Tag Archive for: UCLA

Madame vice chancellor

Since the early 13th century, a slew of Williams, Richards, Johns…

UCLA International Institute opens Center for the Study of International Migration

A new research center at UCLA will foster research and instruction…

UCLA’s Bird Genoscape Project to aid conservation efforts for North American birds threatened by climate change

UCLA researchers announced today the Bird Genoscape Project,…

UCLA faculty voice: Words matter when it comes to immigration

Rhetoric around immigrants has taken an ugly turn of late. Recent…

Center shatters myth of ‘quiet’ Japanese Americans imprisoned in camps

With help from elderly survivors of the World War II internment…

Grass-cutters, mushrooms and giant land snails, oh my!

When UCLA hosted the Special Olympic World Games this summer,…

Measuring the sound of angels singing

UCLA professor Sharon Gerstel studies how Byzantine-era churches…

Ph.D. student mixes science and entertainment to unleash a ‘wow’ factor

For UCLA biochemistry Ph.D. student Jeffrey Vinokur, science…

$5 million gift will ensure UCLA Center for Jewish Studies remains among the best in U.S.

A$5 million gift from Alan Leve, a UCLA alumnus and the founder…

Literary translator brings Japanese novelist posthumous acclaim

Michael Emmerich, an associate professor of Japanese at UCLA,…