The vast majority of UCLA's research budget, which topped $1.4 billion last year, is spent in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to develop vaccines and robots as well as break new ground in agriculture, chemistry, nanoscience, and other fields.
Although the arts and humanities historically receive considerably less research funding than the STEM fields, they are just as vital to UCLA’s research environment, said Roger Wakimoto, UCLA’s vice chancellor for research and creative activities.
For this episode of the UCLA Arts podcast Works In Progress, Wakimoto discussed the importance of arts-related research on campus, his own creative interest in photographing tornadoes, and how his office is promoting diversity and inclusion in research at UCLA.
