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News from the UCLA / Getty Conservation Program Alumni News Spring/Summer 2026 https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-02-at-2.35.45-PM.png 1146 1560 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-07-02 14:28:092026-07-02 14:37:34Alumni News Spring/Summer 2026 GET TO KNOW US: Mellon Opportunity staff https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2331ddc0-7564-1061-ccc4-b07a63a74642-1-e1782489844159.jpg 904 893 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-06-26 09:06:132026-06-26 09:07:05GET TO KNOW US: Mellon Opportunity staff “Incorporating Sustainability in Conservation Education Article by Justine Wuebold, Ellen Pearlstein, and Glenn Wharton https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/nic-magazine-jun-jul-2026-e1782144084386.jpeg 1302 1156 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-06-22 09:00:132026-06-22 09:02:29“Incorporating Sustainability in Conservation Education Article by Justine Wuebold, Ellen Pearlstein, and Glenn Wharton Mellon Opportunity Program Takes On Montréal AIC! https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/56c48b3a-9bca-ce28-f28c-6a71c89aa50d.jpg 1283 1200 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-06-05 08:38:402026-06-05 08:39:30Mellon Opportunity Program Takes On Montréal AIC! Video Artifacts of Migrations: Arizona Desert, Operation Pedro Pan and Crafting Latino Museum Representation featuring Stephen Velasquez https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/94f3e50b-9e5d-4a7b-a4c3-ef322d207f10.jpg 525 700 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-04-14 12:44:362026-04-14 12:49:06Video Artifacts of Migrations: Arizona Desert, Operation Pedro Pan and Crafting Latino Museum Representation featuring Stephen Velasquez Donor Spotlight: Andrea Morse Straus on Getting to Do What You Love as a Career and Supporting Others to Do the Same https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/fig_3.jpg 480 640 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-03-05 09:17:212026-03-05 09:17:51Donor Spotlight: Andrea Morse Straus on Getting to Do What You Love as a Career and Supporting Others to Do the Same Project co-led by Thiago Puglieri receives $330,000 Getty grant https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/32DC54F8-2C72-4353-A4C5-F0BD333807D5-e1772730331528.jpg 561 856 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-03-05 09:09:242026-03-05 09:10:55Project co-led by Thiago Puglieri receives $330,000 Getty grant Intern Highlight from the Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation Program https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/unnamed-13.jpg 1180 1200 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-03-05 09:03:362026-03-05 09:03:36Intern Highlight from the Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation Program Intern Highlight from the Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation Program https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/unnamed-4.jpg 1812 1825 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-02-05 11:29:592026-02-05 11:38:12Intern Highlight from the Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation Program Video: Belongings: Changing Hands and Shifting Meaning in African Arts featuring Erica P. Jones & Carlee S. Forbes https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/forbes-jones.png 1012 1532 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-02-05 09:13:542026-02-05 09:16:28Video: Belongings: Changing Hands and Shifting Meaning in African Arts featuring Erica P. Jones & Carlee S. Forbes Professor Caitlin O’Grady Wants You to Rethink Archaeology from the Field to the Classroom https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ogrady_fieldwork_Kaymakci-scaled.jpeg 1920 2560 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2026-01-22 11:04:022026-01-22 11:04:02Professor Caitlin O’Grady Wants You to Rethink Archaeology from the Field to the Classroom Teaching Community Engaged Conservation in the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DSC_0529-1-scaled-e1765306386994.jpg 1054 1284 William Shelley https://conservation.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyUCLA_temp-1-e1624984794544.png William Shelley2025-12-09 10:54:212025-12-09 10:54:21Teaching Community Engaged Conservation in the UCLA/Getty Conservation Program PreviousNext Upcoming Events Message from the Conservation IDP Chair Greetings and welcome to the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage.  I encourage you to explore our website, which provides detailed information about our academic and research programs, faculty, staff, students and alumni. Visitors can learn more about our interests by attending lecturers and listening to recordings of past lectures under the Events tab on the website. Our program is comprised of four core faculty members with split appointments in Conservation, Art History, Materials Science & Engineering, and Information Studies. We engage additional cultural heritage conservation professionals and researchers as lecturers and adjunct faculty to teach and mentor our students. Our Director of Community Engagement and Inclusive Practice develops partnerships with community members, scholars, students, and collecting institutions associated with African American culture and history, and performs advocacy in the field. Our staff consists of a Student Affairs Officer and a Lab Manager. Our state of the art training labs are at the Getty Villa, but institutionally we are embedded in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, a research organization dedicated to creation, dissemination, and conservation of archaeological knowledge and heritage. The other academic program at the Cotsen Institute is the Interdepartmental Archaeology Program. We partner in joint research and programming at the Institute, and we are enriched by scholars located in departments across the university who co-teach courses and serve as advisors to our students. We also work closely with our colleagues at the Getty Conservation Institute and Getty Museum, some of whom serve as Affiliated Faculty members. Our students and faculty perform technical research and physical interventions to preserve cultural heritage materials. In addition to working with scholars from allied fields, we collaborate with community members and caretakers who bring cultural knowledge to our investigations. These collaborations inform conservation decision-making and aid in critical understanding of cultural heritage. Our core program values are Collaboration, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, and Sustainability. Through the Andrew W. Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation  initiative, we offer conservation workshops and mentoring to participants from underrepresented populations. Additional grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities allow students and faculty advance sustainability in the field, from investigating “green” chemicals in our labs to researching the impact of climate change on cultural heritage. Enjoy your visit and please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. Glenn Wharton Lore and Gerald Cunard Chair, UCLA/Getty Conservation Program Professor, Art History and Conservation of Material Culture University of California, Los Angeles Recent Events Load more A210 Fowler Building/Box 951510 308 Charles E. 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