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Good afternoon.

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I'm Cindy fan Vice Provost

for International Studies

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and Global Engagement at UCLA

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is a language, an institution.

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The Institute at UCLA acknowledges

that culturally no tongue up peoples

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as traditional in categories up to now

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and in celebration

of International Education Week or ICW.

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It is my pleasure to welcome

you all to the

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UCLA global conversation.

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Awake

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the way you attended the event last year.

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You might remember that we call it

the UCLA Global Conversation last year.

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So what happened?

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Well, we've actually changed the name

to global conversation this year.

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But why?

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Well,

our executive vice chancellor and provost,

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Darnell Hunt will help

answer that question in a few minutes.

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So you have homework?

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Daniel

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But I would simply say that,

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you see, his mission is the creation,

dissemination, preservation

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and application of knowledge

for the betterment of the global society.

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And this global society

includes our local community.

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IAW is a joint initiative of the U.S.

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Department of State

and Department of Education.

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Celebrated its fall at college campuses

throughout the United States

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to promote programs that prepare Americans

for a global environment

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and attract future leaders

from abroad to study,

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learn and exchange experiences.

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This initiative highlights

the immense value

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of international education for U.S.

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students,

whether acquired through a study abroad

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coursework or research

involving intercultural perspectives,

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language studies or internships,

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as well as the deep contributions

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made by students and scholars

from other countries.

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This year's

International Education Week at UCLA

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is supported by 22 campus sponsors

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and has 63 events

organized by 36 campus units

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from music, musical

and cultural performances to martial arts

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workshops to lectures on global politics

to international career events.

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There is something for everyone this week.

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Many of the campus sponsors and leaders

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representing

these units are in the audience right now.

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I'd like to thank you

for all your generosity

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and hard work

and for being here this afternoon.

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I also like to thank Chancellor Blau

for attending today's event.

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He has been a strong supporter of Iaw and

has spoken many times in the past events.

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So thank you very much, Gene.

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But you don't have to speak today,

so no pressure.

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At UCLA, the International Institute,

the campus celebration.

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I'd like to sincerely thank the faculty

and students of the Institute

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for their enthusiastic participation

and expressed, Ali,

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especially our amazing staff,

for making IAW

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and this afternoon's event possible.

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Arturo, Chloe, Christine, Katherine,

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Kayla Kaplan, Marissa Alexander,

Peggy and Warren.

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My deep gratitude to you, my friends.

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We have

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a special event today ending with ABC.

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Hunt's remarks,

followed by a discussion and Q&A

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with four distinguished panelists

for distinguished members of UCLA.

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First of all, please join me in welcoming

ABC on

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Danielle Hunt.

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Thank you so much, Cindy.

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All right.

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So I very much appreciate the opportunity

to join you here today.

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And I'm going to do my best

to explain the origin of local objects.

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So it's my great pleasure

to welcome our audience

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to this global conversation

where you will hear

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from an esteemed panel of UCLA

scholars and experts

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who are doing impactful work

that reaches around the world.

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But I don't think we can discuss

our international connections

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without first acknowledging

the difficult moment they were all in

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and recognizing that many on our campus

and in our region

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are impacted by the conflict

taking place in the Middle East.

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As an institution, of course,

and as a community.

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We mourn the innocent lives lost

and we express

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a sincere hope

for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

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Now, UCLA is a state university

in California,

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but its orientation is truly global,

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a scholarship focused

not only on the betterment of Los

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Angeles or of California,

but on the betterment of the world.

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As you will hear this afternoon,

we have scholars across the globe

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developing solutions abroad that we can

then apply here in our own region.

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Conversely, we also have experts

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solving problems

here in Southern California.

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One solution

that can then be shared internationally or

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the world's most pressing problems

like climate change,

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global conflict and infectious disease

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are not confined by national borders.

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To solve these problems,

we must strengthen

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our international collaborations, advanced

research

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and creative activities, bringing together

partners around the world,

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bolster international alumni networks,

and ensure our students develop

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intercultural competence

so they can thrive in a global economy.

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Since so many

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global issues are present here

in Los Angeles,

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we can use our global model

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to facilitate much of our impact.

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I look forward to hearing

from our panelists about what

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they have already achieved

through global collaborations

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and hope that their work will serve

as an inspiration for many others.

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And so thank you all for taking interest

in the role

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that UCLA plays in Global

Applied Scholarship

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and the conversation.

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Thank you, Danielle.

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I would also want to add that,

you know, one of the reasons why

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we're talking about protocol

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is that we are living

in this international city of Los Angeles.

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So if I remember correctly, close

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to 40% of the population in L.A.

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County were born

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outside of the United States and L.A.

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City.

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58% of the population in L.A.

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City speaks the language

other than English at home.

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And, of course, you know,

we are also home of

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many of the biggest diasporas

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and heritage communities

in the entire country.

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So we are really a special, special city.

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When we talk about local.

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So thank you, Don

El, for those remarks. And

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last year

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we had a panel called Global Challenges

Local Responses.

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And this year, building upon that

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theme and in alignment

with the new UCLA strategic plan,

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our program focused on local impact.

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And it is my honor

to introduce our four panelists.

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So Eric Australian, Silvia Forni,

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Andrea Gatz, Rubén Hernandez, me on.

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Please take a seat on stage

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as they are coming upstage.

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I will simply highlight

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some important

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and interesting features of your bios.

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They are Foot Nails are available

through the invitations you received.

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So Dr.

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Eric Australian, chief of the Cancer

Division

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of Digestive Diseases in a David Geffen

School of Medicine at UCLA.

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He is a physician, Emmy

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nominated and producer preneur.

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He is also actively involved

in philanthropic efforts

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connecting health, human rights,

education and the arts.

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And he is co-chair

of the UCLA Second Century Council.

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The families that you

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produce and the accompanying social impact

campaigns have led to the creation

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of the Promise Institute of Human Rights

at the Promise Institute at UCLA.

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And in 2021, he was honored by Pope

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Francis with the R.A.

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Medal for his humanitarian activities

around the world.

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Dr. Sylvia Forni joined the Fallen Museum

as study and route

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director in December 2022.

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Before moving to L.A.,

she served as senior curator of Global

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Africa and deputy Vice

president of the Department of Art

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and Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum

in Toronto and was affiliated

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with Department of Anthropology

at the University of Toronto.

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Among her recent publications, The Volume

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Making History of Art and Blackness

in Canada

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What Winning Books, Art and Q

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and A fossil tracks from Southern Ghana

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and Africa in the Market 20th Century

Art from the

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Great African Art Collection.

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Andrea Getz,

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Distinguished Professor of Physics

and Astronomy at UCLA,

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and Lauren Lightman

and also the Chair in Astrophysics,

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is one of the world's leading experts

in observational astrophysics

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and is director of UCLA's Galactic Center

Group.

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In 2020,

she became the first woman in the world

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to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics

for her independent discovery

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of a supermassive compact object

now generally recognized

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to be a black hole

in the Milky Way's Galactic Center.

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She serves on several leadership

committees for the Keck

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Observatory in Hawaii, which hosts

the largest telescopes in the world

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who first gets is also very committed

to the communication of science,

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to the general public, inspiring

young girls to enter the field of science.

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Last but not this woman

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who is beyond is Professor of Sociology.

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Director of the Latin American Institute

and co-chair of the

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a interdepartmental program.

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And that's American Studies at UCLA.

