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UCLA Updates @uclaupdates.bsky.social · 2d

New special collections alert: @uclalibrary.bsky.social has acquired the papers of Sandy Gooch, founder of Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Markets — the first natural foods supermarket chain in the U.S. newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucl...

Black-and-white photo of Sandy Gooch, in striped shirt and bouffant hairstyle, slicing a vegetable

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 4d

💭 UCLA Library presents the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences.

From Oct 7- Nov 12, four distinguished speakers explore the diverse connections between mathematics and behavioral sciences.

🔗 RSVP: go.library.ucla.edu/marschak

📆 Tuesday, October 7 | 1 p.m.
From the Unseen to Foresight: Epidemic Modeling in the Age of Computing and AI
Alessandro Vespignani
Sternberg Family Distinguished University Professor
Northeastern University

📆 Tuesday, October 21 | 1 p.m.
On the Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in Psychology
Colin Allen
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
University of California, Santa Barbara

📆 Tuesday, November 4 | 1 p.m.
Good Ideas are Hard to Find: How Cognitive Biases and Algorithms Interact to Constrain Discovery
Kristina Lerman
Professor of Informatics
Indiana University

📆 Wednesday, November 12 | 1 p.m.
A Cultural History Told Through Depictions of the Heart: Botticelli to Banksy
Robin Choudhury
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Oxford

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 4d

📣 2025-26 grant applications for the UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archive Program (MEAP) are open!

Apply for funding to document, digitize and make accessible at-risk collections from around the world.

Applications due Nov 17, 2025.

Full details and Oct 9 webinar registration: ucla.in/4n8aJGS

2025-26 Modern Endangered Archives Program Grants. Apply by November 17, 2025: ucla.in/4n8aJGS

Call for Applications. MEAP invites applications for its eighth cohort of projects to document, digitize and make accessible collections at risk from environmental conditions, political uncertainty, inherently unsustainable media, inappropriate storage, or communal and social change. All materials created with MEAP funding will be published on the open access UCLA Library Digital Collections platform.

Application Details
All MEAP applications must be submitted online. The online application portal is now open at meap.smapply.io

Preliminary applications due: November 17, 2025
Detailed applications due for invited applicants: February 20, 2026

Funding Available
Regional Grants
Opportunity to expand on previous MEAP digitization. Create digital collections that include cultural heritage materials from three or more institutions, families, or archival repositories.

Project Grants
Funding for digitizing and documenting archival content or curating already-digital assets.

Planning Grants
Funding to evaluate and prepare materials for digitization.

2025 MEAP Application Webinar Thursday, October 9, 2025. 8 a.m. PDT
Register: ucla.in/4nvcb6F

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 5d

UCLA Library has acquired the papers of Sandy Gooch, an entrepreneur whose vision transformed the way many Americans prepare, eat and shop for food.

Gooch turned her passion for health and wellness into Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Markets, which merged with Whole Foods in 1993. More: ucla.in/3KtyfzX

Photo of Sandy Gooch. UCLA Library acquires papers of natural foods pioneer and educator Sandy Gooch. The entrepreneur, who has several ties to UCLA, turned her passion for health and wellness into a successful supermarket chain.

UCLA Library has acquired the papers of Sandy Gooch, whose vision transformed the way many Americans prepare, eat and shop for food. Top: A sign atop a Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Store. Bottom: The interior of a Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Store.

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 12d

A Bullock's Wilshire clip from “Things That Aren't Here Anymore” narrated by beloved newscaster #RalphStory. #PBSSoCal -> www.pbs.org/video/bulloc...

On Nov 22, @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social will screen episodes & clips of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles.” www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/best-...

Things That Aren't Here Anymore | Bullocks Wilshire | Episode 2

Bullocks Wilshire was a high-end department store at 3050 Wilshire Blvd from 1929 to 1993.

www.pbs.org

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 8d

The Nat’l Film Preservation Foundation @filmpreservation.bsky.social has made five silent films available online, including two from UCLA starring Clara Bow & Richard Barthelmess: bit.ly/4gNDd6E

UCLA’s preservation of “The Toll of the Sea” starring Anna May Wong is also online: youtu.be/HInIK4k2na4

Clara Bow sitting by a telephone, resting her head on her hand.

Anna May Wong smiling in a flower garden.

