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South Korean Central Banker Shares Lessons Learned in Crisis

Dosoung Choi of the Bank of Korea delivers the inaugural lecture in a series jointly sponsored by the UCLA Center for Korean Studies and Seoul National University. The lectures will look at global issues from Korean vantage points.
Posted: 12/4/2009

UCLA Athlete, World Affairs Enthusiast Receives Marshall Scholarship

Matthew Clawson, a political science and economics major with a minor in public affairs, plans to use the award to complete a master's degree in international relations at Oxford University.
Posted: 12/1/2009

Many Modernities Ahead

China's rise as a global power will change world politics and culture, not just the economy, argues Martin Jacques in a new book. To look ahead, start by understanding the difference between a nation-state and a civilization-state.
Posted: 11/30/2009

Rhodes Scholar Sees the Human Face in Poverty in India

Elizavida Fouksman investigated human rights abuses in rural India during her junior year, then returned after graduation to inspire social activism. She is UCLA's 12th Rhodes Scholar.
Posted: 11/30/2009

Law Students Take Pulse on Issues of Global Justice at The Hague

After interviewing representatives of states and advocacy organizations at the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court, where the United States has sent official observers for the first time, the students will report their findings and perhaps make recommendations toward a broader U.S. engagement with the court.
Posted: 11/23/2009

UCLA Ranks 8th in Foreign Students, 5th in Number Studying Abroad

In a nationwide report released this week, UCLA ranked eighth among U.S. universities in the number of foreign students it hosted during the 2008-09 academic year and was fifth in the number of students it sent abroad to study in 2007-08. UCLA was the only University of California campus listed in the top 10 in either category.
Posted: 11/18/2009

UC-Wide Institute to Address Global Health Woes

Faculty and students from across UC's 10-campus system will join forces in the new University of California Global Health Institute. Thomas Coates, director of the UCLA Program in Global Health, will co-lead the institute.
Posted: 11/18/2009

Europe and America Couldn't Be More Different, Right? Not So Fast, Says a UCLA Historian

Marshalling quantitative comparative data on subjects as diverse as colon cancer deaths and the accuracy of clocks in public settings, Peter Baldwin illustrates how differences between the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe are much smaller than commonly supposed.
Posted: 11/12/2009

Wesley Clark: Can NATO Survive Afghanistan?

Clark, a senior fellow at UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations, opened the afternoon session for a Nov. 6 conference, "1989: Assessing the Collapse of Communism Twenty Years Later." The conference was organized by the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies.
Posted: 11/12/2009

International Education Week at UCLA

Nicholas Entrikin, the vice provost of international studies at UCLA, invites all members of the community to an International Opportunities Fair in Kerckhoff Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 17, and to screenings, exhibitions and forums taking place during International Education Week Nov. 16-20.
Posted: 11/9/2009

Lighting a Fire for Human Rights

When Jack Healey, founder and president of the Human Rights Action Center, came to UCLA on Nov. 5, his purpose was clear: to inspire undergraduates to dedicate themselves to the universal struggle for human rights, as he has done for nearly three decades.
Posted: 11/9/2009

Obama Committed to Working with International Institutions, US Official Says

Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer looks at U.S. cooperation on issues from global warming to peacekeeping and human rights.
Posted: 11/3/2009

Greening Conference 2009, Closing

Closing with Dean Frank Gilliam, Jr.
Posted: 10/22/2009

Greening Conference 2009, Keynote Address

Keynote address by David Suzuki
Posted: 10/22/2009

Greening Conference 2009, Keynote Address Q and A

Keynote address Q and A
Posted: 10/22/2009

Greening Conference 2009, Panel 1: Greening Our Energy Trade Relationship

Panel 1 with J.R. DeShazo, Brenda Goehring, Steven Hoch, Simon Mui, David G. Victor, Perry Wong
Posted: 10/22/2009

Greening Conference 2009, Panel 1: Q and A

Q and A with J.R. DeShazo, Brenda Goehring, Steven Hoch, Simon Mui, David G. Victor, Perry Wong
Posted: 10/22/2009

Greening Conference 2009, Panel 2: Growing Renewable Greentech Sectors

Panel with David Abel, Paul Gipe, Jim MacDougall, V. John White
Posted: 10/22/2009

Researchers to Use Grant to Improve Water in Tanzania

Professors and students hope to create portable device that could test for contaminants immediately, reports The Daily Bruin.
Posted: 10/22/2009

UCLA's Ambassador of International Admissions

In six decades at UCLA Gloria Nathanson, associate director of Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools, has become an authority on appraising the credentials of students across continents and cultures.
Posted: 10/8/2009

Former Pakistani PM Urges Open Talks on Afghanistan

Shaukat Aziz, who served Pakistan for eight years as finance minister and prime minister, argues in a talk at UCLA that global and regional powers will need to meet with all Afghan factions, the Taliban included, and offer a Marshall Plan for Afghanistan in order to put the country on the right track.
Posted: 10/2/2009

Human Rights Advocate Somaly Mam Speaks on Campus

Somaly Mam, founder of the Somaly Mam Foundation goes into detail about her personal experiences as a survivor of forced prostitution for Daily Bruin Radio. Somaly urges students to visit her website somaly.org in order to read testimonials, look at pictures and learn how to save lives.
Posted: 10/2/2009