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He previously directed

the UCLA Center for Mexican Studies.

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Among his award

winning books are which about migrants

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The Migration of Urban Mexicans,

the United States, and Skills

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of the unskilled work and mobility

among Mexican migrants.

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Is currently working on a book

based on a 25 year

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study of a new destination

of Mexican immigration in the U.S.

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South and a study of the migration history

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Soil migration industry operating

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H-2A temporary worker visa program.

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As you can see,

we really have a distinguished panel here,

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and let's get started.

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So one objective of the U.S.,

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of the UCLA strategic plan, strategic plan

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is to deepen UCLA's impact.

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So I have a question for each one of you,

and that is, can you share with us

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an imperfect program

or project that you've met

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or have been involved in?

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That's the first part of the question.

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The second part of question is

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how do you think that this program

or project connects

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global community to local communities

in Los Angeles and California?

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So let's start with you, Eric.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Cindy.

And thank you to all of you.

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And it's an honor to be here

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with such a distinguished panel

and friends and colleagues.

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So as Dr.

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Phan mentioned,

one of the things I've had the honor

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to be involved with is trying to establish

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new programs

or projects and institutes at UCLA.

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And as you mentioned, two of them

that I'm very proud of.

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So we created the Promise Institute

for Human Rights in 2017

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and the UCLA School of Law

and then the Promise Armenian

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Institute in 2019, which is actually

in the International Institute.

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So very timely.

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And both projects really

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came to be because of the expertise

of the UCLA faculty, the students.

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The programs already in place, the School

of Law, the International Institute, and.

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And even though we had expertise

at UCLA, this structure didn't exist.

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So it really took leadership

The chance for.

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BLOCK Cindy Phan at the time, Dean

Manoukian at the School of Law,

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to come up with great ideas

to partner with faculty,

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to build on the excellence of the faculty

that were already here.

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And Cindy, as you mentioned,

we're in Los Angeles.

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One thing about UCLA

that I think really distinguishes

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the university from many other great

universities is just the benefits

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we have from being in Los Angeles,

having this diverse community,

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having so many students, faculty, alumni,

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and that come from

so many different backgrounds and then

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building on excellence and then kind of

projecting that out to the world.

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So I can give one example for you

in terms of something specific.

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This past year,

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the UCLA School of Law host

and the Institute for Human Rights hosted

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the Inter-American Commission

on Human Rights

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at UCLA and

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really impressive group of distinguished

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judges and officials came to UCLA.

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They stayed at the Luskin.

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They met with many faculty

in the School of Law,

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as well as colleagues

in the field of human rights.

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And that all happened. UCLA,

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the Promise Institute for Human Rights,

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and we just announced that we're opening

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we opened an office in the Netherlands

at The Hague.

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So the promise of Europe will be that

that will be that entity.

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And all of this really started

because of a committed group of faculty,

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and that was in our resources

together to make that happen.

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But I think it's just an example

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of UCLA being the Cal part

because we're here and local,

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but we're really global

because of the global impact.

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Thank you, Eric.

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And I was wondering

if you can expand a little bit also on

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how the local communities in us

candidates support these activities?

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Well, I think there's two ways

that that can happen.

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I think there's first engagement.

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So depending on people's interest

for the Human Rights Institute,

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it's people who are interested in

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and human rights advocacy scholarship.

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And there are already

some organized issues that exist locally.

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But alumni from the School of Law

and people who want to pursue human

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rights law, the Armenian Institute,

and the fact that this

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this is one of the largest diaspora

populations of Armenians in the world

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outside of Armenia and definitely

the largest in the United States.

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So the promised Armenian Institute,

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under the direction

of the inaugural faculty director, Dr.

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Anne Gagosian, has really launched

an impressive amount of programs,

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grant projects

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and collaborative projects

with people in the community.

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And the event program

is actually very impressive

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and I think that has created a forum

for people in the community

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to participate and interact

with UCLA many students.

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So student organization

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and alumni organizations and people

who have really no connection to UCLA, but

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they're Angelinos

and they would like to connect

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with some sort of academic institution

and that has scholarship.

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And I think and really unique

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kind of ways to connect with the community

at a high level.

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And so all of that

is because of the Armenian Institute.

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I mean, UCLA has a tremendous history

of scholarship

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for 90 years of Armenian studies,

but that structure didn't quite exist.

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So because of many people here

and many people

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in the community bringing together

and it's it's quite impressive.

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I think.

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Thank you, Eric and Sylvia,

you brought a new to UCLA, and so

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you'll be forgiven if you

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don't know too much about Los Angeles yet.

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But of course, you spend

quite a lot of time in Toronto.

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So yeah,

but I think even in the brief time

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that I've been in L.A., you know,

there are many similarities

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between the leading Toronto

and being international cities.

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I think Toronto is probably

the most multicultural but

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is very similar in many ways

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and we are the largest collection of world

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arts on the West Coast

and probably one of the largest in the US.

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So we have the small museum at UCLA,

but we have over

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130,000 objects from all over the world.

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So this idea of global is really very much

baked into everything we do.

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And just as an example, the last two

exhibitions that we had at the Fowler

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one actually was two exhibitions

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that featured different arts

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that connects the Armenian community

to L.A.

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in different ways.

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So an exhibition of Armenian lace,

an art form that it's transmitted,

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and it's very much part

of the cultural understanding,

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but also of the daily

life of people in need.

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A place is something people bring

with them and cherish, and it becomes

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how you identify an Armenian home

wherever you are in the world.

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But it's also very specific,

culturally significant art,

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and that an exhibition of photography

of Armenian based photographers

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that really connected the idea of homeland

with the idea of the diaspora

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and the multiple homelands

that we have as immigrants.

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And this was a chance to really bring in

so many people from the community.

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And art has this power

of connecting communities,

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even if they're not necessarily art

historians or experts.

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We can activate art in very way

in various ways that are very expressive.

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And then the last exhibition

that we opened last week

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was an extraordinary global local exercise

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exhibition on Europe about art,

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religious art across the ocean

and into the Americas.

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So this Nigerian born religion

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has traveled people

and despite hardship, thrived

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in the new world, in Cuba, in Brazil,

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and all the way in the U.S.

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So our exhibition starts and includes

objects from Nigeria,

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from Brazil and Cuba, and installation

and work of contemporary L.A.

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based artists that practice

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or express their art.

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This religious form.

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And that's the opening

that we're 1500 people, Afro

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Cubans, Nigerians, black Americans

associated

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with this powerful idea of belief

in this religion that really crosses

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across cultures and brings

everybody together in a space of dialog,

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not identity, not, you know, it's

there are differences,

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but there is a shared understanding and

the possibility of celebrating together.

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So I feel that what we do at the Fowler

and the Fowler can be

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it is an important local hub is also

because it can be a space of celebration

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and it can be

a space of joyful understanding,

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which is something that is harder

and harder to have today.

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So it should be something that

we really cherish when we can achieve it.

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I think this is really a beautiful example

and the exhibition is still on.

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Yeah, well it opened last week,

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so it's open for six months

and I hope you all make it.

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It's really gorgeous.

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Thank you for that.

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And you know, when you

when you brought up art being celebration

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and it's a creative activity

that reminded me of our Vice-Chancellor

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for research Roger joking

when he seemed to put you on a spotlight.

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But when you first started his role

as Vice-Chancellor for research, he

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actually changed the name of his office,

the name of his title from Vice-Chancellor

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for Research to a Vice-Chancellor

for research and creative activities.

