2024 reflections: The year in review
As we head into the holidays and prepare to usher in 2025, Newsroom takes a look back at the accomplishments of the Bruin community and the highlights of 2024.
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Indigenous knowledge, histories and futures are woven throughout PST Art projects at UCLA and beyond
Indigenous perspectives are threaded throughout “PST ART: Art & Science Collide” at UCLA venues and across the regional art event.
Who wrote the Bible?
In his new book and a Dec. 3 lecture, William Schniedewind offers bold new answers to the eternally fascinating question.
Q&A: Director George Huang on his film ‘Weekend in Taipei’
The School of Theater, Film and Television professor discusses his movie — and teaching, directing and screenwriting at UCLA
UCLA’s Jason De León wins National Book Award for Nonfiction
The professor and alumnus is the second Bruin to win the award in two years.
UCLA’s Lindsey T. Kunisaki authors first-of-its-kind Proposition 28 report for Arts for LA
The report finds an arts teacher shortage, gaps in public involvement and capacity issues holding back the full potential of the arts education measure.
Celebrating and connecting with Native American communities
Join UCLA — on and off campus — throughout the month for cultural, artistic and academic events.
A cultural ‘play’ list for Hispanic Heritage Month
Alumna Alicia Maria Houtrouw shares a cultural mixtape that will sing to the soul.
UCLA Film & Television Archive presents fall 2024 lineup of cinematic and TV treasures
Free programs, including tributes to Giant Robot magazine and filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, run through Dec. 15 at the Billy Wilder Theater.
Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music endowed fund established with $5 million
The gift from Haleh Emrani honors her late husband, Ahmad Gramian, who spearheaded the Iranian Music Program at UCLA.
Genius x 2: Alumni Juan Felipe Herrera and Wendy Red Star win MacArthur Fellowships
Red Star and Herrera join 20 other artists, writers, scientists, historians, activists and educators as 2024 “genius grant” recipients.
Hammer Museum names Zoë Ryan as its new director
Ryan will take over on Jan. 1, 2025, succeeding Ann Philbin, who is retiring in November after leading the museum for 25 years.
UCLA Library announces winning composition for Resonate 2024
Yi-Ting Lu’s “An Unopened Seashell” was selected from more than 500 entries of saxophone, percussion and piano pieces.
UCLA Library funds 26 international cultural preservation projects
The grant winners include digitization efforts representing eastern Ukraine, the Ivory Coast and Latin America.
UCLA Film & Television Archive presents ‘Science Fiction Against the Margins’ series
Part of Getty’s ‘PST ART: Art & Science Collide’ initiative, the series is free at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
Hammer Museum, LACMA, MOCA launch joint collection of contemporary L.A. art
The collection, dubbed MAC3, was made possible by a gift of 260 works from philanthropists Jarl and Pamela Mohn.
In the company of birds
Birds, UCLA environmental humanities scholar Ursula Heise attests, have profoundly important stories to tell — if only we know how to listen.
Avian archetypes: Native American folklore’s most fascinating birds
Paul Apodaca, a Bruin alumnus and university professor, honors “the beauty, grace, power and wisdom of those who were here before us.”
Presence and plumage
Two UCLA professors share some of the unique and surprising avenues of study they’ve followed feathers to explore.
Robert Gore named UCLA’s 2024 Librarian of the Year
Gore, the visual arts librarian at UCLA since 2005, is sought after on campus and beyond for his expertise with artists’ book collections.
UCLA presents ‘Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption’
A part of Getty’s ‘PST ART: Art & Science Collide’ initiative, the multi-exhibition program runs from September 2024 through June 2025.
Theater companies from Mexico, Spain, L.A., New York to take the stage at UCLA’s LA Escena festival
Live performances, which are free to the public, will take place at the UCLA Nimoy Theater from Sept. 12 to 17.
Fowler Museum at UCLA permanently returns cultural objects to Australia’s Warumungu community
The repatriated objects — including clubs, picks, knives, sheaths, adzes and a boomerang — will go back to their Aboriginal owners in the Northern Territory.
Film & Television Archive’s summer: Queer cinema, sci-fi, and film and TV gems of the past
Screenings at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum are free and open to the public.
UCLA-led national workshop series to bridge technological innovation, culture and creativity
Gatherings will help shape a national conference at UCLA in December.