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June 9: Translating COVID-19 session
Speakers will include UCLA’s Karen Umemoto, May Wang and Daniel Kim.
June 1: 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre discussion
Hammer Museum and African American studies department will host the online conversation.
May 27: We Shine Together concert
UCLA Health presents a free virtual concert with John Legend, Black Pumas and Joy Oladokun.
May 26: Panel discussion on health equity and social justice
The panelists include Metta Sandiford-Artest, NBA world champion, and Dr. Michael Rodriguez, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
May 18: Japan and COVID-19
Jared Diamond, UCLA professor of geography, and Hitoshi Oshitani, professor of virology at Tohoku University, will participate in the discussion.
May 14: Panel discussion on ending anti-Asian hate
Event will look at America’s history of Asian American Pacific Islander discrimination.
May 13: ‘Our Diverse AAPI Community’ webinar
The panel discussion is part of a three-part series on understanding the Asian American and Pacific Islander experience.
Kinross Recreation Center reopens May 17
The facility will only be available to registered UCLA graduate students, faculty and staff, and emeriti/retirees.
May 7: Book Talk: ‘African Europeans: An Untold History’
The event will feature author Olivette Otele in discussion with UCLA’s SA Smythe and Dominic Thomas.
May 4: Conversation with Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez
The astrophysicist will discuss her work at the UCLA Alumni Hawaii Network event.
April 22: Reflection and Healing Space: Honoring Black Lives Lost
The event will let people check in and support one another following the Derek Chauvin trial and the recent deaths of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo.
April 20: Reliving Armenian women’s historic friendship through music and poetry
Hayganush Mark was the leading Armenian feminist writer of her time, and Koharig Ghazarosian was a prominent composer, concert pianist and piano teacher.
April 19: Navigating racism in career advancement
This session will focus on acknowledging and addressing racist barriers in the workplace.
‘Made in L.A. 2020: a version’ at Hammer Museum
The fifth iteration of the acclaimed biennial exhibition will be on display April 17 through Aug. 1.
April 7: #StopAsianHate and Reckoning With Current Events
This panel will discuss the recent increase in crimes against Asians and Asian Americans.
April 5: Reimagining Rights in the Americas Special Event
The discussion, “Challenges Concerning the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Defense of the Territories of Indigenous and Afrodescendent Peoples,” will feature Francisco Calí Tzay.
March 29: How Japan responded to the COVID-19 pandemic
A roundtable of experts will discuss how Japan responded to this pandemic and share what we can learn from the country’s experience.
March 24: Community, Collaboration and Radical Inclusion at the Hammer
The discussion will explore how a museum might authentically center the needs and voices of diverse communities.
March 19: #StopAsianHate panel discussion
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies will present panel discussion among scholars, intellectuals and activists.
March 22: Human Neuropsychiatric Disorder Research conference
Scientists will discuss how human genetics and stem cell research can advance our understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric disorders.
March 15: For the Love of Opera: Celebrating RBG’s 88th birthday
The special performance will feature some of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite opera arias.
Film & Television Archive celebrates Women’s History Month with Maya Angelou’s ‘The Tapestry’
Free screening will be held March 4 of the debut feature from Angelou, the first Black woman to join the Directors Guild in the director’s category.
March 3: ‘Truth and Trust in Public Health’ lecture
Harvey Fineberg, president of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, will speak at the event.
Plateia set for dineL.A. Restaurant Week beginning March 1
The restaurant, located in the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, is serving up special menus from its Mediterranean-inspired, California-fresh cuisine.