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Weekly Highlights
August 11, 2023
 
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Professor Harryette Mullen and the cover of her new book or poems, "Open Leaves".
 
Harryette Mullen’s newest poetry brings us closer to nature
 
The UCLA professor explains how ‘the beauty, diversity and fragility of life’ inspired her latest work.
 
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Incoming UCLA class includes higher number of California residents and underrepresented students
 
Among admitted state-resident freshmen for fall 2023, 37% are from historically underrepresented groups.
 
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Atmospheric and oceanic sciences receives historic $4.1 million commitment
 
Gift from adjunct professor Larry Harding honors his late father, alumnus Wayne Harding.
 
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Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid — but unleashed a boulder swarm
 
UCLA-led study of NASA’s DART mission determines that the strategy presents previously unanticipated risks.
 
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On her front foot
 
How Margueritte Aozasa led the Bruins to a championship in her very first season — and became the most successful rookie coach in women’s soccer history.
 
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Colorado River Basin has lost 10 trillion gallons of water due to climate change
 
Benjamin Bass with UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences discusses new study.
 
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Latest from Chancellor Block
 
 
Chancellor Gene Block
Carol and I would like to thank the Bruin community for the kind words and support we received following my announcement about stepping down as UCLA's chancellor in 2024. We are excited for this final year and all we have left to accomplish together. Now and always, Go Bruins!
 
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Associate of the Chancellor Mrs. Carol Block and Chancellor Gene Block hold up a UCLA banner.
 
Campus Events
 
Billy Wilder Theater at UCLA’s Hammer Museum.
 
Aug
11
Harvest Film Screening + Q&A
 
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7:30 PM
 
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Billy Wilder Theater
 
Filmmaker Marcel Pagnol’s enchanting paean to agrarian France screens after a Q&A with chefs Alice Waters and David Tanis and farmer Alex Weiser, moderated by the L.A. Times’s Laurie Ochoa. Admission is free. No advance reservations.
 
 
Aug
15
Women in Hip Hop
 
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7:30 PM
 
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Hammer Museum
 
The final installment of Summer Night Cinema: 50 Years of Hip Hop celebrates the artistic vision of Missy Elliott with screenings of some of Elliott’s most iconic videos and Ava DuVernay’s 2010 documentary, My Mic Sounds Nice.
 
 
Aug
16
Studying Climates and Carnivores, Past and Present
 
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Noon
 
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Virtual
 
Join UCLA Alumni to learn how climate change in the past can inform us about the possible future outcomes of our current human-driven climate change. Professor Anthony Friscia will discuss this and his research, which spans multiple continents and millions of years of Earth’s history. RSVP required.
 
 
More on the UCLA Community Calendar and UCLA Magazine’s Happenings for August
 
Culture Break
 
An early version of Marlené Nancy Lopez’s "Grieving Sun Mural".
 
Activist-in-Residence Marlené Nancy Lopez discusses inspiration and process behind “Grieving Sun Mural”
 
The art installation will be revealed in MacArthur Park this Sunday as part of Mundo Maya Day.
 
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