CNN’s Jake Tapper says journalists must be loyal to facts and the public above all else
“We need to be honest about what’s going on,” Tapper said as he delivered UCLA’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.
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UCLA, Berggruen Institute announce lecture series featuring emerging visionaries
“Possible Worlds,” which launches in February 2021, invites some of today’s most imaginative intellectual leaders to speak on the future of humanity.
Astrophysicist France Córdova to deliver UCLA’s Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership
On Nov. 10, the former director of the National Science Foundation will discuss the impacts of science policy.
Steve Kerr has more on his mind than winning
The NBA coach spoke with UCLA Luskin Dean Gary Segura about his ties to campus, justice and the important lessons Americans still need to learn.
Graduates encouraged to envision and build a better future
Amid protests for social justice and a pandemic, UCLA students are urged to apply what they’ve learned to making a better world.
Q&A: George Takei on activism, humor and social media
Actor, activist and UCLA alumnus George Takei will speak June 12 at the virtual celebration for 2020 graduates.
Old traditions, new forms: Virtual celebrations honor graduates
UCLA’s graduation festivities will feature speakers like actor, activist and alumnus George Takei and California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.
Postponed – Dr. Jane Goodall to deliver Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership at UCLA on April 1
The talk will help mark the 60th anniversary of the start of her pioneering research.
Morality, war and foreign policy: Joseph Nye Jr. delivers 2020 Brodie Distinguished Lecture
The former dean of the Harvard Kennedy school argued that morals should matter in international relations.
UCLA Law conference will explore connection between human rights and the climate crisis
Lawyers, scholars and activists will examine how human rights laws can be used to seek redress for the harm caused by climate change.
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin honored during visit to campus
Rivlin received the UCLA Israel Studies Award for his leadership promoting tolerance.
Taking aim at the ‘Cult of the Gun’
At a UCLA Luskin Lecture Series event, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz explored the roots and consequences of America’s “gun love.”
Michelle Craske to share how research can inform anxiety and depression treatment
Director of the UCLA Anxiety and Depression Research Center will deliver the 128th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA on Feb. 19.
Civil rights leader Sherrilyn Ifill delivers Thurgood Marshall Lecture at UCLA
Ifill is the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
UCLA welcomes Academy Award-nominated costume designers to campus
The panel, moderated by UCLA’s Deborah Nadoolman Landis, features nominees Mark Bridges, Jacqueline Durran, Christopher Peterson, Arianne Phillips, Sandy Powell and Mayes Rubeo.
UCLA Library to present more than two dozen public programs for winter 2020
Among the events are research workshops, lectures and film screenings, including a retrospective tribute to John Sayles.
Author George Packer tells what diplomat Richard Holbrooke’s life reveals about America
The author and journalist spoke at a UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations event.
UCLA Arts winter 2020 public events calendar
Featured among the 200-plus events: Paul McCarthy, Ibram X. Kendi, Jane Fonda and Marike Splint.
Powerful Latinas from five states offer inside view of politics
State senators from the southwestern United States provide insight during a discussion hosted by UCLA Luskin
As internet turns 50, speakers look to the ‘possibilities of tomorrow’
A who’s who of computer scientists, engineers, technologists, activists and thinkers gathered at UCLA to celebrate the internet’s 50th birthday.
Pioneering gay, Chicano author John Rechy to receive UCLA Medal
His best known work — the groundbreaking novel “City of Night” — redefined writing about the gay community. Rechy will receive the award Oct. 24.
Brenda Stevenson to highlight women who tell the stories of other women
The Nickoll Family Professor of History will deliver the 127th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA on Oct. 30.
UCLA Arts announces Fall 2019 public events calendar
Featured among the 200-plus events: Lari Pittman, Lucinda Childs, Wendy Whelan and Ain Gordon.
New York Times columnist urges UCLA medical students to hold on to their values
At Hippocratic oath ceremony, Dr. Lisa Sanders charges graduates to “be the doctor we aspire to be.”
Charting the rise of Latino empowerment
UCLA Luskin Lecture brings together political forces who forged a path for the next generation of leaders.