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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.

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.

$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.

UCLA scholars offer a different perspective on what Koreans call “Sa I Gu,” 30 years after the Rodney King verdict.

Repatriation of Judaica texts serves as catalyst for UCLA Library-hosted symposium.

‘BeHere / 1942,’ presented by the Yanai Initiative of UCLA and Tokyo’s Waseda University, runs from May 7 to Oct. 9.

Michael Beckerman will deliver the inaugural Lowell Milken Lecture in Jewish Music on May 3. The event is free and open to the public.

The events, organized by UCLA’s Promise Armenian Institute and its campus partners, are free and open to the public.

Miriam Matthews’ personal papers, oral history and photo archive show how she shaped Los Angeles.

The former Bruin integrated baseball and changed history on April 15, 1947, when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

UCLA labor studies faculty discuss the history and key lessons we can learn from the labor champion.