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Undergrad Aissata Ba talks future and finds inspiration with Michelle Obama
January 13, 2022
Ba took part in a special event featuring Michelle Obama that will air on BET on Jan. 17.
Alumna bell hooks — celebrated feminist theorist, cultural critic, artist and writer — dies at 69
December 16, 2021
hooks was the author of over two dozen books, including the groundbreaking ‘Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism’ and ‘Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood.’
Eight films with UCLA ties among 25 named to the National Film Registry
December 15, 2021
The Librarian of Congress annually selects the United States’ most influential motion pictures for this honor.
How one tiny island influenced the world
November 10, 2021
Egill Bjarnason, journalist and alum, explains the big history of his native Iceland in a “joyously peculiar book.”
TV shows with diverse writers rooms, casts resonated with pandemic audiences
October 27, 2021
UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report finds Latino actors, directors and writers still extremely underrepresented.
Barbra Streisand to fund forward-looking institute at UCLA focused on solving societal challenges
October 21, 2021
The institute will conduct research into climate change, the dynamics of gender relationships and power, the arts and countering disinformation.
Viral TED talk on body ideals warns against ‘conflation of appearance with health’
October 7, 2021
Professor and medical anthropologist Nancy Chen’s talk on healthy bodies has been viewed more than 780,000 times.
A lunar honor for explorer Matthew Henson, thanks to a UCLA graduate student
September 30, 2021
A crater on the moon is now named for the Black Arctic explorer, whose achievements were played down in his lifetime.
Quiz: How much do you know about the Nobel Prize?
September 30, 2021
Not everyone can win a Nobel, but this is the next best thing. Prizes are announced starting Oct. 5.
New program brings leading contemporary artists to UC Davis classrooms
September 23, 2021
UC Davis opens its doors to exciting new work as it launches the most extensive artist residency program of its kind in the United States.