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Shanghai Visit Underscores Global Presence of UCLA
Approximately 20 faculty, administrators and staff from UCLA traveled to Shanghai to create new alliances and reinforce ties within the Bruin community in China with a weeklong series of events in one of the most dynamic cities in Asia.
Posted: 8/31/2010
Brazilian Film Expert Randal Johnson Leads International Studies During Search
The interim vice provost of international studies, Johnson says that he and the International Institute won't "sit still" in 2010-11. His job for the year includes travel to build relationships with institutions abroad and collaboration with units across campus on internationalizing higher education.
Posted: 8/30/2010
UCLA Again Ranks 2nd Among Public Universities Worldwide
The campus held leading positions in three recently released rankings of universities, including the annual Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Posted: 8/26/2010
Historian Terraciano Gears Up for Year as Latin American Institute Director
The "lean, efficient" LAI covers the waterfront of Latin American issues in its programming, and focuses on broad areas of interdisciplinary research. History Professor and interim LAI Director Kevin Terraciano says his own interest in Mesoamerican languages and cultures fits right in.
Posted: 8/23/2010
Monochrome Ceramics from Ancient Mexico in Fall Fowler Exhibit
Since many of the works were contemporaneous with brilliantly painted Mesoamerican ceramics, they are understood to reflect a conscious artistic choice to stand apart from those polychrome arts.
Posted: 8/11/2010
Area Studies, Language Programs Win Almost $11 Million from Education Department
Over the coming four years, the UCLA International Institute's renowned programs on East Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Near East, Southeast Asia and heritage language education anticipate federal support of $6.7 million for language instruction, public programming, outreach to local schools, and more. Five centers will distribute nearly $4.3 million in Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships to UCLA undergraduate and graduate students.
Posted: 8/9/2010
Exhibit Features Weavers
The UCLA Fowler Museum's exhibition "Weavers' Stories From Island Southeast Asia" focuses on traditional cloth and the women behind the looms. The show runs concurrently with "Nini Towok's Spinning Wheel: Cloth and the Cycle of Life in Kerek, Java," reports The Daily Bruin.
Posted: 8/9/2010
UC Faculty, Students Head to Haiti to Extend Role in Recovery
Twenty-one representatives of the student-founded UC Haiti Initiative will travel to the island nation for a 10-day fact-finding visit. The group, which includes 13 students, will visit Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Mirebalais and Leogane, the epicenter of the 7.0 temblor that struck on Jan. 12, in search of specific recovery projects that can be sustained by the people themselves.
Posted: 8/4/2010
Mandarin Teachers Gain Training at UCLA
Instructors travel from China to L.A. campus to learn U.S. classroom culture, reports UCLA's student newspaper The Daily Bruin.
Posted: 8/3/2010
UCLA to Participate in Global Symposium on Bombing of Hiroshima
To take place on campus as well as on the Internet, an hourlong event on Wednesday, August 4, will mark the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and connect UCLA with participants in Japan, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom.
Posted: 8/3/2010
On 1st US Trip, Saudi Women Compare Experiences at NGOs
A delegation of Saudi Arabian women visits campus to exchange knowledge about the workings of nongovernmental organizations with Jocelyn Guihama, the executive director of the UCLA Center for Civil Society.
Posted: 7/26/2010
Local US Languages and How to Teach Them
Schools and colleges don't always ask who their students are when deciding which languages to teach and how to design curricula. Seeking to remedy that, UCLA's National Heritage Language Resource Center hosts a week-long training workshop for language instructors and K-12 administrators from across the country.
Posted: 7/22/2010
"Innocent Victims": An Accounting of Anti-Terrorism in the Egyptian Legal Context
A paper presented by Mona Atia, George Washington University. Part of the one-day conference "Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror."
Posted: 7/19/2010
(Re)Bounding Islamic Charitable Giving in the Terror Decade
A paper presented by Sally Howell, University of Michigan-Dearborn. Part of the one-day conference "Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror."
Posted: 7/19/2010
Blocking the Faith, Freezing Charity: The Chilling Effect of Terrorism Financing Laws and Policies on Muslim Charitable Giving
A paper presented by Jennifer Turner, ACLU Human Rights Program. Part of the one-day conference "Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror."
Posted: 7/19/2010
Globalization, Informal Networks and the War on Terrorist Finance: Understanding the Political Economy of Islamic Welfare
A paper presented by Khaled Medani, McGill University. Part of the one-day conference "Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror."
Posted: 7/19/2010
Governing Gifts: Law, Risk, and the "War on Terror"
A paper presented by Erica James, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Part of the one-day conference "Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror."
Posted: 7/19/2010
Islamic Charities and Delivering "Safe Aid"
A paper presented by Jonathan Benthall, University College, London. Part of the one-day conference "Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror."
Posted: 7/19/2010
Muslim-American Charities Under Pressure: Administrative Remedies for Legal and Financial Compliance Issues
A paper presented by Akil Vohra, Counsel, Muslim Advocates. Part of the one-day conference "Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror."
Posted: 7/19/2010
Prosecuting the Holy Land Foundation: A Case Study in the Criminalization of Islamic Charitable Giving
A paper presented by Rachel Roberts, UCLA School of Law. Part of the one-day conference Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror.
Posted: 7/19/2010
Secrecy and Sadaqa: The Challenge of Law Enforcement Scrutiny of Islamic Charitable Giving
A paper presented by Asma Abdel Halim, University of Toledo. Part of the one-day conference "Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror."
Posted: 7/19/2010
The "Scalpel" and the "Sledgehammer": How the First Amendment Has Facilitated the Criminalization of Islamic Charities
A paper presented by Malick Ghachem, Associate, Weil, Gotshal and Manges, Boston, MA. Part of the one-day conference "Critical Perspectives on the Criminalization of Islamic Philanthropy in the War on Terror."
Posted: 7/19/2010
SimInsights Simulates a More Stimulating Science Curriculum
Rajesh Jha, a graduate student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, started SimInsights, a company that produces simulation software for classrooms.
Posted: 7/14/2010
UCLA Team Traveling to Shanghai to Expand Ties
The trip is part of a university-wide effort to expand UCLA's relationship with China on several levels, including study programs and alumni support.
Posted: 7/14/2010
Young Spanish Politicians Examine Immigration on US Tour
As part of the State Department's "Young Political Leaders" project, five Spanish and Andorran officials share perspectives with UCLA Professor of Law Hiroshi Motomura, an expert on immigration and citizenship in the United States. Spain has seen an immigration boom in the last decade.
Posted: 7/14/2010
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