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    A UCLA senior's path to community-driven change

    Senior Joaquin Garcia (UCLA 25) reflects on his journey from a small ski town to the nation's top public university, where he found his academic calling, honed his passion for advocacy and laid the groundwork for a future in law and public service.

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    “I actually didn't even know the IDS major existed when I got here,” said Joaquin Garcia. "I was looking for something that balanced... the economic policy side and contemporary world issue experience. And that's when I found the IDS major." (Photo: Victoria Salcedo/ UCLA.)
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    Forging a sociology of liberation

    At a recent Center for European and Russian Studies, Amín Pérez detailed how Pierre Bourdieu and Abdelmalek Sayad forged a politically committed sociology during the Algerian War of Independence.

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    Photo: Algerian war collage. (Madame Grinderche via WikimediaCommons, 2010; cropped.)
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Recent News

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Global health researcher and advocate
Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul to speak at International Institute commencement

A Harvard-trained health economist, Dr. Knaul has been engaged in public health research, social development and advocacy throughout her career in positions with governments, nonprofit organizations and universities.

UCLA International Institute

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Annual GDL event includes review of past year's activities, plus Project Incubator showcase

At a recent evening event hosted by the UCLA Global Development Lab, student members gave presentations about the lab's educational workshops, on-site internships and the community projects developed by Project Incubator participants over the past year.

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Local partnerships, global impacts: Lessons from community-engaged research

At a recent International Institute event, speakers discussed how community-engaged research and volunteer projects have taught them to listen to and work with residents who are already addressing local needs. Such engagement can expand on-the-ground contributions to public policy and strengthen global solidarity.

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The link between the U.S. dollar and an emergent carbon cleavage in American politics

U.S. tariff policies, a rapid shift to green energy in Asia and policies that promote a carbon-dominant economy in the U.S. are likely end the dollar's status as the dominant trade financing vehicle and preferred global savings asset, said Mark Blyth at the Burkle Center.

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Asia Pacific Center hosts conference on “MIT (Made-in-Taiwan), Redux: New Approaches to Material and Technological Cultures in Taiwan"

This year's conference on "MIT (Made-in-Taiwan), Redux: New Approaches to Material and Technological Cultures in Taiwan" is presented as part of the UCLA-NTNU Taiwan Studies Initiative, a partnership of UCLA and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) that aims to create research synergies to promote cutting-edge research in Taiwan studies.

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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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Institute geographers win academic honors, highlight discipline's contributions to international studies

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

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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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Visions of environmental justice in Colombia

At a recent Latin American Institute event, UC Irvine professor Alexander Huezo described how Afro-Colombian communities on Colombia's Pacific coast experience and resist environmental violence.

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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

Suki: Microcosm of Tastes11Jun2025

Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

Suki: Microcosm of Tastes

To discuss Japanese architecture, this talk series is organized around five concepts unique to Japan: MA, KANE, HAI/KYO, IN/EI, and...

International Institute Commencement Ceremony 202514Jun2025

UCLA International Institute

International Institute Commencement Ceremony 2025

Global health researcher and advocate Dr. Felicia Maire Knaul will be the featured commencement speaker.

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Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

ZA: Place for Shared Experience

UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies's annual Global Japan Forum brings together renowned experts in various fields to analyze and...

Sixteenth Heritage Language Research Institute16Jun2025

National Heritage Language Resource Center

Sixteenth Heritage Language Research Institute

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Economic Prosperity: Women And Small Business Entrepreneurship: A Multi-Regional Project

DELEGATION 25 members Visit Date: 04/30/2025
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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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