Darnell Hunt appointed Dean of Social Sciences in the UCLA College
Hunt, a professor of sociology and African-American studies, is the lead author of the Bunche Center’s Hollywood Diversity Report.
Women are making progress toward gender balance in the social sciences
At UCLA, the proportion of female faculty in these fields has grown dramatically since the 1980s
American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Class of 2016 Fellows
Congratulations to Professor Glen MacDonald and Professor Kelley for their election into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!
UCLA students seek to counter extremism in a ‘radically different’ public diplomacy course
During the fall quarter, students in “Communications 163: Public Diplomacy” participated in an international competition to stall extremism used by Islamic State group
White House, UCLA Host Summit on Education Excellence for African Americans
Professor Laurence Smith quoted in NY Times article "Greenland is Melting Away"
Professor Glen MacDonald elected to National Academy of Sciences
Department of Geography’s Professor Glen MacDonald, our inaugural John Muir Chair, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Department of Geography’s Professor Glen MacDonald, our inaugural John Muir Chair, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
This initiative provides instructional funds to departments in the Division of Social Sciences to offer one-quarter visiting appointments to world-renowned scholars in the social sciences.
New Master of Social Science program to offer interdisciplinary, hands-on training
The UCLA College will offer a new Master of Social Science program that will provide aspiring social scientists with interdisciplinary, hands-on training in a broad range of problem-based research approaches.

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DEANS INITIATIVES

The Division is seeking proposals for the Social Sciences Dean’s Fund to support Fiat Lux Teaching Related to Civic Engagement

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EVENTS

Test Divisional Event

Faculty Writing Retreat

January 18Royce 306

Lara K. Schubert, “Workshopping Postsecular Feminist Subjectivity: An Alternative Inspired by Cambodian Women”

January 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmRolfe 2125

NEWSROOM

Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández honored by Southern California Media

Response to L.A.’s affordable housing crisis should be guided by lessons from the city’s past

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh returning to UCLA faculty

History can help re-frame California’s current rent control debate

Mishuana Goeman named special advisor to the chancellor on Native American and Indigenous affairs

Journalist Jorge Ramos receives UCLA Medal

UCLA faculty voice: Five myths about the 2016 election

Professor receives medal from the American Geophysical Union

UCLA report examines police interaction data for Los Angeles Unified School District

Students wage an all-out effort to get their classmates to vote

Historian appointed president of New Israel Fund

Civil War data reveals that fathers’ trauma can be passed on to sons

Oct. 29: Discussion about California’s economic policy issues

UCLA receives $2 million to strengthen career experience program for economics undergraduates

UCLA’s top teachers recognized at ceremony at Chancellor’s residence

UCLA researchers receive grant to create database of social and mass media

Economics professor recognized for best undergraduate teaching

New book urges schools to make physical education a priority

Economics professor will help select leaders of population research association

Economics professor elected to national senate for academic honor society

Professor of African American studies honored for play about prison system

Two professors tapped for national leadership development program

Fowler Museum exhibition focuses on bronze objects from southern Nigeria

Jorge Ramos to receive UCLA Medal

Website lets people experience a day in the life of a capuchin monkey

UCLA trains outdoor workers in California to protect against extreme heat

Ability to identify genuine laughter transcends culture, UCLA-led study finds

Professor to lead national organization promoting scholarship about indigenous peoples

Conference at UCLA prepares underrepresented students for graduate school

Policy academy gives elected leaders tools to take on challenges in Latino communities

History professor receives American Book Award

Anthropology professor named 2018 Gold Shield Faculty Prize winner

History professor honored for work examining incarceration in Los Angeles

Professor’s essay on Asian American experience recognized as among year’s best

What does it mean to be moved by love?