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And I think that's a very important

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statement that he has made,

that when we talk about research, it's

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much more than STEM in STEM of course,

but social sciences, humanities and arts.

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Absolutely, yes.

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Andrea, for you, global may mean

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much more than just the earth.

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So how do you

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connect the global with local

with your work?

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Yes, I was going to start there

in the sense

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that my work is in the Division

of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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And of course we studied

and this is so large

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that of course

our planet global teams very little,

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but of course it's the tools

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and the people that raise local issues.

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And what's wonderful about this field

is that it's a field of study

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that can transcend the local issues

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or the global issues

to bring people together.

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So let me start with the telescopes,

because in fact,

00:23:11:09 - 00:23:14:23

the University of California

owns the largest telescope in the world.

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And in fact, this has attracted

roughly 25% of the search

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active faculty in the United States,

the University of California system.

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So you see, it's incredibly powerful

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world leading location for astronomy

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thanks to the telescope and our position

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in having the largest scope

the world has been at for 100 years.

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So there's been a progression

through three

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major telescopes,

the first of which was U.S.

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only, but system wide.

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The next one

brought us to California wide.

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So it was a U.S. Caltech collaboration.

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And today we're working on a telescope

that.

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Is global tech.

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China and India.

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So that's a really interesting global

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facility.

00:24:03:18 - 00:24:08:20

Um, let me before I go into the global

aspects of the big telescope,

00:24:08:25 - 00:24:12:17

be situate UCLA,

because in fact Santa Cruz

00:24:12:17 - 00:24:15:25

is the headquarters

for that system wide investment.

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And as these telescopes work, ways

00:24:19:11 - 00:24:22:17

in which you keep them at the forefront

is to really pay attention to what's

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happening in terms of instrumentation

that you can put on the backend.

00:24:26:23 - 00:24:29:17

So Santa Cruz is very good

at optical astronomy.

00:24:29:17 - 00:24:33:21

So what your idea and what UCLA recognized

00:24:33:23 - 00:24:37:12

when it came online 30 years ago

00:24:37:15 - 00:24:42:09

is that there was this new technology

that was likely to take over

00:24:42:11 - 00:24:46:05

the forefront of telescope technology,

which is the infrared.

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And if you've been paying attention

00:24:47:20 - 00:24:51:13

to the James Webb space Telescope,

that is an infrared telescope.

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But 30 years ago, infrared

detectors was just an emerging technology.

00:24:57:05 - 00:25:00:08

And UCLA recognized that

00:25:00:10 - 00:25:01:28

the aerospace industry here

00:25:01:28 - 00:25:05:14

really drives a lot of the development

of infrared detectors.

00:25:05:14 - 00:25:10:14

So committed to hiring a lot of faculty

in this arena of infrared astronomy

00:25:10:14 - 00:25:15:28

and astrophysics and by doing so,

really put UCLA on the map.

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So that's why this program

00:25:18:17 - 00:25:21:17

that I run was able to get off the ground.

00:25:21:18 - 00:25:25:00

UCLA's investment in these technologies.

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And I was interested

00:25:26:06 - 00:25:29:22

with my group of developing new ways

of using these telescopes.

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And of course, when you develop

new tools that spread throughout

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both local and global,

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this is a program

I think is indeed already mentioned.

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It's all about the supermassive black

hole in the galaxy.

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But what people don't probably underscore,

recognize or know is that

00:25:49:18 - 00:25:53:11

this is a program that was rejected

when we were first proposed it

00:25:53:11 - 00:25:57:06

both from a telescope resource

and a financial resource.

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And what I truly appreciate

is UCLA belief in this project.

00:26:02:21 - 00:26:07:12

The risk that they took actually

in hiring me right at the get go,

00:26:07:14 - 00:26:10:09

it was really young,

00:26:10:09 - 00:26:15:20

but also just having the determination

to make this project work.

00:26:15:22 - 00:26:19:06

And of course that has enabled

this project to go from a very small

00:26:19:06 - 00:26:25:18

three year

vision to a 30 year Nobel Prize winning

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endeavor.

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And the thing I want to add about this

is that this recognition for the group

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may that this prize makes me

the fourth woman to ever win

00:26:36:16 - 00:26:41:09

the Nobel Prize in physics,

raising that percentage to 2%.

00:26:41:12 - 00:26:44:25

And I think this is one of the ways

in which

00:26:44:28 - 00:26:47:21

UCLA really shines in terms of both

the local

00:26:47:21 - 00:26:51:13

and the global is investing

in a diverse leader.

00:26:51:16 - 00:26:55:25

And of course, that's important,

but locally to our students

00:26:55:27 - 00:27:00:05

as well as globally, to create that next

generation of diverse leaders,

00:27:00:08 - 00:27:03:24

I hope that that percentage

would increase very quickly.

00:27:03:27 - 00:27:07:14

It's a lot of room to grow.

00:27:07:16 - 00:27:08:12

I know that.

00:27:08:12 - 00:27:11:11

Of course, you know,

I think you discovered

00:27:11:11 - 00:27:12:27

that discovery was done independently,

00:27:12:27 - 00:27:17:06

but I'm sure you work with collaborators

all over the world.

00:27:17:09 - 00:27:18:00

Yeah.

00:27:18:00 - 00:27:22:07

So as this collaboration has grown

from a group of three,

00:27:22:10 - 00:27:26:13

a core group of 25

and the collaboration network of 100,

00:27:26:15 - 00:27:31:22

it is definitely collaboration

that that's worldwide.

00:27:31:24 - 00:27:32:16

Absolutely.

00:27:32:16 - 00:27:35:12

Well, I guess that's a

very important point, given the fact that

00:27:35:12 - 00:27:40:28

international collaboration and research

right now seems to be quite challenging

00:27:41:01 - 00:27:43:25

given all the difficulties

we have in the world.

00:27:43:25 - 00:27:47:13

So hopefully science will continue to

00:27:47:15 - 00:27:52:10

march forward despite these challenges.

00:27:52:13 - 00:27:55:13

Robyn, I see we've

00:27:55:20 - 00:27:58:18

of the International Institute,

00:27:58:18 - 00:28:00:18

of course, your work, it's

00:28:00:18 - 00:28:04:12

very much on our neighbor,

but also you're director

00:28:04:13 - 00:28:07:24

at Latin American Institute, but you're

talking about a big part of the world

00:28:07:24 - 00:28:13:06

and so you must have tons

of examples about global.

00:28:13:08 - 00:28:15:10

Yes, Yes indeed.

00:28:15:10 - 00:28:16:13

Thank you for the invitation.

00:28:16:13 - 00:28:20:16

It's an honor and a pleasure

to be with such distinguished colleagues.

00:28:20:19 - 00:28:24:04

I'm going to come back to Earth

00:28:24:07 - 00:28:28:23

because, first of all,

I wanted to share with you that the Latin

00:28:28:23 - 00:28:33:12

American Institute will be celebrating

its 65th anniversary next year.

00:28:33:14 - 00:28:37:10

So the eye, as we call it, has been around

00:28:37:13 - 00:28:40:21

for a good number of decades

at this point.

00:28:40:21 - 00:28:45:08

And the Latin American Institute

is truly a global

00:28:45:10 - 00:28:48:21

for developing knowledge on Latin America

and the Caribbean.

