A new grant from the Henry Luce Foundation will strengthen a burgeoning network of Indigenous communities, nonprofit organizations and universities through Southeast and East Asia spearheaded by Stephen Acabado, director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
“ICE OUT: Arte en Resistencia!”, an exhibition organized by UCLA undergraduates, opens March 10 with a panel discussion, followed by live music. It features work by Los Angeles artists Mykle Parker, Josiah O'Balles and Ernesto Yerena.
Ann Karagozian, inaugural director of The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, wears many hats at UCLA and has built an extensive record of work in both STEM and the social sciences.
How UCLA advocates are working with global partners to end the practice.
On February 9, 2026, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive celebrated the legacy of Hua Wenyi with a roundtable discussion and performances by the Kunqu Opera Society USA and UCLA Kunqu students from the UCLA Music of China Ensemble, directed by Chi Li. This celebration event was co-sponsored by the UCLA Asia Pacific Center.
Linda Zerilli proposed a democratic theory of truth that requires citizens to engage in the public space to continually affirm factual truth. “Whatever is true is expressed by us arising from everyday life with language,” she said.
When the end of monsoon season first left unaccompanied Chinese merchants in Southeast Asian ports for months at a time, they formed local diaspora communities in a process that has spanned at least 18 centuries.
A dozen Bruins have been selected to teach and conduct research across Asia, Africa, Europe and North America in 2025–26.
This Daily Bruin feature of Andrew Dong (UCLA 2025, international development studies) follows the story of how he created an online matcha tea business after graduation.
“What's really important is not only what I learned in Australia, but how it is seen through a U.S. lens as well," said UCLA sophomore Fiona Xie about the program.