Three professors appointed to National Bureau of Economic Research

As Trump attempts to dismantle Obamacare, California leads fight to preserve it

UCLA shows appreciation for staff with awards, scholarships

History professor chosen to run core program at William Andrews Clark Library

Economics professor wins Scoville Teaching Award

Professor honored for contributions to Asian American filmmaking, activism

UCLA students and faculty learn while teaching classes behind bars

New algorithm more accurately predicts life expectancy after heart failure

UCLA historian curates exhibit on African-American artists in Los Angeles

Heroes of fiery 405 truck crash included rescuers from UCLA

UCLA Bruin Day to showcase campus to thousands of newly admitted freshmen

Professor to deliver W.E.B. DuBois lecture at national educators meeting

UCLA focuses on preventing sexual violence and harassment with week of special events

April 12: Urban revitalization and the Los Angeles River

UCLA launches crowdfunding campaign to support undocumented and international students

Three UCLA faculty members awarded 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships

UCLA professors reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

April 4: 50th anniversary remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination

From Zamunda to Wakanda: Celebrating African costume design in the movies

UCLA faculty voice: What we, as citizens, can do to fight genocide

Professor awarded grant to study Black culture

Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award recipients named

UCLA helps high school students and parents get ready to apply to college

UCLA students host DACA forum to reflect on immigration, look to future

Bridges not barriers

Rising sea levels put Pacific salt marshes at risk for extinction, study finds

UCLA faculty voice: What we, as citizens, can do to fight genocide

‘Speak their names’

Panel examines the convergence of art, government and the public space

UCLA sociologist publishes results of first-ever poll to explore voter conduct in Iran

Visionary alumna Martine Rothblatt honored with UCLA Medal

Study shows stigma around mental health on campus correlates with students not seeking treatment

Geography association honors UCLA faculty

Composer Jon Jang will be artist-in-residence at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

UCLA faculty voice: Healthier kids? Just hand their families cash

Launch of Latino Policy and Politics Initiative is true to its mission

Thousands of citizen-scientists help researchers map kelp forests

Prof. Kathleen McGarry cited in NY Times: How Care for Elders, Not Children, Denies Women a Paycheck

UCLA experts explain why California is burning in December

Extreme fieldwork, drones, climate modeling yield new insights about Greenland’s melting ice sheet

UCLA faculty voice: Why is Saudi Arabia suddenly so paranoid?

UCLA awarded $1.1 million grant to answer big biological questions

Professor elected to leadership position with American Economic Association

Historian to share stories of 275 Bruins who fought in World War II

UCLA research puts wildfire risk into historic context

New leader of Bunche Center at UCLA shines spotlight on justice, employment for African-Americans

Namhee Lee outlines vision for UCLA Center of Korean Studies

Message from Chancellor Block on the appointment of a special advisor on immigration policy

Oct. 24: Screening of “No Más Bebés”

Economics professor appointed new associate dean for research in social sciences

Oct. 24: Screening of “No Más Bebés”

UCLA’s outstanding teachers honored at special night

In memoriam: Vyacheslav Ivanov, 88, renowned literary scholar

‘Get Out’-inspired UCLA class gets students to dig into portrayals of race and fear

Economics professor elected to editorial board

Gender studies professors receive award to study gender neutrality in U.S. law

Economics professor elected fellow to Game Theory Society

Traces of the Civil War in California

Scholars dig into nationwide survey of post-election data at conference

UCLA Labor Center director honored

UCLA faculty voice: Here’s why restricting immigration and trade together is so hard

Romanian university awards honorary doctorate to UCLA sociologist

Sociologist Abigail Saguy quoted in Christian Science Monitor

Immigration experts call for unity to protect Dreamers and pass legislation

Fowler Museum presents ‘Axé Bahia: The Power of Art in an Afro-Brazilian Metropolis’

UCLA study suggests researchers look more closely at connections between names and race

UCLA institute leads the way for 70 years to improve workers’ lives

UCLA faculty voice: Are Islamic State recruits more street gang members than zealots?

UCLA research reveals how new behaviors appear and spread among capuchin monkeys

Revealing the history of genocide against California’s Native Americans

Women are making progress toward gender balance in the social sciences

Prof. Matt Barreto co-founds Latino policy think tank

UCLA project reveals ‘invisible’ presence of the Tongva

The truth about cats’ and dogs’ environmental impact

Sociologist Judith Seltzer named to Committee on National Statistics

The evolution of LGBTQ studies at UCLA

Agnew receives honorary doctorate from university in Finland

UCLA political scientist passed up career as a viola player

Is there such a thing as a Southern California accent?

