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Events across campus celebrate female historical icons, lift up women in the arts and more.
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Giant exoplanets with elliptical orbits and smaller planets with nearly circular orbits formed along different pathways.
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A UCLA team is working to create a therapy designed to both eliminate cancer cells and dismantle the tumor’s protective defenses.
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Actionplay, a pioneering New York theater company, is opening the stage door for neurodiverse kids. That’s due to the bold vision of Aaron Feinstein, who found his voice — and his calling — at UCLA.
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Read more of the latest research & news stories
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The 2025 edition of the UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report has determined that the proportion of people of color working in key entertainment roles dropped compared with their white counterparts in every area from 2023 to 2024. This is despite findings that also show that films with casts that reflect the diversity of the real world performed better at the box office. “Last year, we celebrated some historic highs for people of color in the industry,” Ana-Christina Ramón, the report’s co-founder and director of UCLA’s Entertainment and Media Research Initiative, said in a statement. “But 2024 saw a widespread reversal, as film studios retreated from racial and ethnic diversity in front of and behind the camera.”
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Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt announces the appointment of Celine Parreñas Shimizu as the next dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, effective July 1, 2025. A celebrated filmmaker and scholar — and UCLA TFT alumna — Dean Shimizu is currently dean of the Division of Arts and distinguished professor in the Department of Film and Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz. Read the announcement.
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Mar
8
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5:00 PM
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Schoenberg Hall & Virtual
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The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by Chi Li, performs its annual Winter concert featuring traditional and contemporary music, including Chinese opera aria, zheng unison, qin unison, folk dance and silk-and-bamboo music.
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Mar
9
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11:00 AM
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Billy Wilder Theater
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The UCLA Film & Television Archive and Hammer Museum’s Family Flicks series continues with two-time Oscar winner Soul. Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx), a middle school band teacher, gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him to a land of unfulfilled souls. Through this musical journey, Joe tries to persuade them of the value of the human experience — and learns that it is each moment lived, no matter how small, that gives all time on Earth meaning. Admission is free. Seats are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Mar
11
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1:15 PM
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RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
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Take some time to relax, stretch and breathe through movement and meditation with the RISE Center.
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Alum Sabrina Langlois wins prestigious opera award
Sabrina Langlois, alum of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has won third prize in the 2025 Western Regional Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Langlois has made a number of prominent appearances since graduating in 2023 with a masters in vocal performance under the direction of Professor Juliana Gondek. She performed as soprano soloist in the premiere of Rhiannon Giddens’ chamber opera, “Omar’s Journey” at the 2023 Ojai Music Festival, with Opera Saratoga in New York and two consecutive summers with the Ravinia Festival in the Chicago metropolitan region. Langlois regularly performs with the Los Angeles Opera Chorus.
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