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A quarter-century has passed since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, long enough that the current generation of college students knows them only as history. Yet the past 25 years have hardly diminished their imprint — on those who were there, on the families who lost loved ones, on the first responders who still bear the physical tolls, and on those who have grown up in a world transformed by the events and their aftermath.
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UCLA researchers show that the Surinam toad uses specialized fingertips to detect the movement of nearby prey without ever seeing it.
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UCLA scientists have developed a stem cell–based platform that produces uniform immune cells designed to attack solid tumors in multiple ways.
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UCLA is expanding its fare-free transit program to roughly 20,000 employees, giving them unlimited access to 13 Southern California transit systems starting this fall.
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UCLA social media influencers are everywhere, recording their lives and evangelizing their favorite things for millions of followers.
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Sep
12-13
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Hosted by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. The late 1980s and early 1990s marked one of the most consequential periods of transformation in the history of the People’s Republic of China. Attend a screening of documentaries from this decade of change. Purchase tickets for this event.
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Sep
15
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6:30 p.m.
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ASU California Center Broadway
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Co-presented by JLF Los Angeles, Zócalo Public Square and UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. Take a sneak peek at the 2027 Jaipur Literature Festival. This preview will feature conversations about old maps and new ambitions for the United States, India and the wider world. Register for this event.
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Sep
16
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The Hammer’s curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on artist Diane Arbus is led by curatorial assistant Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow.
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Sep
20-26
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Take the opportunity to connect with Bruin students, faculty and staff as UCLA welcomes new and returning students to campus the week of September 20. Event highlights include the Enormous Activities Fair, annual block party, home football game at the Rose Bowl and Volunteer Day.
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“Gloria was an ally, a colleague and worked closely with all of these women in all of these different phases of the movement. She was more connected with the ground-up vision of feminism than the suburban-housewife-out vision. There was a broader, deeper, more race and class-inclusive feminist sensibility that was being organized on the ground,” said UCLA law professor Kimberle Williams Crenshaw.
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Emergency management officials Tuesday told L.A. County supervisors they’re preparing for the worst ahead of this winter’s potentially historic El Niño weather system. The climate pattern usually brings significant rain and ocean swells to Southern California, elevating the risk of flooding and mudslides. Alex Hall, director of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, discussed preparation efforts.
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Young people want movies and TV shows that reflect their own lives and relatable issues, rather than more stories in the fantasy genre, according to last year’s annual Teens and Screens report from the Center for Scholars and Storytellers at UCLA. They’re also looking for more content that reflects friendships, versus a focus on romantic relationships.
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