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    UCLA kicks off International Education Week
    on November 18

    UCLA International Institute is proud to announce a campus celebration of International Education Week (IEW) 2024 on November 18–22.

    Celebrated at U.S. colleges nationwide, the week offers an opportunity to discover the breadth of international educational and cultural resources at UCLA. Our university is not only the top public university in the nation, but is committed to expanding its local and global impact.

    Rated the top public university in the United States for eight years in a row by U.S. News & World Report, UCLA has a “glocal” vision that connects the world with local Los Angeles communities, many of which maintain vibrant links with countries around the world. The research conducted on our campus, moreover, impacts people here in Los Angeles and around the world. Read more...

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15 UCLA graduate students selected for Fulbright-Hays Fellowship

Bruins lead U.S. universities with the most fellows chosen for the research abroad program

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Freedoms and flashpoints: Elections impact more than national politics in 2024

Democracy — and the planet — are at stake in elections and governance around the world this year. A recent panel discussion explored the impact of elections in India, Amazonia, Mexico and the European Union.

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Prof. Acabado Highlights Community-Centered Dialogues at the Global Indigeneity Conference

The Global Indigeneity Conference, held from August 22-25, 2024, in Banaue, Ifugao, brought together over 90 participants from across the globe, including representatives from the Philippines, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the USA.

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Global health minor continues to flourish

The popular global health minor of the UCLA International Institute brings together Bruins who major in the social sciences and humanities with life sciences and pre-med majors.

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UCLA faculty win multiple Fulbright Specialist Awards

Fulbright Specialist Awards support short-term international collaborations by UCLA faculty, enabling them to share their expertise and develop international peer networks.

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New works by International Institute scholars span a range of disciplines

New books by Stephanie Balkwill, Marjorie Elaine, Shaina Potts and David Kim arrive this fall.

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Latest book by Jason de León on National Book Award nonfiction longlist

Jason de León's “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling” was recently honored as part of the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

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Utpal Sandesara brings new expertise, courses to global health program

In his first year of teaching for the International Institute's global health minor, Sandesara created two new electives for the program.

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Image for Bats as a Model for Ovarian Aging: An Interview with Dr. Karen Sears

Bats as a Model for Ovarian Aging: An Interview with Dr. Karen Sears

Bats are a good model for mammalian longevity because like humans, they are mammals, and many species have evolved very long lifespans.

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Image for His Excellency Notonegoro of the Yogyakarta Sultanate hosts CSEAS for partnership discussions

His Excellency Notonegoro of the Yogyakarta Sultanate hosts CSEAS for partnership discussions

UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies met with His Excellency Notonegoro, Prince of the Yogyakarta Sultanate, to discuss potential collaborations.

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Creating the global university: How Gene Block built bridges from Westwood to the world

A tireless traveler, UCLA's outgoing chancellor has taken an in-person, hands-on approach to positioning the university as a major player on the international stage.

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Image for Della Vida Conference explores Arabic language and identity in early Islamic period

Della Vida Conference explores Arabic language and identity in early Islamic period

The conference featured keynote addresses by the joint winners of the 2024 Giorgio Levi Della Vida Awards: historian Michael Cook and Islamic law professor and jurist Hossein Modarressi, both of Princeton University.

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Global Development Lab hosts annual project showcase

At the annual UCLA Global Development Lab showcase, members gave detailed presentations on internships and the international and/or community projects they developed over the past year.

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The unvarnished clarity of women's courage

Three 2024 International Women of Courage Award recipients shared their experiences at a recent UCLA Anderson School panel, inspiring a future generation of Bruin women leaders.

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Global studies student blazes through UCLA, heads for career in international law

Mischa Gureghian Hall finished his B.A. in three, jam-packed years and soon heads to Oxford University, where he will do a law degree.

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UCLA joins multilateral association of university leaders

“UCLA is honored to join the U7+ Alliance and supports its timely mission of developing multilateral strategies to apply the intellectual and research resources of universities worldwide to the complex problems of our world,” said UCLA Vice Provost Cindy Fan.

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Committed to serving the underserved

Graduate student Supraja Saravanakumar did a public health internship in Kenya last summer with support from a Dr. Elizabeth Woldemussie Fellowship. Her work there built on many years of volunteer service in health education.

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Image for Postdoc Fellow Maria Diletta Pubblico studies intricacies of votive animal mummies

Postdoc Fellow Maria Diletta Pubblico studies intricacies of votive animal mummies

Diletta is the recipient of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023-2026), a highly competitive grant promoted by the European Commission.

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CSEAS expands climate change research through new collaboration

UCLA and Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology forge a new partnership for climate change and indigenous landscape management research in the Philippines.

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Department Chair and Professor Kevin Terraciano's Florentine Codex Project Featured in Magazine Articles

Department Chair and Professor Kevin Terraciano's Florentine Codex project was recently featured in an online Winter 2024 edition of the UCLA Magazine and in El Pais in Spain.

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The UCLA team behind the Digital Florentine Codex

UCLA Magazine delves into the team of UCLA alumni and professors who played an instrumental role in creating the Getty Digital Florentine Codex. The entire 16th-century encyclopedia of Indigenous Mexican knowledge and culture is now easily accessible worldwide for the first time in its history.

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National Greek Press Featuring Graduate Student Paul Melas

Graduate Student Paul Melas' recent conference presentation on the monastic community of Mount Athos, Greece, was covered by the National Greek press * agency and a dozen other Greek news outlets.

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Morocco honors a native son

Sociocultural anthropologist Aomar Boum, a renowned scholar of Moroccan Jewish life and history, has been inducted as a member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco.

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Unsettling Landscape: Exploring Southeast Asian Women Filmmakers' Visionary Perspectives

Showcasing a collection of recent experimental works by Southeast Asian women filmmakers, Unsettling Landscape focuses on short films and videos that critically engage with questions of land, landscape and the myriad forms of mediation that have been used to capture their image.

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Bruin dives into study abroad

Russian Flagship student Geneva Flores spent the summer after her freshman year in an intensive Russian-language program in Kazakhstan. The experience both accelerated her progress in Russian and built her self-confidence.

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