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Professor Kyle T. Mays spotlights Black–Indigenous solidarity in new book

By Jessica Wolf In ‘An Afro-Indigenous History of the United…
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Farwiza Farhan wins UCLA’s Pritzker Award for environmental innovators

By David Colgan Conservationist receives $100,000 for work…
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UCLA scientists make strides toward an ‘off-the-shelf’ immune cell therapy for cancer

By Tiare Dunlap Using stem cell engineering and organoid technology,…
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UCLA faculty lead multicampus effort to highlight Indigenous voices

Centering Tribal Stories will train University of California…
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$100,000 Leadership Scholarships Awarded to Recent Grads

Currently in med school, Isita Tripathi ’20 and Nisarg Shah…
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Aomar Boum believes in the power of stories to unite

UCLA’s newly appointed Maurice Amado Professor of Sephardic…
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UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor

By Jonathan Riggs In line with his long-standing commitment…
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‘I could be killed at any time’: The anguish of being wrongfully convicted of murder

By Stuart Wolpert Maurice Caldwell spent 20 years in prison…
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Reconstructing What Was

By Jonathan Riggs Founded early in the sixth century,…

TV shows with diverse writers rooms, casts resonated with pandemic audiences

By Jessica Wolf The latest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, published…