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Since its founding, the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment has produced analytical research to shape public policy and public opinion on labor issues.

In his award-winning book, UCLA professor Benjamin Madley meticulously details state-sanctioned killing and also intrepid resilience.

The Latino Policy and Politics Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs will fill a critical research gap and provide a think tank around political, social and economic issues.

Scholars are and tribe members are developing educational resources that shed light on this vital part of California’s indigenous history and also on its future.

Chai Energy and UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation are conducting a pilot study that could help consumers monitor their electricity usage and avoid peak pricing.

Results of UCLA report are the first from a national effort to reform public hospitals.

UCLA environmental researchers create comprehensive model to find out how Los Angeles County can reduce its reliance on imported water.

The study, led by UCLA professor Jaana Juvonen, surveyed more than 4,300 sixth-graders in Southern and Northern California.

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs students get a valuable lesson in voting and elections from California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan.

The latest report says GDP growth will exceed 2 percent in the near term but fall below 2 percent in 2019.

UCLA Daniel J.B. Mitchell Daniel J.B. Mitchell is professor emeritus in UCLA Anderson School of Management and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Panelists focused on ways in which California can continue to lead the charge via legislative and regulatory innovations at the state and local level.

Study raises questions about water management and supply in an area that produces more than half of fruit, vegetable and nut crops in the United States.

Report by UCLA researchers finds that community choice aggregators provide a competitive alternative for electricity consumers.

Dean Gary Segura sees parallels between California history and current national debate over immigration.

UCLA research shows that during future droughts human-induced climate change could all but eliminate California's snowpack, which supplies 60 percent of the state's water supply.

The report projects robust job growth and increased defense spending.

Now in its 20th year, the UCLA Law Fellows program, run by UCLA School of Law, demystifies law school for undergraduates from various colleges and universities, who aspire to law careers.

Alex Hall and Mark Gold say California’s infrastructure needs to be designed for how the state’s climate will be in the future, which likely means more rain and less snow.

Professor Alex Hall’s research shows that, as temperatures warm in the Sierra Nevada, a deluge could overwhelm California’s patchwork network of dams and reservoirs that currently supplies 60 percent of the state's water.

The report reveals that the natural cycle in commercial real estate appears to be running its course, somewhat independent of the results of the presidential contest.

Sixty-two percent of California voters said access to coastal areas is a problem, and even more said that they were deterred by the cost of parking, overnight accommodations and transportation options.

To counter likely cuts in federal funding for research into climate change and energy innovation, California’s government must fill the gap.

You can be among the 1,000 volunteer citizen scientists who will collect 18,000 samples of soil and aquatic sediment from across the state through a new University of California program called CALeDNA.

A standing-room-only crowd gathered Wednesday, Jan. 18, in Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles to hear two UCLA scholars with expertise in immigration law and the historic underpinnings of the Japanese-American incarceration.