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His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, Receives The UCLA Medal
In this video Chancellor Gene Block presented United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the UCLA Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the campus, UCLA's Kerckhoff Hall on March 2, 2010.
Posted: 3/2/2010
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Receives UCLA Medal, Lectures on UN's Global Initiatives
In front of a packed house at UCLA's Kerckhoff Hall on March 2, 2010, Chancellor Gene Block presented United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the UCLA Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the campus.
Posted: 3/2/2010
Defenders of World's Mother Tongues (and Signs) Compare Tactics at UCLA
The National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA hosts a major, first-of-its-kind conference on how to teach languages that are sidelined and stigmatized around the world, and honors a U.S. authority on bilingualism and teaching methodologies, Guadalupe Valdes of Stanford University.
Posted: 2/23/2010
1st International Conference on Heritage Languages Begins Feb. 19
The first conference devoted to research on heritage and community language education around the world, Friday through Sunday on campus, will feature papers, poster sessions and workshops. Colleagues from 20 countries will participate, and 300 people will attend.
Posted: 2/17/2010
A Look at Ordinary People Caught in the Chaos of War
Freelance war reporter Anne Nivat eschews bodyguards and bullet-proof jackets when she works in places like Chechnya and Afghanistan. She insists on dressing like a local and sharing the danger with those whose everyday lives are touched by war.
Posted: 2/17/2010
As Ethiopia Expands Higher Ed, UCLA Seeks Partnership
UCLA's African Studies Center is developing a plan with Addis Ababa University to assist with new PhD programs in business and economics that are needed for Ethiopia's expanding university systems. The proposed partnership, involving the UCLA Anderson School, would elevate socio-cultural issues within business curricula at UCLA and AAU alike.
Posted: 2/2/2010
'Talking Drums' on Rural and Global Stages
For his dissertation field research, UCLA graduate student Jesse Ruskin went to southwestern Nigeria to understand the local uses and global reach of the Yoruba 'talking drum.' He also performed with local musicians.
Posted: 2/1/2010
Behind Sher-Gil's 'Tahitian'
Saloni Mathur, a UCLA art historian, reconsiders the career of Amrita Sher-Gil with reference to Gauguin and Van Gogh, putting modernist painting in a global frame.
Posted: 1/28/2010
Race and the Traces of History
A lecture by Patrick Wolfe, La Trobe University, Australia on January 25, 2010.
Posted: 1/28/2010
Author Hits 'Reset' on Story of China in Africa
To write a sweeping new study of China's ramped-up engagement with African governments, "The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa," Deborah Brautigam of American University had to set aside most of what Chinese and Western media said on the subject.
Posted: 1/27/2010
Indigenous institution building and 20th century US Indian policy
A lecture by Duane Champagne, UCLA
Posted: 1/25/2010
Study Predicts Surge in HIV Drug Resistance
Applying their disease transmission model to San Francisco, the researchers found that the drug-resistant strains emerging in that city are also very likely to emerge in many African countries where treatment is just beginning.
Posted: 1/25/2010
The settlers ongoing contract: Assimilation and removal in the post-frontier era.
A lecture by Patrick Wolfe, La Trobe University, Australia
Posted: 1/25/2010
Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East
A lecture by Dawn Chatty, Oxford University on January 12, 2010.
Posted: 1/13/2010
Greening North America Energy Relationship Conference 2009, Keynote Address Video
Video of keynote speech by David Suzuki, Frank Gilliam, Jr.
Posted: 1/12/2010
Don't Revalue the Yuan Yet
Without measures to stimulate consumption in China, such a move won't help, writes Calla Wiemer, who is a visiting scholar at UCLA's Center for Chinese Studies and a visiting associate professor of economics at Claremont McKenna College.
Posted: 1/8/2010
Global Buddies Connects Travelers with Families Across Oceans
Established by UCLA's Global Center for Children and Families in 2006, the program aims to build lasting ties between Americans and families in developing countries.
Posted: 1/8/2010
Scholar Intrigued by How Societies Treat Their Elderly
The idea that it's human nature for parents to make sacrifices for their children and, in turn, for grown children to sacrifice for their aging parents--turns out to be a "naive expectation," the UCLA geographer and bestselling author Jared Diamond said in a recent lecture.
Posted: 1/7/2010
East Meets West in Scholar John Duncan
Director of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies and a leading light on pre-modern Korea, Duncan has lived comfortably in two cultures since the late 1960s. Duncan is receiving the Korea Foundation Award in Seoul for a lifetime of contributions to Korean studies worldwide.
Posted: 12/15/2009
Visitors Bureau Hosted 520 People from 90 Nations in 2009
The International Visitors Bureau hosted 520 visitors to UCLA from 90 nations in 2009. Topics of this year's discussions included U.S financial systems, cultural preservation, higher education, minority participation in the political process, religious diversity, substance abuse and affordable housing, among many others.
Posted: 12/11/2009
Forum for Africa Scholarship, Opinion, Expression in 2nd Life Online
Since 1970 "Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies" has given marginalized voices on Africa, the African diaspora and related social issues a space to address general readers and scholars alike. Formerly in print, the peer-reviewed journal has two new issues available online and free of charge.
Posted: 12/10/2009
The Obama Administration and the United Nations
Deputy Permanent US Representative to the UN, Ambassador Alejandro Wolff
Posted: 12/9/2009
Career Diplomat and Alumnus Explains Obama's UN Approach
Deputy Permanent U.S. Representative to the U.N. Alejandro Wolff addressed a packed conference room in Bunche Hall on "The Obama Administration's New Approach to the United Nations," in a lecture sponsored by the Burkle Center.
Posted: 12/8/2009
Law Students to Have Front-Seat View at World Climate Talks
Cara Horowitz designed a class around the U.N.'s December conference in Copenhagen and picked six students with environmental law experience to take it. Now they're going on the fieldtrip of a lifetime.
Posted: 12/4/2009
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