Mining the deep cultural resonance of puppets

View this email in your browser DAILY HIGHLIGHTS Female birds die younger. Why? Motherhood, new UCLA research suggests, may carry an evolutionary cost long after the nest is built. Who’s pulling the strings? Dedicated professors, students and curatorial staff mine the deep cultural resonance of puppets — and the creative genius that has created and brought them to life for millennia. The great Bruin baking show: Porto’s Cuban culture, political know-how acquired at UCLA, and a lot of sugar and flour have helped Betty Porto build her family’s incredible L.A. legacy. Are you fit enough to be a lifeguard? It’s “Baywatch” on Sunset Boulevard — and you’d better be able to swim with the bricks. SoCal has had ‘so many heat waves,’ but this next one is a doozy: What to know — and more UCLA media The Los Angeles Times quoted UCLA’s V. Kelly Turner and David Eisenman in an article about LA’s approaching heat wave and the region’s uniquely muggy summer and record-high temperatures. Read more about UCLA in today’s CBS Morning News, USA Today and others. UCLA in the News headlines Go to UCLA Newsroom UCLA on Facebook UCLA on Instagram UCLA on LinkedIn   UCLA on X UCLA on YouTube This newsletter is published by UCLA Media Relations. Contact UCLA Newsroom by email or call 310-825-2585.

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