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Plan Brokered by UCLA, USC Archaeologists Would Remove Roadblock to Mideast Peace

Israeli and Palestinian scholars reach the first-ever agreement on the disposition of the region's archaeological treasures following the establishment of a future Palestinian state.
Posted: 4/8/2008

UCLA's on iTunes

On April 1, in an effort to distribute a variety of campus-generated content, UCLA launched a pilot project on the popular digital media platform.
Posted: 4/8/2008

Hungry for Practical Approaches, Students Attend 'Rogue States' Policy Gathering

Students at the Burkle Center's March 11 conference add their voices to the debate over how best to wield the tools of foreign policy when dealing with governments seen as U.S. adversaries.
Posted: 3/12/2008

Welcome to the New Language Classroom

Innovative language teaching doesn't have to be high-tech, but in a new media age the foreign language classroom is changing. This newly launched website looks into how.
Posted: 3/10/2008

Something Completely Different with Mark Selden

Academics aren't all narrow specialists. Cornell's Mark Selden shows his versatility with lectures on American bombing campaigns since WWII and the rural-urban divide in China.
Posted: 2/19/2008

Please Listen, People: Addressing HIV/AIDS in Bengali Scroll Paintings

on display at the Fowler Museum, March 16 through July 12, 2008
Posted: 2/12/2008

International Institute Grants Boost 8 Faculty Projects

The next round of applications for UCLA International Institute faculty grants, for globally oriented outreach and research, is due on March 3, 2008.
Posted: 2/11/2008

UCLA's Links to World Archived on Website

The International Institute is gathering information on collaborative research and exchange agreements made between UCLA and foreign institutions, and simplifying the process of creating new ones. Investigators and sponsors are urged to forward existing international agreements.
Posted: 2/11/2008

UCLA Gets Program, Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Chinese American Studies

Endowed chair is nation's first in Chinese American studies.
Posted: 2/4/2008

$6 Million for UCLA Graduate Education in Humanities

An extraordinary grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will help UCLA to compete for graduate student applicants.
Posted: 1/17/2008

The Book that Brought Tolerance to the Enlightenment

UCLAGetty Research Institute digital project revives Europe's first taste of religious tolerance.
Posted: 12/21/2007

White House Ceremony Honors Daniel Pearl, Son of UCLA Professor

Following their son's death in 2002, Judea Pearl, a professor of computer science at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, and his wife formed the Daniel Pearl Foundation to advance the ideals that inspired Daniel's life and work by hosting lectures, programs and other events throughout the world to promote cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music and innovative communications.
Posted: 12/18/2007

Lasting Support for UCLA Buddhist Studies

Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America establishes the Yehan Numata Endowment at the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and pledges 10 years of additional support. The new funds will bring distinguished visitors and enhance graduate education.
Posted: 12/13/2007

Former Thai Foreign Minister Back at UCLA, with Stories to Tell

Kantathi Suphamongkhon, Thailand's UCLA-educated former 39th foreign minister, shares his experiences with students in a lecture delivered as part of International Education Week. Suphamongkhon is a senior fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center and a UC Regents' Professor.
Posted: 11/20/2007

Many Ways for Bruins to Study Abroad

Various enrollment options can have dramatically different prices for similar education programs, The Daily Bruin reports.
Posted: 11/20/2007

UCLA in Top 10 for Foreign Students, Students Abroad

In a new nationwide report, UCLA ranked eighth in the number of foreign students it hosted during the 2006-07 academic year and was seventh in the number of students who traveled abroad to study in 2005-06.
Posted: 11/16/2007

Panel Speaks on Oil Politics

The panel featured journalist Steve LeVine and discussion centered around oil in the Caspian region, where LeVine spent 11 years reporting. [The event was sponsored by the UCLA Center for International Business Education & Research and cosponsored with the UCLA International Institute and the Center for European and Eurasian Studies, among others.]
Posted: 11/7/2007

Lecture Focuses on Buddhism, Tibet

The Center for Buddhist Studies held its third and final event in an initiative to establish a permanent endowed chair in Tibetan Buddhist studies on Monday.
Posted: 11/6/2007

6 Who've Cared About Darfur's Victims

Burkle Center Website, Oct. 30, 2007
Posted: 10/30/2007

At UCLA, Mongolia's First Lady Seeks Ties with 'Third Neighbor'

Tsolmon Onon Enkhbayar addresses UCLA scholars and members of L.A.'s Mongolian community.
Posted: 10/30/2007

Women's Studies Branches Out

The UCLA Graduate Quarterly reports on international directions in women's studies. Three graduate students are profiled.
Posted: 10/30/2007

Muslim Feminist Seeks to Educate Journalists

Zainah Anwar, executive director of Malaysian-based Sisters in Islam, pushes a message of diversity and progressivism within the framework of Islam.
Posted: 10/19/2007

Latin American Film Studies Get Push from UCLA Institute

The Latin American Institute is launching a Film and Media Project, collaborating on a DVD collection for research libraries, and extending its menu of screenings and activities for cinema buffs.
Posted: 10/16/2007

South African Heritages and Their Owners

On a trip to Cape Town, Laura Foster, an attorney and UCLA doctoral student in women's studies, discovers that intellectual property rights are not marginal concerns for marginalized and historically oppressed communities. They're near the center of efforts to reclaim and reaffirm cultures.
Posted: 10/5/2007

Sputnik Launch Turns 50, Russia Yawns

Andrew L. Jenks, an assistant professor of history at California State University, Long Beach, explains that the Sputnik moment was a moment for Americans, not Russians (who also had Yuri Gagarin). And the moment could repeat itself.
Posted: 10/3/2007

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