Interactive exhibit showcases beauty standards from around the world

A room in Kerckhoff Hall will transport visitors around the world with the help of a special passport – one that earns stamps for body positivity, rather than the number of countries visited. Hosted by the Undergraduate Students Association Council Student Wellness Commission Body Image Task Force, Unfollowing Beauty Standards is the final event of […]

Instructor continues fiction series focusing on Asian culture, women’s power

Kung fu and figure skating merge to promote girl power and Asian representation in a recent novel. The pairing of the two sports comes to life in UCLA Extension instructor Henry Lien’s “Peasprout Chen” book series, where it is a martial art referred to as wu liu. The series’ second installment, “Peasprout Chen: Battle of […]

Budding Los Angeles: Growing industry attracts young attorneys to cannabis law

Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Join columnist John Tudhope each week as he visits cannabis companies in Los Angeles and discusses the budding industry. “Better Call Saul”? More like […]

Fashion show raises funds for cancer research, features local Persian designers

A sold-out crowd filled the seats of the Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Sunday night to see the latest of local Persian fashion. Over 600 people gathered to watch cancer survivors, patients and UCLA students model some of the latest trends in Persian garments, all in an effort to raise funds for the Persian-American Cancer Institute. […]

UCLA students to display personal art styles in pop-up show

Live music, digital illustrations, photographs and clothing all feature in Bruin ArtPop. The pop-up art show, which will take place Friday at the Kerckhoff Art Gallery, is the first in a series of exhibitions curator Neha Dhiman said she hopes to plan. The second-year pre-sociology student said most o]f the 12 creators involved in the […]

Alumna sizes up fashion market, launching new line of size-inclusive clothing

Shoshanna Gruss has been planning the release of her most recent clothing line for 20 years – ever since she graduated from UCLA. Gruss produced C’est Nous by Shoshanna, a size-inclusive extension of her own brand, Shoshanna, in collaboration with Gwynnie Bee, an online clothing subscription. The line offers a mixture of casual and professional […]

Photographer to speak on his images of traditional New Orleans parades

A staple tradition in the streets of New Orleans will parade its way to UCLA. On Saturday, Pableaux Johnson, a Louisiana native who photographs second line parades in New Orleans, will be conducting an artist talk at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. At the event, he will lead attendees through an exhibition featuring his photographs […]