00:28:48:22 - 00:28:53:09

We have multiple centers, programs,

working groups that very much cover

00:28:53:09 - 00:28:57:16

the entire subcontinent,

the entire Latin America.

00:28:57:18 - 00:29:00:09

And I told you this a few

00:29:00:09 - 00:29:03:25

I share this with you a few moments ago,

but I want to show these buildings

00:29:03:27 - 00:29:09:04

out of the 63 events

that UCLA is putting together for you to

00:29:09:07 - 00:29:09:25

make.

00:29:09:25 - 00:29:10:12

The L.A.

00:29:10:12 - 00:29:13:12

Eye is offering

00:29:13:17 - 00:29:15:22

just from Monday through Thursday.

00:29:15:22 - 00:29:21:09

We have events on Cuba, on Mexico,

on Chile, on the European

00:29:21:11 - 00:29:26:21

research, on Latin America and much more.

00:29:26:23 - 00:29:30:08

And all this event

is happening in four days.

00:29:30:15 - 00:29:35:06

But today, I actually wanted to share

with you a program

00:29:35:09 - 00:29:38:20

or a component of the

00:29:38:22 - 00:29:40:00

ICE activities.

00:29:40:00 - 00:29:44:21

I'm actually very proud of

and I truly commend the the global

00:29:44:21 - 00:29:48:25

and certainly Latin America whole region

00:29:48:27 - 00:29:53:02

with our neighborhoods and our community.

00:29:53:04 - 00:29:56:04

That is our outreach program.

00:29:56:07 - 00:29:57:00

So the l.a.

00:29:57:00 - 00:30:02:25

I offers the lectures, presentations,

00:30:02:28 - 00:30:06:23

workshops, conferences as opportunities

00:30:06:23 - 00:30:11:20

for professional development

for k-through-12 teachers in los angeles.

00:30:11:20 - 00:30:14:02

We work closely with LAUSD.

00:30:14:02 - 00:30:17:21

By the way, over the past

two years under my directorship,

00:30:17:21 - 00:30:22:00

we have actually increased our scope.

00:30:22:03 - 00:30:25:03

We're offering many of these things

to teachers

00:30:25:04 - 00:30:29:14

throughout Southern California, in fact,

throughout the great beyond.

00:30:29:16 - 00:30:33:24

And what we do is we bring experts,

00:30:33:27 - 00:30:36:27

scholars, state of the art

00:30:36:27 - 00:30:40:11

knowledge on Latin America

00:30:40:14 - 00:30:43:18

to teachers who take these presentations,

00:30:43:18 - 00:30:46:26

who participate in these workshops,

in-person workshops,

00:30:46:28 - 00:30:52:27

and then they develop lessons

for the public schools in Los Angeles.

00:30:52:29 - 00:30:55:29

So the effect that we are having through

00:30:56:00 - 00:30:59:00

these connections

with the teachers impacts

00:30:59:07 - 00:31:03:26

not just a few dozen or a few hundred,

but with likely thousands

00:31:03:28 - 00:31:08:03

of children in our schools

and in our public schools.

00:31:08:03 - 00:31:11:20

And one of the things that happens is that

00:31:11:22 - 00:31:13:01

we develop less

00:31:13:01 - 00:31:16:26

Latin America and the Caribbean

for these students for year,

00:31:16:28 - 00:31:22:05

but also these students

then develop initiatives of their own.

00:31:22:07 - 00:31:24:00

What's

00:31:24:00 - 00:31:25:25

Project

00:31:25:25 - 00:31:28:00

Travel idea that they want to do?

00:31:28:00 - 00:31:30:29

So this is, I think

00:31:30:29 - 00:31:33:11

I call it sort of the gem of the L.A.

00:31:33:11 - 00:31:38:26

I really connects the institution to

00:31:38:29 - 00:31:42:12

the neighborhoods, the communities,

to the schools and to the teachers

00:31:42:12 - 00:31:49:02

who are such and such important agents

of change of learning and dissemination.

00:31:49:05 - 00:31:50:19

SANCHEZ Thank.

00:31:50:19 - 00:31:51:03

Thank you.

00:31:51:03 - 00:31:53:23

Thank you for sharing this project.

00:31:53:23 - 00:31:58:06

And indeed, UCLA is a change agent.

00:31:58:08 - 00:32:03:17

And so what we do, it's

not only in Westwood and, of course,

00:32:03:20 - 00:32:06:20

campus was a downtown building

and also in South Bay.

00:32:06:26 - 00:32:12:23

But but also we are change agent

that also helps our community centers.

00:32:12:23 - 00:32:17:05

And I think in point is right on

and I think

00:32:17:07 - 00:32:21:20

over this past summer in L.A. I

00:32:21:22 - 00:32:23:20

in particular brought

00:32:23:20 - 00:32:27:28

case with 12 student teachers to L.A.

00:32:28:00 - 00:32:31:09

and they came back and, you know,

and the idea is

00:32:31:09 - 00:32:35:24

that they can infuse that information

and expertise into the curriculum.

00:32:35:24 - 00:32:38:18

And I also learned that

00:32:38:18 - 00:32:41:16

Los Angeles has the largest number

00:32:41:16 - 00:32:43:28

like, you know, outside.

00:32:43:28 - 00:32:45:26

So we're not just talking about it.

00:32:45:26 - 00:32:47:10

We're talking

00:32:47:10 - 00:32:50:18

we have

the largest are from southern regions.

00:32:50:21 - 00:32:54:20

So I wanted to open this up to all.

00:32:54:22 - 00:32:58:07

And I think, Ruben,

you've already talked about a little bit

00:32:58:07 - 00:33:04:10

about what your center

and what your approach does,

00:33:04:13 - 00:33:07:19

what it means to residents of LOS

Wondering

00:33:07:25 - 00:33:15:23

if other panelists can also talk about

if I were a resident of Anthony, if I were

00:33:15:26 - 00:33:17:21

living in Los Angeles,

00:33:17:21 - 00:33:22:10

if I don't have much to do with UCLA,

I'd say I didn't go to UCLA.

00:33:22:10 - 00:33:25:29

I don't have a child at UCLA.

00:33:26:02 - 00:33:32:13

Why would they care about what you do?

00:33:32:15 - 00:33:35:01

What does it mean to them?

00:33:35:01 - 00:33:37:29

I mean, I can just start

just to kick it off.

00:33:37:29 - 00:33:43:09

I think looking you know,

I kind of mentioned the Armenian Institute

00:33:43:11 - 00:33:46:02

and the interconnectedness that

00:33:46:02 - 00:33:48:23

it's facilitated

by the Human Rights Institute.

00:33:48:23 - 00:33:53:28

You know,

we have an executive director and a Gary

00:33:54:00 - 00:33:54:22

from USC.

00:33:54:22 - 00:33:57:11

So we were able to

00:33:57:11 - 00:33:58:29

kind of

00:33:58:29 - 00:34:03:01

try a friendly rivalry

with still some talent.

00:34:03:04 - 00:34:07:17

And then you Macintosh,

who is our first executive director,

00:34:07:20 - 00:34:08:14

is Europe.

00:34:08:14 - 00:34:12:19

I think for people living in Los Angeles,

the dream is

00:34:12:21 - 00:34:18:01

is a pathway for them to connect

with an issue around the world.

00:34:18:03 - 00:34:21:11

And as

00:34:21:13 - 00:34:24:13

you know, world affairs

00:34:24:15 - 00:34:26:20

are dominating not just the headlines but

00:34:26:20 - 00:34:29:28

the lives of many people

living as this girl.

