Mayor Karen Bass focuses on need for housing solutions at UCLA Luskin Summit
Los Angeles’ chief elected official spoke at the April 17 gathering of scholars, civic leaders and the philanthropic community.
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‘Let people own it’: Secretary of the Smithsonian discusses the power of history
Lonnie Bunch delivers UCLA’s Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership.
Veteran broadcast journalist David Ono receives Irene Hirano Inouye Award
The award from the UCLA Terasaki Center honors Hirano Inouye, a Japanese American philanthropist, community organizer and champion of social causes.
Supportive housing program for Californians experiencing homelessness shows promise
Housing for a Healthy California program moved 200-plus people into housing, lowered their medical costs.
L.A. County residents’ satisfaction with quality of life matches low in year 9 of UCLA survey
Concerns over the high cost of living weighed on the overall rating as renters feel especially pessimistic about their futures.
Persistent gaps for Black Californians would take over 248 years to close
The State of Black California 2024 report analyzes two decades of socioeconomic status data.
Q&A: Tyrone Howard on dismantling racial injustice in education
The UCLA professor will lead the 2024 meeting of the American Education Research Association, where the topic will be at the forefront.
Q&A: Lynn Vavreck discusses Biden, Trump and America’s great political divide
The UCLA professor explains key election issues, voter ‘calcification’ and why 2024 might resemble 2016 and 2020.
Disrupting the narratives that legitimize long-term incarceration
The University of California Sentencing Project has been awarded a new $2 million grant by the Mellon Foundation.
Election 360: Immigration reform and Democrats in Congress
UCLA political scientist Chris Tausanovitch says immigration reform and what happens at the border will continue to be major talking points for both parties.
Changes to U.S. data collection on race, ethnicity could be a boon to public health
Research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and other campus units contributed to the government’s revision process.
UCLA infuses the arts into collaborative classes for Bruins and incarcerated students
The Prison Education Program recently hosted a special campus performance for participants in its innovative prison-based spoken-word course.
UCLA honors alumna Yasmin Delahoussaye with Fiat Lux Award
The longtime educator and advocate has helped thousands of low-income students of color earn college scholarships and degrees.
2024 International Women of Courage Award recipients share their experiences at UCLA event
Three honorees recognized for demonstrating leadership testify to their fight for positive change.
UCLA Anderson Forecast: Higher interest rates and restrained growth, but fear of U.S. recession fades
The first forecast of 2024 predicts that the strong second half of 2023 will carry into the new year.
Marcus Hunter pens alternative histories of racial healing, cues Rihanna
The professor’s latest book uses creative nonfiction to show how one of the nation’s most divisive topics is bigger than money.
Daniela Cortez Bravo: Elevating student voices in UCLA’s Hispanic-Serving Institution efforts
The HSI initiative will be hosting a campus forum on nurturing Latino excellence on Feb. 22.
A look back at the Inquisition’s prosecution of Galileo: What really happened?
Today, on what would have been the Italian astronomer’s 460th birthday, we revisit one of Newsroom’s most-read stories.
Election 360: Immigration and the border
Immigration is the top voter issue. But UCLA experts say the news media often overlook the bigger issues surrounding immigration and the border.
‘The best way to protect voting rights’: A Q&A with UCLA’s Richard Hasen
In a new book, the law professor and voting rights expert argues for a constitutional amendment affirming the right to vote.
Mayor’s office details homelessness plans at UCLA Extension land use conference
Across campus, students and scholars are responding to the challenges facing Los Angeles and the city’s nearly 75,000 homeless residents.
Super Bowl gambling: Does America have a problem?
UCLA gambling disorders expert Dr. Timothy Fong says every state has seen increased demand for gambling-related treatment services since 2018.
Fowler Museum at UCLA permanently returns objects to Asante kingdom in Ghana
The items from the museum’s collections were personally handed over to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asante king, in Ghana on Feb. 5.
Alumni Helen and Morgan Chu pledge $10 million to benefit UCLA Institute of American Cultures
The couple’s gift will strengthen ethnic studies at UCLA and advance research in support of social justice.
Helen y Morgan Chu donan 10 millones de dólares al Instituto de Culturas Americanas de la UCLA
La donación de la pareja fortalecerá los estudios étnicos en la UCLA e impulsará la investigación en apoyo de la justicia social.