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Benjamin Lewis is the only American Sign Language instructor on campus; alumna Mariam Janvelyan is UCLA’s only ASL interpreter.

The new program, launched 16 years after the existing minor was formed, accepted its first students in fall 2023.

From Nov. 6–9, units across campus will host events highlighting global issues and international opportunities for students.

“By blending science and transformative awareness-raising, this collaboration is helping to save lives,” said life sciences dean Tracy Johnson.

Shannon Speed, director of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, was named UCLA’s inaugural Paula Gunn Allen Chair in Gender Studies.

After 17 years at the helm of the nation’s top-ranked public university, the campus’s ninth chief executive will conclude his tenure in July 2024.

Tras 17 años al frente de la universidad pública número uno del país, el noveno director ejecutivo del campus concluirá su mandato en julio de 2024.

The retiring founder and director looks back on the sea change he sparked in his 42 years of campus service.

Is a college education still worth it? The chancellor and other panelists explored the question, as well as economic mobility and university rankings.

The goal is eventually to increase the Native student, faculty and staff populations while deepening UCLA’s commitment to research into Indigenous studies.

Students can begin applying for the new degree program in spring 2023.

From Nov. 7 to Nov. 10, units across UCLA will host events on global issues and opportunities for students.

A $1.67 million gift from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation will establish the UCLA School of Dentistry’s MINDFUL program.

The Title VI awards will provide students with tuition assistance and living stipends, support teaching of languages, among other things.

Most of these appointments will be in the four ethnic studies centers that make up the Institute of American Cultures.

Nearly 100 UCLA students spent part of last year in the nation’s capital. The revamp is in line with UCLA’s broader commitment to community-engaged research and learning.

UCLA’s leader said that to promote job growth and social mobility, traditional four-year higher education and credentialing and certificate programs should play key roles.

Creating the class, which was a collaboration between the UCLA School of Nursing and the disability studies program, was a labor of love for Professor Lauren Clark.

Recipients of the 2020 Distinguished Teaching Awards were honored by the Academic Senate and Center for the Advancement of Teaching,

The recognition comes from the U.S. News & World Report’s most recent graduate school rankings.

The new UC-funded Mark Q. Sawyer Summer Institute will bring young Howard scholars to UCLA for an immersive six-week research experience.

The past becomes personal for UCLA students studying the experiences of Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II.

The institute will collaborate with a community of chefs and scholars in pursuit of a healthier population and planet.

For two decades, Rev. James Lawson Jr. — one of King’s close friends and a fellow civil and labor rights leader — has taught a course on King’s signature method for social reform.

The interdisciplinary program focuses on globalization and the connections among people across the world that transcend geographic and political boundaries.