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Journalist Jorge Ramos talks about UCLA and his Immigrant Roots

Jorge Ramos is scheduled to deliver the UCLA Luskin Lecture on Oct. 9. He also will receive the UCLA Medal, the highest campus honor. Admission is free with registration. – UCLA Newsroom, September 7, 2018 Read More Image Source: Univision

Best Universities To Study Architecture And Interior Design In America, 2018

MOVE over Georgia Tech and Princeton – MIT’s School of Architecture + Planning has been named the best in the United States, according to the CEOWORLD magazine’s list for 2018. – CEO World Magazine, July 28, 2018 Read More Image Source: CEO World Magazine

Debra Gussin’s “Our Time ” Named August “Best Song Of The Month

…she became more serious about songwriting when she took a lyric writing class at UCLA taught by hit songwriter, Marty Panzer (who wrote the hits “Even Now” for Manilow and “Through The Years” for Kenny Rogers). “It was when I took Marty Panzer’s writing class, that songwriting became more than a hobby for me,” explained…

Program Boosts Access and Opportunity for Native Youth

When Allison Garner was a high school freshman in Bakersfield some four years ago, she learned about a college preparatory program for Native American students like her. UCLA’s Tribal Leadership and Community Development Certificate, designed to increase access to college for Native American high school students by enrolling them in college-level courses focused on topics…

Why ‘Nico, 1988’ Used 50-Year-Old 8mm Footage from Jonas Mekas in a Fictionalized Biopic

“The whole point of the film for me was Nico in the 1980s. The music and art she made at the time were great, but she was forced, by others, to deal with her past.” – No Film School, Trine Dyrholm as Nico in Susanna Nicchiarelli’s ‘Nico, 1988,’ courtesy of Magnolia Pictures, August 1, 2018…

Farmscape’s Lara Hermanson on How a Garden Can Improve Your Workday

The lightbulb went off for Lara Hermanson, co-founder of Farmscape, the largest urban farming venture in the U.S., when she graduated college to an office job “and immediately got depressed.” – Forbes , July 30, 2018

The Pop Star who Found a New Stage

Vivian Hua Is Northwest Film Forum’s New Executive Director

Hip Hot Remixes Sichuan and Cantonese cuisines

Former UCLA Extension Student Talks Writing a Rom-com with a Twist for Netflix