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    A UCLA senior's quest for global justice

    International Development Studies major Grace Harris (UCLA 2025) reflects on a transformative UCLA experience defined by grassroots activism, rigorous research and a deep commitment to genocide prevention and justice.

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    “I think if there was going to be a ‘change-the-world major' here (at UCLA), it is International Development Studies (IDS). You are looking at what's going on in the world, and then asking what can we do? What can be done?” - Grace Harris (Photo: Victoria Salcedo/ UCLA.)
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    Institute geographers win academic honors, highlight discipline's contributions to international studies

    Susanna Hecht was honored with awards from the Association of American Geographers (AAA) and the Latin American Studies Association, while colleague Shaina Potts received an AAA book award for her first monograph.

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    From left: UCLA geographers Susanna Hecht and Shaina Potts. (Photos provided by the professors.)
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Recent News

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Bruin gathers intel from doulas worldwide to understand impacts of global policy

Leila Chiddick interviewed professionals from around the world – and trained as a doula herself – to make recommendations on how international organizations can adjust their policies to meet the needs of people on the ground.

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Religious right driving democratic backsliding in Israel

Extreme religious political ideas have entered mainstream Israeli politics because the religious right has spent the last decade focused on promulgating ideas, building institutions and integrating rightist religious organizations from the settlements into the Likud Party, said Rami Hod at a Y&S Nazarian Center event in winter 2025.

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Doing what must be done: International Women of Courage share their stories

UCLA hosted the U.S. State Department's 2025 International Women of Courage on April 7, several of whom spoke about their work and life experience at a public panel event.

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Preserving Armenia's musical heritage: A tribute to Grikor Mirzaian Suni

The UCLA Armenian Music Program, with co-sponsorship of the Promise Armenian Institute, hosted a talk and concert celebrating the life and works of composer, conductor and musicologist Grikor Mirzaian Suni.

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Suk-Young Kim one of five UCLA faculty to receive Guggenheim Fellowships

Kim (bottom row, far left), a core faculty member of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, is professor and head of theater and performance studies at the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television, where she is associate dean for academic affairs and external engagement.

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Patrick Heuveline on the long-term impact of the Khmer Rouge on Cambodia

About 2 million people, or more than 20% of the population living in Cambodia on January 17, 1975, or born in Democratic Kampuchea between 1975 and 1979, are estimated to have died due to Khmer Rouge policies, including by execution, displacement, forced labor and food rationing.

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Haiti's crisis: Gangs, corruption and injustice

Haiti's crisis stems from entrenched corruption, impunity and the unchecked flow of firearms, which have enabled gangs to seize control of vast portions of the country, said Haitian journalist Widlore Mérancourt.

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April 11, 2025. Jason Cong, distinguished professor of computer science at UCLA and director of the PKU-UCLA Students & Scholars Program, has received the 2024 Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award. The honor is bestowed by the Association for Computing... Continue Reading
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Mar 19, 2025. Speaking to "InquirerPlus" about the late ethnoarchaeologist William Longacare, UCLA anthropologist Stephen Acabado said, “His findings challenged traditional archaeological assumptions and provided a more nuanced way to interpret ceramics in excavations worldwide,” showing “that pottery style and form... Continue Reading
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Nov 22, 2024. Three decades of research by Jason Kong, distinguished professor of computer science and director of the UCLA-PKU Students & Scholars Program, led to the award. Presented annually by the Electronic System Design Alliance — part of the global semiconductor... Continue Reading

Upcoming Events

Conserving Human Health through Planetary Health5May2025

Center for Global and Immigrant Health

Conserving Human Health through Planetary Health

For more details, click on the title to visit the event page.

Sharing Conversations: The Magic of Haiku5May2025

Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

Sharing Conversations: The Magic of Haiku

Colloquium with Yoshiko Matsumoto

Citizen Azmari: Rethinking Blackness, Anti-Blackness, and Ethiopian Music in Israel6May2025

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

Citizen Azmari: Rethinking Blackness, Anti-Blackness, and Ethiopian Music in Israel

On May 6th, Dr. Ilana Webster-Kogen from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London will discuss...

Sacred Andean Celebrations as Act of Resistance6May2025

Latin American Institute

Sacred Andean Celebrations as Act of Resistance

Join Professor Luz María De la Torre and her students in a vibrant celebration of Quechua/Kichwa language and culture at...

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Finnish Higher Education Institutions

DELEGATION 25 members Visit Date: 03/17/2025
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Climate Change And Methane: A Project For Turkmenistan

DELEGATION 6 members Visit Date: 12/13/2024
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University Of Leicester President Visit

DELEGATION 5 members Visit Date: 10/30/2024
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