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    Two summer study programs in Mexico receive UC funding

    Grants to the two programs by Alianza MX, a University of California program that promotes engagement with Mexico, will be used for student scholarships.

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    Program on Caribbean Studies

    Haiti's crisis: Gangs, corruption and injustice

    Haiti's crisis stems from entrenched corruption, impunity and the unchecked flow of firearms, which have enabled gangs to seize control of vast portions of the country, said Haitian journalist Widlore Mérancourt.

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Migrant remittances: A force for democracy

Political scientist Joseph Wright urged policymakers to consider the political impact of migrant remittances, which support democratization in authoritarian states.

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Celebrating 25 Years of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Director, Stephen Acabado, reflects on the first 25 years of the center's history as it prepares for a yearlong celebration.

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The 'Arabicate' World: Conference Summary

The fall 2024 conference explored the concept of an "Arabicate" world as a predicate to the "Persianate" world in Islamic civilization elucidated by historian Marshall Hodgson.

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Teaching fellows from Sweden enjoy UCLA's flexibility and diversity

Two Swedish visiting professors enjoyed teaching courses of their own design at UCLA this fall.

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Subsistence farming of enslaved Africans creates African foodways in the New World

Using first-person European accounts of plantations, drawings, paintings and oral histories, geographer Judith Carney showed that the subsistence plots cultivated by enslaved people on plantations successfully brought African staples to the Americas.

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Winning the UC Berkeley Hong Yun Lee Book Award in Korean Studies

Professor Sixiang Wang in Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) won the 2024 UC Berkeley Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies.

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Mar 19, 2025. Speaking to "InquirerPlus" about the late ethnoarchaeologist William Longacare, UCLA anthropologist Stephen Acabado said, “His findings challenged traditional archaeological assumptions and provided a more nuanced way to interpret ceramics in excavations worldwide,” showing “that pottery style and form... Continue Reading
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Nov 22, 2024. Three decades of research by Jason Kong, distinguished professor of computer science and director of the UCLA-PKU Students & Scholars Program, led to the award. Presented annually by the Electronic System Design Alliance — part of the global semiconductor... Continue Reading

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Director's Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho

In conjunction with the Academy Museum's exhibition Director՛s Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho, this series is a retrospective of the director՛s...

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Global Health Certificate - Spring Info Session

The Center for Global and Immigrant Health representatives are hosting a session for new and interested students to learn more...

Strengthening the South Korea-United States Alliance in a Transformative Era3Apr2025

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Strengthening the South Korea-United States Alliance in a Transformative Era

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Film Screening: "My Sweet Land"4Apr2025

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Film Screening: "My Sweet Land"

A limited screening of the award-winning documentary My Sweet Land, followed by a discussion with film director Sareen Hairabedian and...

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Climate Change And Methane: A Project For Turkmenistan

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