00:34:30:00 - 00:34:35:26

And, you know, one of the reasons

we created this institute,

00:34:35:29 - 00:34:37:05

the name connects

00:34:37:05 - 00:34:40:26

to the genocide

and human rights issues around the world.

00:34:40:26 - 00:34:44:25

And if you look

at the expertise of faculty,

00:34:44:27 - 00:34:50:13

the work, they're doing everything

right to

00:34:50:15 - 00:34:54:21

your side and issues

related to climate and the environment.

00:34:54:23 - 00:34:57:26

And living in Los Angeles,

they have a lot of opportunity

00:34:57:27 - 00:35:01:23

to participate in world affairs.

00:35:01:23 - 00:35:05:29

But I think having kind of a connection

00:35:05:29 - 00:35:09:20

to something through

the university is is really amazing.

00:35:09:20 - 00:35:13:27

And I think for many people

who are part of this, see the you know,

00:35:13:27 - 00:35:18:01

that, you know, you participate

even if you

00:35:18:03 - 00:35:21:01

aren't an alumnus or get your health or

00:35:21:01 - 00:35:23:14

even if you have anything to do with UCLA.

00:35:23:14 - 00:35:27:03

But otherwise, the arts

certainly are another way to connect to

00:35:27:08 - 00:35:30:13

the way you could

if you didn't have any connection before.

00:35:30:16 - 00:35:33:16

I think on some of these other issues,

having

00:35:33:23 - 00:35:37:14

programs and centers and institutes

00:35:37:16 - 00:35:42:12

on campus

that have that kind of world view

00:35:42:14 - 00:35:45:04

and this distinguished faculty

00:35:45:04 - 00:35:50:19

programing that is really international,

maybe even intergalactic,

00:35:50:21 - 00:35:53:05

you know, it's it's really exciting

00:35:53:05 - 00:35:57:17

just being as is as in or resident of Los

Angeles, you have access through UCLA.

00:35:57:17 - 00:36:01:24

So I think it's very exciting for me,

as you can tell, eventually for UCLA.

00:36:01:24 - 00:36:07:12

But I think that really excites me about

the platform that it provides everybody.

00:36:07:15 - 00:36:08:22

Thank you.

00:36:08:22 - 00:36:14:06

Well, I would say at the Fowler,

we spend a lot of time outside,

00:36:14:09 - 00:36:17:23

so we have a program of Fowler

in the city.

00:36:17:25 - 00:36:22:05

Everything we do as Fowler

happens on campus

00:36:22:05 - 00:36:26:17

because we're very mindful that there are

some areas that a lot of the community

00:36:26:21 - 00:36:29:20

is We're trying

to reach this very far from list.

00:36:29:20 - 00:36:34:24

So there's a lot of investment

in doing outreach

00:36:34:26 - 00:36:38:08

and also make sure that

00:36:38:11 - 00:36:40:10

we communicate clearly,

00:36:40:10 - 00:36:45:14

that we are aware

that we're temporary million of heart

00:36:45:18 - 00:36:50:03

in these things

and that these belongings matter.

00:36:50:09 - 00:36:53:24

We're now only

00:36:53:27 - 00:36:57:23

to do

the work that is not just courageous,

00:36:57:23 - 00:37:02:06

but is very important in what we do

and how we interpret.

00:37:02:10 - 00:37:04:18

We think of exhibitions.

00:37:04:18 - 00:37:08:19

Going back to the Europe exhibition,

we had ties

00:37:08:21 - 00:37:14:19

and the people who were there

to create this with us.

00:37:14:21 - 00:37:16:25

What we did

00:37:16:25 - 00:37:20:23

then there was this level of incredible

insight

00:37:20:25 - 00:37:23:25

into these works,

00:37:24:00 - 00:37:28:05

sometimes objects of worship

00:37:28:05 - 00:37:31:05

that aren't necessarily heard.

00:37:31:05 - 00:37:36:06

That was displayed beautifully

and interpreted very seriously,

00:37:36:09 - 00:37:40:05

a sense of pride

in seeing one's own story,

00:37:40:05 - 00:37:45:23

I think cherished longings

being visible and celebrated.

00:37:45:23 - 00:37:49:17

So museums have this strange effect.

00:37:49:19 - 00:37:56:01

They can be very difficult institution

to push back, but if we do the work right,

00:37:56:01 - 00:38:00:24

we can be a real spaces of pride

for everybody.

00:38:00:27 - 00:38:03:19

And I think working

within an academic institution

00:38:03:19 - 00:38:07:24

such as UCLA with outreach

and in the city weekly,

00:38:07:26 - 00:38:12:16

there can be a real impact

that really trickles down to the city.

00:38:12:18 - 00:38:16:27

And we do that additional programs to

00:38:17:00 - 00:38:20:07

the Prop 28

00:38:20:10 - 00:38:21:11

disposition of

00:38:21:11 - 00:38:27:20

California that really encourages patient

and we can provide those curriculums

00:38:27:22 - 00:38:31:15

worldwide

and most institutions in California.

00:38:31:15 - 00:38:35:09

So we can also be an educational resource

for teachers

00:38:35:10 - 00:38:40:02

who may not have access to a lot of,

00:38:40:05 - 00:38:43:05

you know, the arts of Cuba,

00:38:43:05 - 00:38:48:08

Jainism and many other things

that we have great developed curriculum

00:38:48:14 - 00:38:52:20

because we have done a lot of research

and community work space.

00:38:52:23 - 00:38:53:25

Great. Thank you.

00:38:53:25 - 00:38:59:07

So, Andrea, why why would somebody in

Los Angeles care about the black hole?

00:38:59:10 - 00:39:03:24

Well, I'm going to go back.

00:39:03:26 - 00:39:06:10

Okay.

00:39:06:10 - 00:39:08:03

But astronomy.

00:39:08:03 - 00:39:12:28

Is. A really neat role

both to our local community and beyond.

00:39:13:00 - 00:39:17:03

But we live in a society

that is increasingly dependent

00:39:17:03 - 00:39:19:01

on science and technology.

00:39:19:01 - 00:39:22:24

I think it taught us that lesson

with the need for vaccines

00:39:22:26 - 00:39:24:26

and then the growth of A.I..

00:39:24:26 - 00:39:31:00

And yet we live in a society that is

incredibly science and technology phobic.

00:39:31:02 - 00:39:34:02

So I often call astronomy the Gateway.

00:39:34:06 - 00:39:38:24

It's a film

that people are inspired by early in the

00:39:38:27 - 00:39:39:09

in their

00:39:39:09 - 00:39:42:28

lifetimes and don't find too threatening.

00:39:43:00 - 00:39:44:15

And it's why I think. Roughly three.

00:39:44:15 - 00:39:49:04

Percent of all our undergrads take

in astronomy class before they graduate.

00:39:49:06 - 00:39:51:20

I don't think that really goes as well

for the general public.

00:39:51:20 - 00:39:55:23

So you actually find a lot of people

in our department engaged

00:39:55:25 - 00:39:58:02

in this public outreach.

00:39:58:02 - 00:40:03:06

A recent example on campus was Explore

your universe.

00:40:03:09 - 00:40:06:00

They had 10,000 people

00:40:06:00 - 00:40:08:29

visiting campus,

and that's a program that actually came

00:40:08:29 - 00:40:12:05

out of the astrophysics department,

our division,

00:40:12:05 - 00:40:15:16

and then grew accustomed.