Richard Barthelmess pointing a sword, ready to fight.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 8d

Toward a More Perfect Rebellion: Multiracial Student Activism at UCLA 📽 Oct. 17–18

This film series celebrates the radical legacy of UCLA’s Ethno-Communications Program (1969–73), an initiative to train students of color to use film as a tool for social change. Filmmakers in person! ucla.in/46bDsmX

Two young people posing with their arms over each other's shoulders.

A woman dancing with her hand on her head.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 7d

Oct. 19: “An Evening With Fred Astaire” (1958) & “Another Evening With Fred Astaire” (1959)

“An Evening...” was one of the first TV specials using color videotape. The Archive received an Emmy in 1989 for its restoration. Join us for a rare screening + Q&A with dancer Barrie Chase! ucla.in/46TK4a7

Barrie Chase and Fred Astaire dancing in a TV studio set.

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 13d

Over 170 manuscripts from the Abbey of Saint Gall are available through UCLA Library Digital Collections, featuring well preserved 9th century examples of Carolingian miniscule script and broader trends amongst Carolingian manuscript cultures: ucla.in/46n9xad

Ornate manuscript cover featuring an ivory relief engraving of Christ on the cross with portions inlaid with gold. The border features colorful precious stones set in gold bezel and intertwined with gold beadwork.

Manuscript page topped with colorful floral and knotwork illumination in red, yellow, blue, and green. The text beneath is written in a Carolingian miniscule script likely with iron gall ink.

Manuscript page topped with simple illumination in red ink. A capital “S” is depicted as a double headed bird interwoven with knots.

Modest leather manuscript cover featuring ruled etched lines across its surface, four metal buttons, and two simple metal clasps.

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 14d

🌟 UCLA Library welcomes all new and returning Bruins to the 2025-2026 school year! 📚

Stay up to date with all Library activities with our Events & Programs Newsletter 💌 Sign up by Oct 1 to be entered into a sweepstakes, where you could win a Library swag bag: bit.ly/uclalibrarynews

Welcome ALL BRUINS. Photo collage of students, faculty and librarians taking part in Library programs with True Bruin Welcome stickers.

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 20d

These moments may feel rare, but research has always been at the heart of our mission. From the library to the lab, UCLA research saves lives, shapes policy, and powers progress. 💡

Learn more: ucla.edu/research

📸: University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
#ResearchPowersProgress

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 14d

Behind the scenes of @tcmtv.bsky.social at Warner Bros. Studios. Join TCM Noir Alley host Eddie Muller and Archive Director May Hong HaDuong as they kick off “60 Years of the UCLA Film & Television Archive,” a 24 hr. programming block on TCM!

Starts Thursday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m. (PT) 📺 ucla.in/4nlxQOb

TCM Noir Alley host Eddie Muller, Archive Motion Picture Curator Todd Wiener and Archive Director May Hong HaDuong.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 19d

Sunday 9/28, 7 p.m.
📽 “The Little American” (1917)

Director Cecil B. DeMille’s silent classic stars Mary Pickford as an American torn between two lovers on the opposite sides of the trenches of WWI. Digital restoration by UCLA and the Mary Pickford Foundation.

Free! ucla.in/46bBd4q

Mary Pickford in military uniform saluting an injured soldier.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 17d

Robert Altman series closing night
📽 Friday 9/26, 7:30 p.m.
“Short Cuts” (1993) — 35mm!

Set in Los Angeles, this sprawling mosaic is a symphony of experience — love, jealousy, infidelity, tragedy, creativity, cruelty, farce, sheer stupidity — summoned up from the everyday.

Free! ucla.in/46NboYD

Lily Tomlin as a diner waiter listening closely to a customer.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 21d

Sunday 9/21, 7 p.m.
“Blonde Venus” (1932) on 35mm! ✨

In this Josef von Sternberg classic, Marlene Dietrich portrays a former cabaret singer, forced to return to work to support her husband’s medical treatments. Co-starring Cary Grant and Herbert Marshall. Preserved by UCLA.

Free! ucla.in/46aFntp

Marlene Dietrich wearing a shimmering white tuxedo and top hat in a cabaret act, standing next to Cary Grant.