Academic Senate honors UCLA's best teachers for 2016-17

Three faculty honored by the American Association of Geographers

Darnell Hunt quoted in LA Times article concerning Diversity in Spiderman: Homecoming

$5 million gift from Meyer Luskin establishes research center for history and policy at UCLA

UCLA offers Fiat Lux courses about Trump campaign, presidency

The Wellsprings of Our Moralities

Political affiliation can predict how people will react to false information about threats

Spies in the sky: the answer to stopping archaeological looting?

How Iranian-American businesses are handling the travel ban

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown is Dangerous for Workers (Not Just Immigrants)

New exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA to focus on silver jewelry traditions of India

Feb. 2-23: Bunche Center celebrates Black History Month

UCLA faculty voice: Assad has won in Syria, but Syria hardly exists anymore

Why Social Sciences? Communications Studies major Lauren Rogers

Why Social Sciences? Anthropology's Gary Green '14

Endangered monkeys in the Amazon are more diverse than previously thought, UCLA study finds

Archivist finds long-lost recording of Martin Luther King Jr. speech at UCLA

Gaspar de Alba wins 2015 book award

Smithsonian museum acquires UCLA muralist's memorabilia

Q&A: Prof. Robin D. G. Kelley on black photographers in history

Anthropologist’s film exposes plight of polygamy in Indonesia

Sociology professor named president of Population Association of America

UCLA geographer Yongkang Xue to lead $2.15 million NSF-funded project

History professor Joyce Appleby's book on short list to win prize

Social Science students travel the globe in the name of research

Good things come to those who work hard

For one Communication Studies graduate, the sky is not the limit

UCLA geographer Glen MacDonald named to John Muir Endowed Chair

Ka-Yuet Liu named UCLA Hellman Fellow

Stories of enslaved ancestors proved life-changing for UCLA historian

When grassroots activism becomes a commodity

New UCLA book explores L.A.'s Nisei girls clubs

Angela Davis returns to UCLA classroom 45 years after controversy

CS Alum Meb Keflezighi '99 wins the Boston Marathon!

Two UCLA social scientists named Guggenheim Fellows

History professor traces development of Europe, 1750-1850

Faculty senate unanimously votes to create African American studies department

History professor publishes new book on evolution of modern Japan

UCLA sociologist zeroes in on what motivates 'tiger moms'

Sociologist named academician by U.K. Academy of Social Sciences

A winning strategy: Students invent board games that tap into Inca culture, history

Political science professor publishes new book

Vavreck to help fill void at NY Times left by popular blogger Nate Silver

Q&A: Dean Alessandro Duranti on the future of universities

Looking for love? Check with online dating expert Dr. Jess

Vladimir Putin's remarkable comeback

Abrego publishes book on transnational Salvadoran experience

Faculty leaders considering plan for African-American studies department

Brave new L.A.

Westwood Village aims to promote businesses through social media

Circle K’s pillow fight contest raises money for transitional house

"12 Years a Slave" marks shift in acceptance of honest depictions of slavery

Experts probe political apathy among Angelenos

UC opens up student access to online classes systemwide

Miriam Matthews Award for Hunt, Ramon

UCLA student shares experiences from world travel

Interim vice provost Cindy Fan selected as ACE Fellow

A meeting of two extraordinary minds: Ron and Anne Mellor

The Gettysburg Address still a model for speechmaking 150 years later

Women still in play for Republicans

International student gets her words' worth with winning essay

What the warming Arctic needs

Q&A: Brenda Stevenson on the importance of the new film '12 Years a Slave'

Startup UCLA students launch new website to match high schoolers, colleges

'There it is — take it': UCLA's first issue of Boom examines L.A. Aqueduct

Keith Camacho appointed senior editor, Amerasia Journal

Faculty meld online with in-person for a hybrid class

Q&A: Political scientist Michael Ross on how the oil crisis of 1973 changed our lives

Can we ensure the future of water?

New book by prof gives readers inside look at 1984 Olympic Games

Urban historian takes helm of Academic Senate at time of change

Mastering the politics of poverty relief

Treaties — as American as Ben Franklin

Golden Goose Award honors UCLA Nobel laureate Lloyd Shapley

‘Rebirth’ of Japanese studies at UCLA reflected in new scholars, new directions

How immigrant workers have contributed to the L.A. of today

New book challenges popular understanding of 2012 presidential race

Fires like Yosemite's blaze increasingly threaten city-dwellers, too

Professor honored with American Political Science Association's Bunche Award

Is the Arctic the next emerging market?