00:40:15:18 - 00:40:18:09

So that's

that's my answer to why the local.

00:40:18:09 - 00:40:22:20

Can you can you can I can I ask all your

00:40:22:20 - 00:40:25:29

if you would allow your work with

00:40:26:02 - 00:40:28:23

intelligent for going to science. Yeah.

00:40:28:23 - 00:40:32:29

Well I mean, I say that

mostly as a kind of an anchor.

00:40:33:01 - 00:40:36:24

I think a diverse

audience is to be diverse yourself.

00:40:36:24 - 00:40:41:23

And rather than speaking about diversity,

just doing being really visible

00:40:41:25 - 00:40:46:27

and sharing that work

and your enthusiasm for.

00:40:46:27 - 00:40:47:24

That work with the.

00:40:47:24 - 00:40:52:18

General public, for that reason,

I've really tried to engage them up

00:40:52:21 - 00:40:54:06

documentary series.

00:40:54:06 - 00:40:57:21

So while it takes away from the research

time, it's

00:40:57:21 - 00:41:01:20

really valuable in terms

of encouraging the next generation.

00:41:01:21 - 00:41:06:09

And for that reason I actually do

go all my teaching advocate at the

00:41:06:11 - 00:41:08:22

because just standing up

there just changes

00:41:08:22 - 00:41:11:19

the way students understand who can do it.

00:41:11:19 - 00:41:13:04

Thank you for your work.

00:41:13:04 - 00:41:14:20

Open anything you want to.

00:41:14:20 - 00:41:20:14

Of course, if you have no connection

to UCLA, you know that's me.

00:41:20:15 - 00:41:23:28

Your children are actually studying.

00:41:23:28 - 00:41:29:06

They're learning with teachers

who are coming to UCLA

00:41:29:09 - 00:41:33:17

to learn about Latin America

and the Caribbean with the

00:41:33:17 - 00:41:38:04

for some of the foremost experts

on across the disciplines.

00:41:38:06 - 00:41:41:14

And that I think it's wonderful

00:41:41:16 - 00:41:45:02

that the university

is having on our local communities,

00:41:45:09 - 00:41:50:08

useful a little bit about a little bit

of my thunder, my convention, the because

00:41:50:11 - 00:41:56:28

not only are we bring in Latin America

to Los Angeles and UCLA, of course,

00:41:57:00 - 00:42:02:07

we are also now

bringing pictures from L.A.

00:42:02:10 - 00:42:03:09

to Latin America.

00:42:03:09 - 00:42:10:00

So this past summer,

we took 18 teachers to Mexico

00:42:10:02 - 00:42:12:06

for a four week

00:42:12:06 - 00:42:16:20

course on indigenous cultures

and support the great

00:42:16:23 - 00:42:20:21

thanks to a grant

from Department of Education.

00:42:20:23 - 00:42:23:23

And we're thinking about replicating

00:42:23:28 - 00:42:26:03

that program

00:42:26:03 - 00:42:29:03

in Brazil later and what the

00:42:29:10 - 00:42:31:15

and this is actually very important

00:42:31:15 - 00:42:36:28

because mentioned there are many students

from first of all from Mexico, but

00:42:36:28 - 00:42:40:26

also from the state of Oaxaca,

a heavily indigenous state in Mexico,

00:42:40:28 - 00:42:46:26

who live, work and study

in in our public schools.

00:42:46:26 - 00:42:50:13

And many of them are actually students

now at UCLA.

00:42:50:15 - 00:42:56:08

So this actually what I'm about

to fully connect with my studio,

00:42:56:11 - 00:43:00:24

the importance of having truth teachers

00:43:00:27 - 00:43:04:21

have these students

learn about their cultures

00:43:04:24 - 00:43:07:29

because of Spanish,

but also of indigenous languages.

00:43:08:02 - 00:43:16:00

And I think that's part of their socialization, of their learning experience, of

00:43:16:03 - 00:43:17:12

the fact that they

00:43:17:12 - 00:43:22:02

can be all of the source

of origin of their country, of origin,

00:43:22:09 - 00:43:25:02

of the richness of linguistic

00:43:25:02 - 00:43:28:23

cultural, social

00:43:28:25 - 00:43:30:13

richness of their origins.

00:43:30:13 - 00:43:34:04

And I think that the teachers

themselves out tremendous.

00:43:34:06 - 00:43:39:20

That's another way in which they actually

can connect with these students.

00:43:39:22 - 00:43:41:03

Absolutely. Well, thank you.

00:43:41:03 - 00:43:44:03

Thank you for for for doing that.

00:43:44:03 - 00:43:48:28

For example, show how a reach it's much

00:43:49:00 - 00:43:51:28

less what campus and into the community.

00:43:51:28 - 00:43:54:26

So I'm going to ask you

00:43:54:26 - 00:43:58:25

before we open it up to the audience,

and that is

00:43:58:27 - 00:44:00:19

some of us here

00:44:00:19 - 00:44:05:23

are interested in our work more local.

00:44:05:25 - 00:44:08:25

Do you have any suggestions

00:44:08:28 - 00:44:13:02

for that?

00:44:13:05 - 00:44:15:20

Anyone

00:44:15:20 - 00:44:18:18

know I'll start again

just to keep on going,

00:44:23:16 - 00:44:26:12

Grant You know, first of all, it embraced

00:44:26:12 - 00:44:28:24

that kind of Los Angeles

00:44:28:24 - 00:44:33:23

because as we've talked about many times,

has such a diverse community,

00:44:33:26 - 00:44:37:09

so immediately connect to a global.

00:44:37:12 - 00:44:40:28

I believe that

and I've seen it so many times.

00:44:41:01 - 00:44:42:06

We see it in health care, we

00:44:42:06 - 00:44:46:13

see it in the arts,

we see it sciences and beyond.

00:44:46:15 - 00:44:51:09

So I think looking at

what were stakeholders in this community,

00:44:51:09 - 00:44:56:20

not just students, faculty and staff,

but the residents around us,

00:44:56:22 - 00:44:59:22

and really the footprint of UCLA now

00:44:59:23 - 00:45:04:12

and beyond and just health care

law and Greater Los Angeles.

00:45:04:16 - 00:45:09:14

There's so many ways

for to think about our stakeholders,

00:45:09:17 - 00:45:13:24

our neighbors,

our friends, and and any program,

00:45:13:24 - 00:45:18:15

I mean, again, beyond year,

I think we'll have the same group.

00:45:18:22 - 00:45:23:06

So you can start by

just taking a look around and think,

00:45:23:08 - 00:45:25:26

who are my stakeholders and how can I be?

00:45:25:26 - 00:45:28:07

And then there's something really special

about UCLA.

00:45:28:07 - 00:45:29:13

As you can tell.

00:45:29:13 - 00:45:32:06

I went to undergrad

for the disclosure, but

00:45:32:06 - 00:45:35:01

graduate school of here and training here,

00:45:35:01 - 00:45:37:16

I remember at Berkeley, somebody told me,

Well, you're not going to have any.

00:45:37:16 - 00:45:41:24

I was going to pursue

an undergraduate course you can at UCLA.

00:45:41:26 - 00:45:47:27

Yeah,

00:45:48:00 - 00:45:49:02

I think

00:45:49:02 - 00:45:52:27

it was right.

