‘Queens at Heart’: Rediscovering a pre-Stonewall portrait of trans lives
The UCLA Film & Television Archive led the restoration of the film, which is available to stream.
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Charley Andrews graduates with lessons of building community
She will speak at the UCLA Arts 2021 virtual commencement ceremony on June 12.
LGBTQ series ‘In the Life’ remains as relevant as ever
UCLA’s archive of the groundbreaking newsmagazine provides historical context and understanding.
Inna Faliks: Music, history and identity
The renowned concert pianist and UCLA professor reflects on how music helped her connect more deeply with her Jewish heritage.
New digital exhibit explores Jewish history in Boyle Heights
The UCLA-led project is part of Mapping Jewish L.A., a partnership between the Leve Center, community archives.
Chon Noriega’s visionary leadership brought Latino culture and art to the forefront
The director of UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center is stepping down at the end of June after nearly two decades.
Asian American faculty book projects show wide-ranging cultural expertise
Professors share insights into K-pop, understanding China’s global influence through art, Filipino cinema and perceptions of ethnic identity.
T-Kay Sangwand spins UCLA Library archives into the fabric of Los Angeles
UCLA librarian and DJ helps curate two local arts initiatives, drawing from her vinyl crates and historical materials.
Chancellor’s Arts Initiative funds grant to support faculty’s arts-based research
Projects will be featured on the GO ARTS UCLA online platform, launched today.
Hammer Museum creates streaming-like video channel
The Hammer Channel online video platform features more than 1,000 conversations, talks, performances and more.
What to read, watch or listen to during Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
AAPI faculty and staff at UCLA recommend media that provide insights into history, culture, struggle and contributions.
For digital artists, NFTs are promising – and problematic
UCLA design media arts faculty and alumni share their thoughts on the crypto-art craze.
2021 Hollywood Diversity Report: Audiences showed up for diverse films in theaters, online
During a fractured release year, there was progress in gender and racial representation in all key categories, but disparities in budgets.
UCLA celebrates costume designers at annual Sketch to Screen event
Deborah Nadoolman Landis, founding director of the David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design, will moderate the April 24 event.
Eight UCLA professors awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships
UCLA had more faculty honored than any other university.
Susan Leigh Foster to share how dance functions in our lives
The distinguished professor in the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance will deliver the 129th Faculty Research Lecture.
UCLA Library announces Spring 2021 public programs
From film screenings to data visualization classes to undergraduate research week, the library will be hosting a wide variety of virtual events.
Hammer Museum’s Connie Butler looks back – and ahead
As the museum prepares to reopen, its chief curator reflects on the lessons learned during a challenging year.
Ana-Christina Ramón: Opening doors for equity and access
Ramón is the co-founder and co-author of the annual Hollywood Diversity Report, first record of the industry’s progress around gender and racial diversity.
UCLA researchers digitize massive collection of folk medicine
UCLA Professor David Shorter’s Archive of Healing is one of the largest databases of medicinal folklore from around the world.
Breathing new life into old buildings
Architect Karin Liljegren believes finding use for empty ground-floor commercial space will help revive downtown Los Angeles.
UCLA lab asks: ‘What does your favorite song taste like?’
The PEER Lab will host a series of free virtual events beginning April 29.
Tweens and TV: UCLA’s 50-year survey reveals the values kids learn from popular shows
The messages kids glean from TV can influence their attitudes and behaviors as they grow into their teenage years and beyond, UCLA psychologists say.
Peter Sellars’ new project is a continent-spanning multidisciplinary film about illness
A creative response to COVID-19, ‘this body is so impermanent …’ was made by artists as a call to learn and heal together.
Architecture students dream up building that promotes anti-racism and equity
Some of the renderings resembled a town hall, or a laboratory building, or even a busy train station where people are moving and congregating.