Kerry and Indyk in Israeli-Palestinian talks: Don't take us seriously

The hyperloop and the annihilation of space and time

What the history of slavery can teach us about slavery today

Arab 'Spring' uprisings are nothing new

The unraveling of a dream

A sovereign wealth fund can save UK from market meltdown

Parting words: UCLA's newest retirees reflect on the past, embrace the future

The U.S. v. Trayvon Martin: How the system worked

Women played critical role in Zimmerman decision

After Hours: Making music out of stone floor tiles

New book by UCLA historian traces role of gender in 1992 Los Angeles riots

L.A.'s little-known connection to the Battle of Gettysburg

How professors can get publicity for their scholarly books

Obesity a disease? So why are so many obese people healthy?

Economist Deepak Lal publishes new book on solving global poverty

Farmer awarded economic science prize for new research

Two professors win grant for research on human rights archive

Susanna Hecht on the global ‘scramble’ for the Amazon

Professor receives teaching prize in Asian American studies

After Hours: A professor and her therapy dog

Say 'No' to Gang of Eight's immigration reform bill

Jews in the other promised land: a story that UCLA helped the Autry tell

Big-screen blockbusters tell tale of three cities

Sanjay Subrahmanyam elected to the Collège de France

American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects five UCLA faculty members

Pride, prejudice and strategic thinking: Jane Austen wrote the book on game theory

Ten faculty to receive Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Awards

Harold Demsetz named American Economic Association fellow

Nile Green receives Association for Asian Studies book prize

From desk drawer to top-drawer: the Cotsen turns 40

UCLA scholars named Guggenheim Fellows

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker appointed to endowed chair in Asian American studies

We need real immigration reform

Historian named fellow at Newberry Library, Chicago

UCLA Library launches transformative broadcast news platform

Global warming will open unexpected new shipping routes in Arctic, UCLA researchers find

In Memoriam: Armen Alchian, founder of the ‘UCLA tradition’ in economics

Q&A: Terrorism expert Jeffrey Simon on Christopher Dorner and other ‘lone wolves’

New book traces Black Panthers' evolution from local activists to global anti-imperialists

An anthropologist's view of world of indie filmmaking

Look to traditional cultures to solvemodern-day problems, says Jared Diamond

Q&A: Historian Ivan Berend on Europe's financial crisis

A Cluttered Life: Middle Class Abundance

Saguy - Why We Diet

Appleby - Disarm the filibuster

Diamond - Lessons For The Modern World From The Societies Of 'Yesterday'

Lieberman - How to get bipartisan filibuster reform passed now

Saguy - Public obsession with obesity may be more dangerous than obesity itself, UCLA author says

Obituary: Richard Baum, 72, prominent China scholar and UCLA professor

How social scientists help politicians influence voters

Association of American Geographers honors two faculty members

Q&A: Jared Diamond on what we can learn from traditional societies

Ohanian - Taxes are much higher than you think

Professor Lloyd Shapley accepts Nobel prize in economics in Stockholm

President Obama greets Nobel laureate Lloyd Shapley in the Oval Office

Kligman - Multiple awards for sociology prof's new book

Subrahmanyam - History professor wins first Infosys Prize for Humanities

Fan - Don't expect big changes from new leadership in China

Marotti - Tokyo's Mad Men: New UCLA book explores antics of Japanese avant-garde in 1960s

Haselton - Prof speaks at Mexico's Fifth International Festival of Brilliant Minds

Golden - RSVP now: Profs learn new ways to teach sustainability

Campus experts analyze Election 2012

Vavreck - In defense of the undecided

Vavreck - Dissecting the political race, Hollywood-style

Ohanian - Payroll taxes are 'regressive'? Time to rethink that idea

Vavreck - For undecided voters, party identification matters

Shapley - UCLA professor wins Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Colleagues applaud Lloyd Shapley's Nobel win

Saguy - Weight-based stigma and bullying

Moore - Researcher explores Bosnia's postwar reality

MacDonald - A warming world: The data, not the deniers, are overwhelming

Groeling - LA Weekly: Political Comm course one of Best of L.A. Education