A Centennial Initiative
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, UCLA has created Data for Democracy, a project for K-12 students to analyze and gather data on critical issues such as access to parks, jobs, and housing in Los Angeles. Each month, we will take up one of these issues and share charts, graphs, maps and other information from UCLA research centers. Classrooms will be able to use “Padlet,” an online tool, to discuss these ideas and share student work. In May 2020, students from across the city will have a chance to come to UCLA to talk with one another and UCLA researchers about what they have learned about inequality, opportunity and social change in Los Angeles.
A Centennial Initiative
Our Stories, Our Impact is a multimedia traveling exhibit that illuminates the role of UCLA and its alumni in advancing equity and equality in America. The exhibit is anchored by the stories of present and former Bruins who have advanced and shaped social justice movements. This project is led by the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, the Labor Center, and the Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Immigration Policy in partnership with the Institute of American Cultures, the American Indian Studies Center, the Asian American Studies Center, the Bunche Center for African American Studies, and the Chicano Studies Research Center.
The exhibit will tour notable locations throughout Los Angeles, including the Los Angeles City Hall Bridge Gallery and Self-Help Graphics and Art.
A Centennial Initiative
In celebration of UCLA’s 100th anniversary, 'The Map and the Territory: 100 Years of Collecting at UCLA' distills the vast holdings of UCLA’s diverse collections into a single exhibition. The exhibit will run from April 5 to September 27, 2020 with 160 representative objects which tell stories and make new meanings in exciting and unexpected ways. Organized by the Fowler Museum in partnership with the Hammer Museum and the UCLA Library, and featuring works from additional campus collections, the exhibition juxtaposes rare books and manuscripts, historic prints, contemporary paintings and drawings, abstract animations, ceramics, musical instruments, bird and animal specimens, meteorites, and more. Together, these seemingly disparate things invite you to explore the world, its communities, and the universe beyond. 'The Map and the Territory: 100 Years of Collecting at UCLA' serves as a guide to the valuable place these collections hold in the history of UCLA’s pursuit of knowledge in our global society.
A Centennial Initiative
An initiative led by the UCLA Library, this initiative expands UCLA’s commitment to providing open access to knowledge by removing barriers to scholarship. OpenUCLA celebrates UCLA’s pursuit of open knowledge, making research publicly and globally accessible. New interfaces will enhance the experience and exploration of our exceptional open digital collections, including vibrant images and rare and unique texts, sounds, and moving images. OpenUCLA programming showcases open knowledge through exhibits, lectures, and events. OpenUCLA expands our local and global impact, building new sources of information about this city and our world for now and for the next century.