00:45:52:29 - 00:45:54:27

And any other thoughts.

00:45:54:27 - 00:45:59:03

But one thing to think about,

whatever you do is that,

00:45:59:08 - 00:46:03:14

I mean, the global dimension

and and the impact on the local

00:46:03:14 - 00:46:06:21

I think really pertains to whatever it's,

00:46:06:23 - 00:46:09:23

you know, things tend to be

00:46:09:28 - 00:46:12:11

looked at isolation only because we apply

00:46:12:11 - 00:46:17:15

a narrow lens,

but just allow to think a little broader

00:46:17:18 - 00:46:21:26

no matter what discipline

has global connection.

00:46:21:26 - 00:46:26:05

And it's just really about emphasizing

and thinking through

00:46:26:05 - 00:46:31:01

I think thinking about that community.

00:46:35:11 - 00:46:40:27

and the work that we do

is that makes the world that it's almost

00:46:41:00 - 00:46:45:22

disingenuous not to recognize it.

00:46:45:25 - 00:46:48:25

A few thoughts on this question.

00:46:48:27 - 00:46:51:06

One is around data.

00:46:51:06 - 00:46:54:29

So I'm thinking about these

big telescopes, which are huge

00:46:54:29 - 00:46:55:06

investments, the traditional old

school way of thinking about

00:46:55:06 - 00:47:00:19

And there's so many trajectories

that connect this city to the world,

00:47:00:21 - 00:47:02:18

your science.

00:47:02:18 - 00:47:07:27

This data set is yours alone,

but it turns out UCLA is the biggest U.S.

00:47:08:00 - 00:47:12:01

user of telescopes,

which means we actually, in many programs,

00:47:12:01 - 00:47:15:01

including my own, have large datasets.

00:47:15:01 - 00:47:17:23

So we could think about curating

00:47:17:23 - 00:47:21:20

statistics for, from

and from an open access point of view,

00:47:21:23 - 00:47:25:04

which I think is really important in terms

both building up

00:47:25:04 - 00:47:30:21

our international connections

and also enabling or encouraging institute

00:47:30:24 - 00:47:34:27

or don't usually have a seat at the table

in terms of doing research.

00:47:35:03 - 00:47:40:24

So looking at Roger,

because that's an opportunity,

00:47:40:26 - 00:47:42:21

should we be prepared to take

00:47:42:23 - 00:47:43:14

the example

00:47:43:14 - 00:47:48:02

that you gave me really reminds us

that sometimes

00:47:48:05 - 00:47:50:17

love, value,

00:47:50:17 - 00:47:54:14

inclusive, inclusive excellence,

00:47:54:17 - 00:47:58:01

sometimes it means engaging

in very difficult situation

00:47:58:01 - 00:48:02:04

and very difficult conversation,

but also which also reminds me

00:48:02:04 - 00:48:06:20

that when we're talking

about being global, doing global work,

00:48:06:22 - 00:48:09:20

we also need to be locally rooted

00:48:09:20 - 00:48:14:09

and just looking at all the other possible

00:48:14:12 - 00:48:16:03

open.

00:48:16:03 - 00:48:18:27

I think that we are all on board

00:48:18:27 - 00:48:23:15

with increasing our footprint and

00:48:23:18 - 00:48:27:10

local activities, but in order to do that,

we need the resources.

00:48:27:12 - 00:48:30:10

And, you know, looking at our authorities.

00:48:30:10 - 00:48:33:15

Here.

00:48:33:18 - 00:48:37:06

We need the resources, we need

00:48:37:08 - 00:48:38:15

something.

00:48:38:15 - 00:48:41:19

They have to come and participate

00:48:41:19 - 00:48:45:05

in this workshops,

in this lectures, in these conferences.

00:48:45:12 - 00:48:47:03

We actually need resources.

00:48:47:03 - 00:48:50:25

We need we need to invest in our staff.

00:48:50:28 - 00:48:53:29

And I think that you know very well

00:48:53:29 - 00:48:59:13

that this our staff is the lifeblood

of the International University

00:48:59:13 - 00:49:03:23

of the International Institute,

but also of UCLA in general.

00:49:03:26 - 00:49:07:04

And, you know,

they are already doing a lot

00:49:07:08 - 00:49:09:18

and we're asking them to do even more.

00:49:09:18 - 00:49:12:27

So we have to find ways

to increase the pool

00:49:12:27 - 00:49:16:10

of human resources so we can continue

to expand our activities

00:49:16:17 - 00:49:20:06

and extend those activities

to more people in the community.

00:49:20:06 - 00:49:25:04

We need to improve our systems

to actually be more efficient as we bring

00:49:25:09 - 00:49:28:25

people from, in my case,

Latin America, in the Caribbean,

00:49:28:25 - 00:49:33:18

for events and conferences we have,

we're having a lot of a very hard time,

00:49:33:20 - 00:49:38:15

you know, paying them all sorts of things

that many folks in the audience know

00:49:38:15 - 00:49:39:17

very well.

00:49:39:17 - 00:49:40:19

And you have heard me

00:49:40:19 - 00:49:44:10

talk about this before in the meetings

of the International Institute.

00:49:44:12 - 00:49:47:00

But I think that from the L.A.

00:49:47:00 - 00:49:50:08

point of view,

certainly we need those resources.

00:49:50:08 - 00:49:54:28

We need connections to locally situations

that are being impacted by what we do,

00:49:54:28 - 00:49:58:06

but may not be fully aware of what

we're doing.

00:49:58:06 - 00:50:01:10

We need connections

to philanthropic networks

00:50:01:17 - 00:50:05:05

in our city and beyond,

so we can actually,

00:50:05:07 - 00:50:09:22

just as we're doing

today, talk and present and explain

00:50:09:25 - 00:50:14:22

the kind of work that we're doing,

why it matters, and the fundamental

00:50:14:22 - 00:50:18:18

and profound impact

that it's having in our community.

00:50:18:20 - 00:50:21:18

Well, Ruben,

this is a very timely comment.

00:50:21:18 - 00:50:24:18

Rumor has it

that we have another campaign coming up.

00:50:24:21 - 00:50:28:18

So, yes, they stay tuned for

00:50:28:21 - 00:50:30:06

for fundraising.

00:50:30:06 - 00:50:34:01

So I think we have probably 5 minutes,

00:50:34:01 - 00:50:37:10

maybe to 10 minutes for a Q&A.

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So we have two mikes here.

00:50:39:24 - 00:50:44:22

Anybody who has a question

to anyone on the panel, please

00:50:44:25 - 00:50:51:16

raise your hand and we will pass to you.

00:50:51:18 - 00:50:53:21

Please tell me who you are

00:50:53:21 - 00:50:58:18

when you ask the question.

00:50:58:21 - 00:51:00:14

Hi, my name is Kevin Jarboe.

00:51:00:14 - 00:51:03:24

I work for the Institute

00:51:03:27 - 00:51:09:17

CBI, so we are mostly based in Africa,

so a very group.

00:51:09:19 - 00:51:12:28

So the question is on the name.

00:51:13:00 - 00:51:16:08

Okay. Already existed on his internet.

00:51:16:10 - 00:51:19:26

And did you do anything to make sure

00:51:19:26 - 00:51:24:13

that you look you're

bringing school of public health with it.

00:51:24:13 - 00:51:27:26

Look at it

because are doing important work

00:51:27:28 - 00:51:30:24

and it is heavily funded through

the National Institute of Health.

