Tag Archive for: UCLA Social Sciences

A photo of a Covid-19 fence sign.

Voters in both parties favor caution as cities begin to reopen

Over the weekend of May 9–10, many states, including California,…
A photo of UCLA professor Renee Tajima-Peña.

PBS series on Asian Americans features work of UCLA filmmakers and scholars

n 1982, a young Chinese American man named Vincent Chin was…
A photo of students in a course on the U.S. Census taught by Professor Natalie Masuoka. From left: Milagros Martinez Stordeur, Kaumron Eidgahy, Iris Hinh and Amy Bugwadia.

For census season, these UCLA students want to make sure everyone counts

Two civic-minded UCLA undergraduate students have turned…
Photograph of Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Sarah Stein named to new Viterbi Chair in Mediterranean Jewish Studies

Prominent historian Sarah Abrevaya Stein has been named the…
A photo of Lynn Vavreck and Miguel García-Garibay.

Two elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Six exceptional UCLA professors and leaders — including…
A photo of the sidewalk with chalk that says "Play your part, stay apart"

Play your part, stay apart: Advice and insight on physical distancing

It has been a month since the wide-ranging safer-at-home…
A photo of an article in the newspaper detailing the layoffs that continue to happen around the world.

With record unemployment filings, federal stimulus will help, but more is needed

As an economist and director of the California Policy Lab,…
A photo of Daniel Fessler, Anthropologist and Director of the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute.

Listen Now: A Global Lifeboat, Evolution and Kindness in the Time of Coronavirus

Daniel Fessler, Anthropologist and Director of the UCLA Bedari…
A photo of Cecilia Menjívar.

Don’t call it ‘social distancing’

Opinion by Cecilia Menjívar, Jacob G. Foster and Jennie E. Brand Editor’s…
A photo collage: from left, top row: Elaine Hsiao, Andrea Ghez, Sarah Stein. From left, bottom row: Heather Adams and Lynn Vavreck.

UCLA College Celebrates International Women’s Day

On International Women’s Day we give a shout-out to five…