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Three faculty elected to National Academy of Engineers and more!
 
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Weekly Highlights
February 9, 2024
 
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UCLA alumnus Morgan Chu at the center of a group of students marching up Bruin Walk in the 1960s.
 
Alumni Helen and Morgan Chu pledge $10 million to benefit UCLA Institute of American Cultures
 
The couple’s gift will strengthen ethnic studies at UCLA and advance research in support of social justice.
 
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Necklace or stool ornament of the Asante peoples of Ghana.
Fowler Museum permanently returns objects to Ghana
 
The items from the museum’s collections were personally handed over to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asante king, in Ghana on Feb. 5.
 
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Left to right: Jonathan Stewart, Rong Fu and Dariush Divsalar.
Three faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering
 
Academy membership recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice or education.
 
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Jaime Jaquez Jr. (left) and Martin Jarmond, UCLA’s Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics.
Jaquez family brings the heat to scholarship fund
 
Miami Heat player and alumnus Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s family’s namesake endowment fund will provide financial support for incoming freshman and transfer students.
 
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Latest from Chancellor Block
 
 
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The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education has given UCLA its GOLD rating for campus sustainability. We were also ranked as top performers in the buildings and well-being & work categories. This is a meaningful acknowledgement of the hard work our community puts into making our campus a healthy and sustainable place.
 
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UCLA in the news
 
UCLA doubles down on ethnic studies expansion amid fraught national politics
 
The $10 million gift will create endowed chairs for Asian American, African American, Chicano and American Indian studies centers housed in the UCLA Institute of American Cultures, and will also fund research projects and programming across the institute — cementing UCLA’s role as a national leader in this academic field.
 
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Call to Action
 
Creating the Future: UCLA Strategic Plan 2023-28.
Funding opportunity for Senate faculty
 
Announcing funding to incubate new Social Impact Collaboratives — mechanisms for supporting interdisciplinary community-engaged research and creative activities. With this new opportunity, we aim to further equity-achieving social impact in Los Angeles and advance UCLA’s strategic goal of deepening our engagement with Los Angeles. Submit a ‘statement of intent to apply’ by March 15, 2024.
 
Campus Events
 
UCLA Softball player hits a ball at home plate.
 
Feb
9
UCLA Magazine’s Happenings for February
 
UCLA presents the best in arts and culture, community events, sports and entertainment. From film screenings to art exhibits, explore the unique and interesting experiences February offers.
 
 
Feb
12
UC ♥ Data Week
 
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Virtual
 
Join a week-long offering of presentations and workshops focused on data access, management, security, sharing and preservation for all members of the UC community.
 
 
Feb
14
Learn @ Lunch: Mental Wellbeing and Heart Health in the Workplace
 
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12 – 1 PM
 
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The American Heart Association’s presentation hosted by UCLA Staff Assembly will highlight the interconnectedness between mental and cardiovascular health, emphasizing how a positive work environment and effective stress management contribute to both mental wellbeing and heart health among employees.
 
 
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Culture Break
 
Jung Kangja's “Kiss Me,” 1967/2001.
 
Opening this weekend at the Hammer Museum
 
Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s, a groundbreaking exhibition dedicated to Korean experimental art (silheom misul) and its artists, whose radical approach to materials and process produced some of the most significant avant-garde practices of the 20th century. The Hammer Museum’s presentation, on view February 11–May 12, is the touring exhibition’s first and only venue on the West Coast.
 
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