00:51:30:24 - 00:51:36:24

We have group of Health

initiative you bring in up into this.

00:51:36:27 - 00:51:39:24

I believe there's a question for me

00:51:39:24 - 00:51:42:23

or so.

00:51:42:23 - 00:51:44:22

Interestingly,

00:51:44:22 - 00:51:49:00

I was reminded by a colleague in Job

00:51:49:02 - 00:51:54:02

that the work Loco

has existed in the job for decades.

00:51:54:04 - 00:51:56:23

So this is not new,

00:51:56:23 - 00:51:59:18

but I think in the context of UCLA.

00:51:59:18 - 00:52:01:11

Given the fact that.

00:52:01:11 - 00:52:03:21

You and Donelle should be talking about

00:52:03:21 - 00:52:07:14

it actually

00:52:07:16 - 00:52:08:00

expanding

00:52:08:00 - 00:52:11:00

our reach

as a global university engagement,

00:52:11:06 - 00:52:17:08

Los Angeles are two of the five in ten

and so

00:52:17:11 - 00:52:20:00

it's a good time

00:52:20:00 - 00:52:25:09

to invest in the leg for locals.

00:52:25:09 - 00:52:30:03

So by no means is a new term and see self

00:52:30:04 - 00:52:34:00

interest every same public health

00:52:34:02 - 00:52:39:04

matters, everything more.

00:52:39:07 - 00:52:44:05

Any other questions?

00:52:44:07 - 00:52:48:10

Craig?

00:52:48:12 - 00:52:52:25

Craig Erlich,

pastor of the UCLA Foundation.

00:52:52:27 - 00:52:55:18

I've spent half my life overseas

00:52:55:18 - 00:52:59:20

and I had the opportunity

to work with the Dean

00:52:59:22 - 00:53:02:21

Chancellor on all things Global.

00:53:02:21 - 00:53:06:04

I am so proud to see all of you

00:53:06:07 - 00:53:09:26

talk about the success,

00:53:09:28 - 00:53:12:00

but I have a word,

00:53:12:00 - 00:53:15:05

just the narrative that we all need to.

00:53:15:05 - 00:53:18:19

Consider, and that is much of our funding

00:53:18:21 - 00:53:20:10

comes through the regents.

00:53:20:10 - 00:53:24:14

The state legislature and other people.

00:53:24:17 - 00:53:27:22

And to the point you made earlier.

00:53:27:25 - 00:53:28:10

How do we.

00:53:28:10 - 00:53:34:25

Convince people that the things

that this global university does well

00:53:34:27 - 00:53:37:22

is worth being supported?

00:53:37:22 - 00:53:41:06

And I'm not sure we do that message well.

00:53:41:08 - 00:53:45:27

So as all of us

go through our efforts on a global basis,

00:53:45:29 - 00:53:49:05

we have to think how we continue

to do this.

00:53:49:09 - 00:53:52:25

Others in the state legislature

and other places,

00:53:52:27 - 00:54:00:13

why it is important

where the global university.

00:54:00:16 - 00:54:03:24

And IT panelists wanted to take that.

00:54:03:26 - 00:54:06:12

I think that this is a

00:54:06:12 - 00:54:08:27

very important point to point out

00:54:08:27 - 00:54:12:27

kind of public communication and advocacy.

00:54:12:29 - 00:54:17:25

To. Sort of explain justify what we do,

00:54:17:28 - 00:54:19:04

why we do it.

00:54:19:04 - 00:54:21:18

And in in my case,

00:54:21:18 - 00:54:25:18

I think it's very important that we

00:54:25:21 - 00:54:29:19

show conveyance

talk about how Latin America,

00:54:29:21 - 00:54:34:04

often seen as trouble with problems

for the United States,

00:54:34:11 - 00:54:39:20

is actually the cause

of great strength connections.

00:54:39:22 - 00:54:44:14

Very important things are coming

from these regions of the United States

00:54:44:14 - 00:54:48:00

and that we're basically sort of joined

at the hip.

00:54:48:00 - 00:54:49:24

Right. There's nothing separate.

00:54:49:24 - 00:54:54:26

And, you know,

a lot of the things that are happening

00:54:54:28 - 00:54:57:28

forward in terms of

00:54:58:00 - 00:55:00:03

technological development,

00:55:00:03 - 00:55:03:21

in terms of treaty, in terms of

00:55:03:23 - 00:55:06:23

political violence,

there's all sorts of things

00:55:06:28 - 00:55:09:23

that will happen

actually with Latin America,

00:55:09:23 - 00:55:13:04

which offers all these different things.

00:55:13:11 - 00:55:18:22

We actually contribute once again

to our to our teachers and students.

00:55:18:25 - 00:55:23:06

Very important here

is that these areas that they feel

00:55:23:06 - 00:55:28:09

and that they see

that these neighboring region where many,

00:55:28:11 - 00:55:29:19

many of their ancestors

00:55:29:19 - 00:55:33:11

come from, is actually

a great source of strength

00:55:33:13 - 00:55:37:28

for us here.

00:55:38:01 - 00:55:42:07

So crime has been, you know, a very

00:55:42:09 - 00:55:43:21

strong supporter of UCLA

00:55:43:21 - 00:55:47:29

and so we just kind of lay

waiting to community.

00:55:48:01 - 00:55:53:12

Is value impact better maybe.

00:55:53:14 - 00:55:54:27

And. So on, so forth.

00:55:54:27 - 00:55:59:15

And so, you know, this strategic plan

and I should be talking about

00:55:59:17 - 00:56:01:17

what the goal is

00:56:01:17 - 00:56:04:28

precisely to tell your stories,

00:56:05:01 - 00:56:08:16

and that is, you know,

one of the major tactics

00:56:08:19 - 00:56:13:22

plan.

00:56:13:24 - 00:56:18:01

Any other questions from the audience?

00:56:18:03 - 00:56:19:24

Okay.

00:56:19:24 - 00:56:23:10

Any of the final comments

00:56:23:12 - 00:56:24:02

I just said?

00:56:24:02 - 00:56:25:29

I really appreciate that comment.

00:56:25:29 - 00:56:31:09

And I think there's a growing need to do

this is increasingly under attack.

00:56:31:09 - 00:56:34:07

So it's not only the need for U.S.

00:56:34:07 - 00:56:38:02

to do this, but we need to do this

as an educational system.

00:56:38:02 - 00:56:40:09

And you see,

I think, the best position to do that,

00:56:40:09 - 00:56:48:18

because we're, of course,

the big public school number one.

00:56:48:20 - 00:56:50:28

Well, I wanted to thank

00:56:50:28 - 00:56:54:09

Donald, well, a fellow for being here

00:56:54:09 - 00:56:57:09

and also the four panelists.

00:56:57:14 - 00:56:59:01

Very interesting discussion.

00:56:59:01 - 00:57:05:15

Congratulations on your work

and sharing with us perspectives.

00:57:05:18 - 00:57:09:21

We will continue this discussion,

the conversation in

00:57:09:23 - 00:57:13:02

a reception in the main dining hall.

00:57:13:02 - 00:57:16:03

So please

join us and please put your hands together

00:57:16:03 - 00:57:29:07

to thank our panelists.

00:57:29:10 - 00:57:31:09

Well, you did a wonderful,

00:57:31:09 - 00:57:31:18

wonderful.