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UCLA doubles down on ethnic studies expansion amid fraught national politics
By Teresa Watanabe | Los Angeles Times | Feb. 5, 2024 | Photo By Mel Melcon More than five decades ago, Morgan Chu was taught a version of American history ... -
A Mexican American professor who struggled with impostor phenomenon helps others overcome it
By Soudi Jimenez | Los Angeles Times | NOV. 20, 2023 | Photo By Raul Roa The walls of office No. 311 at Loyola Marymount University‘s College of Business Administration are ... -
Johanna Carbajal’s journey from lockup to law studies at UCLA
After years of foster care and incarceration, the single mom found her calling — and a welcoming space on campus. She hopes UCLA continues to embrace others like her. By ... -
California’s population may be peaking, and why that matters
By: Dan Walters ~ Press Telegram ~ May 21, 2020 When California, with 17 million residents, surpassed New York to become the nation’s most populous state in 1962, it was ... -
DACA Students to Get Emergency Aid From California Systems
By: Kery Murakami ~ Inside Higher Ed ~ April 29, 2020 University of California and Cal State say they will give emergency grants to DACA students, after education secretary excluded ... -
The Way of Leo: 5 Lessons on Academic Mentorship
By Alvaro Huerta, Inside Higher Education ~ June 14, 2019 I have been practicing academic mentorship since I was a 17-year-old freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles (many ... -
Ethnic studies centers celebrate 50 years, look forward to continuing their work
BY MAYA MCNEALIS, Daily Bruin ~ January 30, 2019 UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers reflected on the progress they’ve made toward promoting diversity and inclusivity since their creation 50 years ago. ... -
Exhibition of La Raza photos documents Chicano life during the 60’s and 70’s
By Jessica Wolf | UCLA Newsroom ~ December 28, 2017 There are photographs of crowds of people carrying protests signs, determined speakers holding megaphones, streams of people marching down streets of Los ... -
As American kids are exiled across the border, Mexican schools struggle to keep up
By Kristen Hwang, USA TODAY, Sept. 5, 2017 PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Elizabeth Rossil, 11, looks just like her classmates. She wears a neatly pressed red polo shirt and a ... -
Gina Rodriguez's new 'Dreamers' series hopes to rid America of the term 'illegal'
By: Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times ~ Sept. 11, 2017 By all appearances, Rafael Agustin had been the all-American high school student: he was class president, prom king and an honor ...