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 20d

These moments may feel rare, but research has always been at the heart of our mission. From the library to the lab, UCLA research saves lives, shapes policy, and powers progress. 💡

Learn more: ucla.edu/research

📸: University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
#ResearchPowersProgress

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 21d

The UCLA Library Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP), which funds projects to document and digitize at-risk archival collections from around the world, has awarded 34 grants to its seventh annual cohort — its largest yet —to support archival work in 26 countries: ucla.in/4mhOkFW

UCLA Library funds 34 international cultural preservation projects. This year’s cohort includes digitization efforts representing Angola, Bulgaria and Ethiopia. Top: Contact sheet by Angolan photographer Paulino Damião. Bottom: Photos capturing Bulgarian police preventing Macedonians from commemorating poet Anton Popov (Petrich, Bulgaria) c. 1992 - 1993.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 21d

Join us for a weekend of some of Robert Altman’s best-known films:

📽 Fri 9/19: “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (1971, 35mm 🎞️) starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie + “Popeye” (1980, 35mm 🎞️) starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall

📽 Sat 9/20: “The Player” (1992) starring Tim Robbins

Free! ucla.in/40rVK1r

Image 1: Julie Christie looking pensive by a window. Image 2: Robin Williams as Popeye, holding a baby, and sitting next to Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl. Image 3: Tim Robbins looking sternly at a long strip of paper.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 22d

Rest in peace, Robert Redford. The beloved actor and filmmaker not only brought unforgettable characters to the screen, he also championed independent cinema and opened doors for new voices as the founder of @sundance.org. The Archive is honored to steward the Sundance Institute Collection at UCLA.

Robert Redford leaning against a fence and smiling.

Robert Redford smiling and holding a microphone.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 22d

70 years ago, in the heat of mid-September 1955, Los Angeles endured the worst smog on record.

Visit our blog to learn more + view historical smog-related photos from @uclalibrary.bsky.social Special Collections: ucla.in/46drNE8

Footage from our Hearst Metrotone News Collection, released 9/16/1955

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 25d

Saturday 9/27, 7:30 p.m.
“Beyond Terror: Vincent Price on Television”

Join us for an evening of TV programs showcasing the many facets of horror icon Vincent Price, from a tour of his art-filled home to talk show appearances with Dinah Shore. @imvictoriaprice.bsky.social in person! ucla.in/4n0vNiy

Closeup of Vincent Price sitting in a chair.

Vincent Price wearing a microphone and smiling in front of a door.

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · 26d

Watch Nicole Alvarado, book and paper conservator for UCLA Library’s Preservation & Conservation Department in the latest episode of Awl About Bookbinding!

Take a tour of the Library’s Preservation Lab and learn how she preserves centuries-old materials: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-j...

Behind the Craft of Conserving Rare Books ⟡ Awl About Bookbinding, Ep. 3

YouTube video by bitter melon bindery

www.youtube.com

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 27d

The Archive’s Artist-in-Residence Program will host an emerging artist for two weeks during the late spring of 2026 to activate the Archive’s collection in their artistic practice, focusing on the Hearst Metrotone News, In the Life LGBTQ+ series and/or KTLA News collections.

cinema.ucla.edu/air2026

Image of a film vault with text that reads: "UCLA Film & Television Archive Artist-In-Residence Program, application deadline November 14, 2025, cinema.ucla.edu/air2026

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · Sep 8

To celebrate our 60th anniversary, @tcmtv.bsky.social will air 18 film & TV titles preserved by the Archive! Restoration world premieres of “Black Girl” (Ossie Davis, 1972) and “The Magnificent Matador” (Budd Boetticher, 1955), a TV noir directed by Ida Lupino + more. Sep. 25–26: ucla.in/4nlxQOb

Above: A woman walking away from an airplane in "Black Girl." Below: A woman looking tensely at two men who are speaking sternly to each other in "The Magnificent Matador."

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · Sep 8

Recently described manuscripts illustrate the rich history of Islamic manuscript culture in Palestine from the medieval period to the early 20th century, showcasing the historical connections and intersections with regions such as Albania, Anatolia, Iraq and Egypt: ucla.in/3HCFQLn

Collage of manuscripts.
Glimpses of Islamic manuscript culture in Palestine.
Recently described manuscripts illustrate the rich history of Islamic manuscript culture in Palestine from the medieval period to the early 20th century.

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