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Welcome to the Class of 2025! To begin our time together, LASA tackled thinking about water – history, infrastructure, the range of careers associated with, treatment, testing, desalinization, and more! On Thursday, we gathered at The Huntington to meet each other and for Bill to “introduce” us to Henry and Arabella Huntington. We drew maps of Los Angeles County and …
LASA boarded a bus and climbed 5,000+ feet to visit the Mt. Wilson Observatory this month. We visited to explore the space and to consider LA’s contributions to our larger understandings of the cosmos. Thanks to our guide Nathan Krumm for sharing the history of the space as well as walking us through three modules and showing us the spectacular …
[Editor’s Note: This was a post that was dated for November 2023 but never released. Sorry!] On November 11, LASA visited the Port of Los Angeles to consider the role of the port in the past, present, and future of LA. From tours of an active terminal – YTI – and a 19th century home – the Banning Museum – …
LASA gathered in March to consider food insecurity in LA and the practices spaces like the Hollywood Food Coalition use to connect food with guests. And, despite a bit of rain, LASA picked 700 pounds of oranges from The Huntington grove for the Coalition. Patrick Hudnut – LASA alum and member of the Hollywood Food Coalition’s administrative team – answered …
LASA met at LA Plaza in February. From the general collection of LA Plaza to their current sports-related exhibition, “18 th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium” – to city planning for the 2028 Olympics, we considered sports and culture in LA’s past, present, and future. LA Plaza curator Esperanza Sanchez welcomed LASA to LA Plaza and shared the history of the museum …
In October, LASA gathered at Union Station to consider Technology and the Future of LA. From visiting ICW’s “Where You Stand: Chinatown 1880 to 1939” that uses augmented reality to hearing about Metro’s future transportation plans to learning more about using AI to understand police bodycam footage, LASA posed terrific questions that reflected student concerns and hopes for the future …
In September, LASA considered the long histories of health and public health in Los Angeles and how those histories connect to the present. We welcomed Dr. Cynthia Willard who shared about her careers in global health and community clinics. Dr. Cindy used asthma as a case study to think through factors affecting health and access to care in the county. …
Welcome to the Class of 2024! We spent our time together in August meeting each other and thinking about water. On Thursday, we gathered at The Huntington and mapped Los Angeles County. From the Vincent Thomas Bridge to favorite places to eat, the maps highlighted the spaces LASA students love and those that define LA. Then, we had the honor …
We met this rainy February at the Central Branch of LAPL to consider policing and justice in LA. We’re grateful to our library hosts as well as Police Commission Executive Director Richard Tefank for speaking with us. LASA students reflected on the time together: Owen: In an age of increased attention on the role of law enforcement in urban communities, …
How does the past resonate in the present? LASA spent March considering civic memory in the city in the spaces around Union Station and La Plaza. We gathered at Union Station and Bill led us on a tour of that space. He shared some of the history of Chinatown and the construction of the station in the 1930s. Sam noted, …