at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum are free and open to the public.
CAP UCLA’s 2024–25 season brings global artistry to Los Angeles
Artistic director Edgar Miramontes’ first-season lineup features more than 80 artists from around the world.
She’ll Give Your Regards to Broadway
About to celebrate a 50-year career on the Great White Way, Judy Kaye, the diva’s diva of New York theater, calls herself “the luckiest girl alive.”
Second annual competition honors creatives from the Class of 2024
Graduating students’ artistic achievements are recognized by the Chancellor’s Council on the Arts.
Berry Gordy, music trailblazer, visits UCLA
The new UCLA Berry Gordy Music Industry Center brings the music mogul’s commitment to artistic excellence and social justice to campus.
Honoring Juneteenth with art, education and community-building
Professor Cheryl Keyes invites everyone to join UCLA’s inaugural campus prelude celebration on June 5 at Royce Hall.