At the “Globalization and Human Trafficking” symposium held Friday, professors of the World Arts and Cultures Department, art students at UCLA, and a number of representatives from a wide array of organizations met to discuss the issue of human trafficking as a global phenomenon and demonstrate the ways in which art can be used to spread awareness of this issue and in the broader context of social activism. Read more...

The UCLA School of Law has opened its Master of Laws (LL.M.) program to those with American law degrees this year, expanding a program that was formerly limited to international law school graduates. Read more...

University of California President Robert Dynes hopes to look ahead with a series of compensation reforms after facing state legislators in a Senate hearing last week, which marked the second time in just over a decade that the UC has had to answer to the state regarding its compensation practices. Read more...

As audience members checked their handhelds, PDAs and cell phones, representatives from several major Hollywood organizations discussed how changes in technology would affect the entertainment industry during the UCLA School of Law’s 30th Annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium, called “Hollywood: By the Number$.” Several speakers discussed how technology has plowed forward at an unprecedented rate, and the entertainment industry has found itself confronted with increasingly diverse new forms of media. Read more...

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There is no clearer indicator of a government’s priorities than its budget, and the 637-page document released last week told the world that when there are cuts to be made, education is sure to be among the first to get slashed. Read more...

The Bunche Chair Lecture Series kicked off Thursday night with democracy and human rights advocate Randall Robinson, in celebration of the newly endowed Bunche Chair in International Studies and Black History Month. Read more...