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In the wake of a widely reported incident of racist behavior at a University of Oklahoma fraternity, Dr. Belinda Tucker, Vice Provost of the UCLA Institute of American Cultures, was interviewed on the Southern California Public Radio program "Take Two" on the topic of combating racism and intolerance on college campuses. The story can be heard here.
CSRC associate director Alex Ortega, Professor of Health Policy and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, was named "Source of the Week" by National Public Radio.
NPR, March 9, 2015
In her editorial on viewing race in contemporary art, author Nikki Darling cites the CSRC exhibition Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement.
Maria Elena Ruiz, former CSRC associate director, co-authored the article "Older Latinos: Applying the Ethnocultural Gerontological Nursing Model" in the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. The article was published online on February 3 but is not yet available in print. Ruiz is an assistant adjunct professor in the UCLA School of Nursing, a former CSRC associate director, and CSRC faculty affiliate.
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.