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    Bruins experience Australia's health care system through new travel study program

    “What's really important is not only what I learned in Australia, but how it is seen through a U.S. lens as well," said UCLA sophmore Fiona Xie about the global health travel study program.

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    How UCLA leaders are championing global education and research

    The 2025 "'Glocal' Conversation'" at International Education Week addressed how internationalization is essential to the missions of the Division of Physical Sciences, UCLA Library and UNEX, and the ways in which these units are advancing global education and research in the face of serious challenges.

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    From left: UCLA's Miguel García-Garibay, Athena Jackson and David Kim. (Photo: Reed Hutchinson.)
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Awards empower members of UCLA to expand university's global reach

The UCLA Global Advisors Council recently awarded 26 inaugural grants — 16 Global Education Awards and 10 Global Research Awards — to individuals across campus.

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International Education Week at UCLA offers an appealing mix of events and activities

The UCLA campus celebrated International Education Week 2025 (November 17–21) with a wide array of events and activities organized by units throughout campus, including a philanthropic organization.

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Bruins Abroad

Students with diverse majors integrate international experience into their UCLA educations via study abroad, travel study and global internship programs offered by UCLA Study Abroad.

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Kathryn Paul is advancing UCLA's ‘glocal' vision for the future

Paul is part of the senior leadership team that examines potential international projects for UCLA.

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Scholars Examine the Provenance of Arabic-Script Manuscripts at UCLA

On November 17, 2025, the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and Professor Luke Yarbrough (UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) co-organized a one-day workshop and a public symposium on the provenance of Arabic-script manuscripts housed at UCLA Library.

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Institute's development director sees new era of university funding

"We are in the middle of a generational shift in how public education operates in this country and I think philanthropy is going to play a bigger role. Donors will have to get involved a little earlier and stay a little bit longer,” said Howie Fitzgerald.

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Indigeneous terrace agriculture

Jan 15, 2026. In an article published in The Conversation, Stephen Acabado (director, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies) discusses terrace agriculture in Ifugao, The Philippines and the Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco. These dynamic systems are continually refined through direct observation and intergenerational learning, adjusted in design and the choice of climate-suitable crops. Climate change and labor availability now threaten their viability. Continue Reading
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Trump's willingness to use force worries Mexicans in LA

Jan 9, 2026. Speaking to La Opinión, Gaspar Rivera-Salgado (director, UCLA Center for Mexican Studies) said, "There is a real danger of a unilateral incursion [in Mexico]... The United States has the military capability and has been obtaining military intelligence, but what we already have in front of us is a real sign... that the president today [Trump] is willing to use force." (In Spanish) Continue Reading

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The Story of a Small Town16Jan2026

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The Story of a Small Town

Introduction by guest programmer Janet Louie, Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University. Pre-screening Q&A with Louie and Kurt Wong (UCLA '90), grandson...

Miss Magic / Shogun Assassin18Jan2026

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Miss Magic / Shogun Assassin

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What Does the U.S. Invasion Mean for Venezuela and the Region?20Jan2026

Burkle Center for International Relations

What Does the U.S. Invasion Mean for Venezuela and the Region?

Dorothy Kronick, Associate Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley

Experimenting with Care: Syphilis Therapies and the Making of Chile20Jan2026

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Experimenting with Care: Syphilis Therapies and the Making of Chile's Welfare State

A talk on the making of Chile's welfare state by Felipe Martínez-Fernández, historian of modern medicine.

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Meeting With Delegates From Konkuk University

DELEGATION 3 members Visit Date: 10/22/2025
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Meeting With Delegates From Uclouvain

DELEGATION 2 members Visit Date: 10/09/2025
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Young Pacific Leaders Alumni Roadshow

DELEGATION 12 members Visit Date: 09/29/2025
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