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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.

The public lecture-academic course will virtually bring together 30 people from campus and the community.

New academy brings together faculty from the David Geffen School of Medicine and the School of Education & Information Studies.

Since 2012, when the class was first offered, students have distributed a total of $780,000 to 27 local organizations.

Both will contribute to the library’s collection relating to Latin American social and cultural history.

Anne Nguyen saw how work in the classroom can help communities in need.

Galván was selected based on her record of research and her contributions to teaching, mentoring and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

Online-only class allows organizers to welcome students from the United States, Mexico and Guatemala.

The program offers a range of courses spanning history, language, literature and more.

During her decades on campus, Reiff, who died on May 4, served as a voice for good university governance and pedagogical innovation.