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Mehrangiz Kar Speaks on Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi
International Woman of the Year and well-known Iranian human rights activist Mehrangiz Kar talks to 300 at UCLA about her colleague, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.
Posted: 12/11/2003
International Studies Heads Warn of Poisonous Contradiction in House Bill
San Francisco Chronicle airs call by heads of UCLA and UC Berkeley international studies for Senate to head off "witch-hunts" by reducing proposed military role in university oversight.
Posted: 12/10/2003
Global Studies for Everyone: International Institute Holds Open House and Fellowship Fair
Good student turnout explores study abroad opportunities, funding in international studies, and interdepartmental degree programs.
Posted: 12/4/2003
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Surveys the Continent
Charles Snyder brings his forty years of work in Africa to bear in a candid view of the continent's leaders, hot spots, and causes for optimism.
Posted: 12/3/2003
Perceptions of Corruption in Asia -- results from Transparency International's 2003 Index
Singapore is thought to have the "cleanest" public sector among Asian nations. Bangladesh is perceived to have the most corrupt public sector.
Posted: 11/30/2003
Building a Case for Buddhist Studies at UCLA
Robert Buswell, director of the Center for Buddhist Studies and former Buddhist monk, is the catalyst for building a renowned program at UCLA for the study of Buddhism.
Posted: 11/20/2003
President of South China University of Technology Gets Briefing on Undergraduate Research Initiative
Leading Guangzhou institution sends top officials to look at potential for involving undergraduates in direct research.
Posted: 11/17/2003
Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking in Japan
UCLA Anthropologist reports that one injured woman in seven who is hospitalized in Japan is the victim of spousal violence, while 100,000 women a year are imported as sex workers from poor Asian countries.
Posted: 11/17/2003
Yonsei University Vice President Promotes Ties with UCLA
Dr. Jung Ki Kim, Yonsei's Vice President for Academic Affairs, holds meetings with leading UCLA officials and Koreanist faculty, plans Los Angeles Yonsei campus.
Posted: 11/17/2003
Top Administrators of Ewha University Consult UCLA on Business Operations Planning
Managers of leading South Korean women's university ask for consultation to plan their business and information technology reorganization.
Posted: 11/7/2003
Kenyan Muslim Students Meet UCLA Student Leaders
Seven students from Kenya explore UCLA outreach work in Watts.
Posted: 11/6/2003
Muslim Visitors from 11 Countries Come to UCLA This Fall
Four delegations from throughout the Arab world and India meet with faculty and staff to study religious and secular education.
Posted: 11/6/2003
Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture Explores the Self-Images of Buddhist Monks over the Centuries
Raoul Birnbaum delivers 16th lecture in venerable series at UCLA's Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Posted: 11/5/2003
Al Jazeera, Radio Sawa Founders Report on Media in the Middle East
Al Jazeera founder Omar Al-Issawi describes the Middle East's most dynamic television station, Norm Pattiz reports on America's new radio outpost in the Arab world.
Posted: 11/4/2003
Bruce Herschensohn, Mel Levine, Debate Effectiveness of Bush Policy in War on Terror, Role of UN
Conservative author, television commentator exchanges views with liberal attorney and former congressman.
Posted: 10/31/2003
Alan Dershowitz Speaks on His "The Case for Israel"
1,100 at Royce Hall hear call for supporters of Israel in America to speak up.
Posted: 10/29/2003
Nusseibeh-Ayalon Get 153,000 Signatures on Petition for Peace
Ami Ayalon, former head of Shin Bet, and Sari Nusseibeh, President of Al Quds University, tell UCLA audience about their campaign.
Posted: 10/24/2003
Shimon Peres at UCLA Meeting Calls for Negotiating with Existing Palestinian Leadership
Former Israeli prime minister calls for negotiating with the Palestinians "as they are."
Posted: 10/24/2003
Africa Center Hosts Open House at Fowler Museum
Famed Senegalese drummer Aziz Faye gives concert of Sabar drumming and dance.
Posted: 10/9/2003
Long-haired Monks? -- Raoul Birnbaum presents the 16th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Art and Archaeology on Nov. 1
Prof. Birnbaum, holder of the Rebele Chair in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz, will speak in the Lenart Auditorium of UCLA's Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
Posted: 10/8/2003
Philippines' Prof. Walden Bello Wins Right Livelihood "Altermative Nobel Prize" for 2003
Prize awarded in the Swedish Parliament is "for Outstanding Vision and Work on Behalf of Our Planet and Its People."
Posted: 10/8/2003
Storm Clouds over a New American Century?
International Institute Vice Provost comments in the South China Morning Post on America's current place in the world.
Posted: 10/2/2003
Reports from Bosnia
Alicia Stevenson and Jonathan Dotan, UCLA seniors abroad in Bosnia, write about their experiences.
Posted: 10/1/2003
English Teachers from Uzbekistan Consult with UCLA's ESL Department and Language Resource Center
Two faculty members from Bukhara State University visit U.S. to study methods of teaching English as a second language.
Posted: 9/23/2003
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