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A program developed by Maria Elena Ruiz, assistant adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Nursing and former CSRC associate director, was the focus of a January 29 article in UC Health.
NBC Latino reported on the induction of Please, Don't Bury Me Alive! into the Library of Congress National Film Registry. CSRC director and film and television professor Chon A. Noriega and filmmaker Efraín Gutiérrez were interviewed for the story.
The Borderlands History Interview Project (BHIP) on the Borderlands History blog featured an interview with Ernesto Chávez, Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas, El Paso, and this year's CSRC IAC visiting scholar.
CSRC visiting researcher Juan Herrera published the article "¡La Lucha Continua! Gloria Arellanes and the Making of a Chicano Movement in El Monte and Beyond" in the online publication Tropics of Meta, which focuses on issues pertaining to historiography.
The Institute of American Cultures (IAC) makes funds available annually through its Visiting Researcher/Scholar and fellowship programs. These awards have resulted in the publication of hundreds of books, monographs, and articles.
REMEZCLA reported on the induction of Please, Don't Bury Me Alive! into the National Film Registry, elaborating upon the social and industrial context in which the film was produced, and the significance of the registry.
UCLA Newsroom reported on the induction of Please, Don't Bury Me Alive! into the National Film Registry. The film, considered the first Chicano feature, was originally recovered and restored due to the efforts of CSRC director Chon Noriega.
UCLA Newsroom reported Alicia Gaspar de Alba, professor of English and gender studies, chair of the UCLA LGBT Studies Program, and former CSRC associate director, received the 2015 Book Award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education.
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A profile of Dora De Larios, an artist whose work was featured in the L.A. Xicano exhibition Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation at the Autry National Center. The article mentions the L.A. Xicano exhibition.