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UCLA in the Community

UCLA’s International Institute hosts ‘How do Community-Engaged Research Practices Strengthen Transnational Solidarities?,’ the first event of the “Local Partnerships, Global Impacts: Fostering and Sustaining Transnational Solidarities” initiative.

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Twenty-three Exploratory Social Impact Collaboratives complete their work. Five new Exploratory proposals, 26 proposals for seed projects, and 11 proposals for transformative projects are received for the upcoming grant cycle.

Five departments complete the first year of capacity building to support community-engaged teaching/learning.

Ten course development grantees from 2024-25 complete preparation of new community-engaged course syllabi. Eleven applications are received for the 2025-26 awards for new undergraduate, graduate and professional school community-engaged courses.

Five schools/divisions approve guidelines for evaluating community-engaged scholarship for tenure and promotion.

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Due to the severity and impact of the fires on L.A. residents both within and beyond the fire zones, the Social Impact Collaboratives call for proposals is revised to prioritize proposals that address issues related to post-fire recovery and rebuilding of lives and communities, including but not limited to fire- and climate-specific topics, housing, economic recovery, health and well-being, attention to vulnerable populations, etc.

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UCLA joins elected officials, community leaders and students gathered to celebrate the success of the ongoing partnership between the university and Downtown Magnets High School, one of approximately 80 schools in the L.A. area served by UCLA’s Early Academic Outreach Program and other UCLA college-readiness programs. This is the first of several events meant to highlight the ways in which UCLA enhances the lives of Angelenos from across the city’s diverse and dynamic communities.

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UCLA announces funding for 40 community-engaged scholarship grants.

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UCLA’s Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost surveys Senate Faculty to solicit input on creating a UCLA Institute for the Future of Los Angeles, which also gathers data on current L.A-focused teaching and research.

The Center for Community Engagement and the Teaching & Learning Center enter an agreement to sustain assessment of community-engaged teaching and learning.