http://www.international.ucla.edu Educating Global Citizens en-us http://www.international.ucla.edu/images/ucla_intl_instit.gif http://www.international.ucla.edu Because of the generous gift, UCLA remains the only campus in California offering Thai language instruction at all levels. On Nov. 23, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the International Institute hosted a luncheon in honor of Consul General Damrong Kraikruan. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=113022 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:20:40 PDT 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. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=113014 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:14:58 PDT A series on the 1910 revolution began Nov. 16 with a conference organized jointly by the Center for Mexican Studies and the just-opened Los Angeles branch of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112991 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:27:04 PDT "Those Who Remain" tells the story of Mexican families who have at least one member working in the United States. On Nov. 18, the UCLA Latin America Institute will be screening the film on campus with co-director Carlos Hagerman present, reports The Daily Bruin. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112957 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:19:46 PDT 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. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112955 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:53:28 PDT 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. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112952 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:18:08 PDT 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. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112893 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:48:59 PDT About 700 UC students withdrew from school in 1942 when they and approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans on the West Coast were sent to internment camps. UCLA will award honorary degrees this spring. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112901 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:45:19 PDT 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. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112898 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:50:50 PDT Gen. Clark on CNN Larry King Live on Monday, November 2 where he debated Pete Hegseth about Afghanistan. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112862 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:45:22 PDT In October 2009 Burkle Senior Fellow Kantathi Suphamongkhon traveled to Santiago, Chile, for a conference to present his views on ASEAN progress in a speech titled "From Zero-sum to Positive-sum: Asean Turning Weakness Into Strength". http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112877 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:35:34 PDT 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. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112849 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:01:02 PDT Shortly after accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women's Media Foundation, Amira Hass delivers two talks on campus sponsored by the Center for Near Eastern Studies. "Diary of Bergen-Belsen: 1944-1945," Hass's mother's account of surviving the Nazi concentration camp, has been republished in English. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112804 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:45:47 PDT Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer looks at U.S. cooperation on issues from global warming to peacekeeping and human rights. http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112720 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:04:54 PDT Rick Miller, a graduate student in Geography, spent the year studying settled nomads and Mongolian language in Ulaanbaatar http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=112724 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:55:23 PDT