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Hollywood Diversity Report 2025, Part 1: Theatrical

NEW! The Hollywood Diversity Report 2025, Part 1: Theatrical is now available.   Download the full report HERE For any media inquiries, please contact Eddie North-Hager at enhager@stratcomm.ucla.edu or Barbra Ramos at bramos@stratcomm.ucla.edu. For donor/sponsor inquiries, please contact Peter Evans at pevans@support.ucla.edu or Lisa Mohan at lmohan@support.ucla.edu To download any of the previous reports in the Hollywood Diversity Report series, click HERE. To learn more about the…

UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report Presents: Streaming Television in 2023 

NEW! UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report Presents: Streaming Television in 2023 is now available.  Download the full report HERE For any media inquiries, please contact Eddie North-Hager at enhager@stratcomm.ucla.edu or Barbra Ramos at bramos@stratcomm.ucla.edu. For donor/sponsor inquiries, please contact Peter Evans at pevans@support.ucla.eduor Lisa Mohan at lmohan@support.ucla.edu To download any of the previous reports in the Hollywood Diversity Report series, click HERE. To learn more about…

UCLA student Mohammed Alharthi is heading to Oxford as a 2025 Rhodes scholar

Alharthi is UCLA’s first international student to win the famed scholarship and the 13th recipient in the university’s history By Kayla McCormack UCLA student Mohammed Alharthi, who will graduate in June 2025 with bachelor’s degrees in political science and mathematics/economics, has been awarded a Rhodes scholarship, widely considered the most prestigious and competitive award for…

Meyer Luskin on the future of history

A Q&A with the alumnus and longtime UCLA supporter on the power of the past to shape what’s next “We are not gleaning enough of the past to have good fruit for the future,” Meyer Luskin said. “We must convince universities, and departments of history in universities, to point out … lessons for current society.”…

Honoring Juneteenth with art, education and community-building

Professor Cheryl Keyes invites all to join UCLA’s campus prelude celebration on June 5 By Jonathan Riggs For Cheryl Keyes, the celebration has been a long time coming. Ever since Juneteenth (June 19) became the newest federal holiday in 2021, Keyes, chair of the UCLA Department of African American Studies, has been carefully planning how she could…

Hollywood Diversity Report 2024, Part 2: Streaming

NEW! The Hollywood Diversity Report 2024, Part 2: Streaming is now available.   Download the full report HERE For any media inquiries, please contact Eddie North-Hager at enhager@stratcomm.ucla.edu or Barbra Ramos at bramos@stratcomm.ucla.edu For donor/sponsor inquiries, please contact Peter Evans at pevans@support.ucla.edu or Lisa Mohan at lmohan@support.ucla.edu To download any of the previous reports in the Hollywood Diversity Report series, click HERE. To learn more about the new…

Diego Sarmiento awarded prestigious Truman Scholarship

By Kayla McCormack Diego Sarmiento, a third-year political science major and public affairs minor, has won the Truman Scholarship. This marks the first time since 2009 that a UCLA student has been selected for this award. The Truman Scholarship is awarded to college juniors committed to careers in public service. In addition to extensive support…

Honoring 50 years of the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

By Alvaro Castillo While many things may have changed over the first half century of the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, its key mission has not, according to attendees of the anniversary celebration in March. Jason De León, institute director and professor of anthropology and Chicana/o and Central American studies, opened the program by quoting founding…

The power of more inclusive preservation

Mellon Foundation invests $1 million in transformative UCLA cultural conservation program By Jonathan Riggs The crucial work of conserving archaeological and cultural heritage materials allows us to connect and sometimes even reconstruct the past. But too often, the field has not made room for more diverse perspectives and practitioners who may have closer ties than their…