This post was updated Sept. 18 at 11:57 a.m. Leo Albea and his dance group would often have to watch out for passing cars and deal with dirty concrete floors during dance practices. Like most dance groups at UCLA, Albea’s group, Samahang Modern, practices in parking lots and other public outdoor spaces on campus. Albea, […]
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New course to bring in multidisciplinary perspectives to discuss art
This post was updated Aug. 15 at 4:30 p.m. A new interdisciplinary course will explore the concepts of time, space and beauty, starting fall quarter of 2018. The course, titled Arts and Architecture 100: “Ten Questions,” brings together professors from across the university to answer 10 fundamental questions, such as “What is Memory?” and “What […]
UCLA students, incarcerated individuals discuss social justice in joint classes
When she was 11 years old, Rosie Rios mobilized members of her community to protest the bulldozing of her neighborhood. Rios’ passion for advocacy manifests itself in her work as the administrative director for the UCLA Prison Education Program, where she engages incarcerated individuals and UCLA students in discussions about art, social justice and advocacy. […]
Women dominate LA board commissioner positions for first time in city history
Women comprise a majority of the board commissioners in the city of Los Angeles for the first time in the city’s history, the first lady of Los Angeles said at an event Tuesday. Amy Wakeland, the wife of Mayor Eric Garcetti, spoke at UCLA Faculty Women’s Club’s centennial celebration luncheon. She talked about her work […]
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music plans for new minor in Iranian music
This article was updated May 7 at 11:35 a.m. Students may be able to declare a minor in Iranian music beginning fall 2019. The minor, pending approval from the Academic Senate, would be the first performance minor offered by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. It would offer ensemble classes in traditional Iranian instruments […]
UCLA Veteran Resource Center encourages community to engage in veteran affairs
After returning from the army, it took Timothy Perkins more than two years to get the treatment for stress-related hypertension that enabled him to find a job and eventually attend college. Now a fourth-year political science student at UCLA, Perkins attributes much of his success in college to the UCLA Veteran Resource Center, which provides […]
Title IX Office addresses sexual assault, harassment reporting at event
Students, faculty and staff learned about how the UCLA Title IX Office deals with reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment at an event Wednesday afternoon. The event, which was organized by UCLA’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, provided an overview of how the university deals with sexual harassment incidents and went through various […]