By UCLA IRLE Newsroom New California budget also sets aside $15 million for renovations. It’s been big news for the UCLA Labor Center. The historic building that houses the UCLA Labor Center will be named in honor the Rev. James Lawson Jr., a a civil rights and workers’ rights leader who worked closely with Martin…
By Jessica Wolf “Asian Americans,” the five-part miniseries created for PBS by Renee Tajima-Peña, UCLA professor of Asian American studies, has received a Peabody Award. The series, which aired in spring 2020, tells stories of struggle, progress and solidarity from the perspectives of multiple Asian American communities, highlighting their national, ethnic, religious, political, linguistic and…
By Elizabeth Kivowitz Anne Nguyen started observing the economic and emotional tolls of the pandemic before a lot of others. Having grown up in a community of mostly Vietnamese immigrants, she knew families who owned nail salons, people who worked as nail techs and also was familiar with some of the health concerns given the…
By Bekah Wright Bradley Burnam ’01, founding member of the recently formed UCLA Social Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board, says that delivering UCLA’s Department of Sociology’s 2019 commencement address was “the most amazing day of my life.” The theme: “Know Your Why.” One might assume to know Burnam’s “why” from the story behind Turn Therapeutics, the…
By Elizabeth Kivowitz A proud Northern Cheyenne Indian and Chicana, Desi Small-Rodriguez says that she’s a relative first, then a researcher and teacher, and thus considers herself a bit of an anomaly in academia. “I need to remain accountable to my community,” said Small-Rodriguez, an assistant professor of sociology and Amer-ican Indian studies in the…
There are countless applications of big data that help us solve many of the problems that define life today in American society.
By Margaret MacDonald Civic leader, social justice advocate and UCLA alumnus D’Artagnan Scorza will deliver the keynote address at the UCLA College’s virtual commencement celebration on Friday, June 11. The program, which begins at 6 p.m. PDT, will also feature remarks by Chancellor Gene Block, Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez, class of 2021 student speakers and…
Movements for social justice motivate many of our researchers to gain a better understanding of the forces that shape the world around us.
By Stuart Wolpert Eight faculty members, five of whom are from the UCLA College were elected today to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. A total of 252 artists, scholars, scientists and leaders in the public, nonprofit and private sectors were elected to the academy today,…
By Jessica Wolf – Of the top 185 films of 2020, more than half were released via streaming platforms only. – Of the films that had a theatrical release, minority audiences accounted for the bulk of ticket purchases. – Films with casts that were at least 21% minority enjoyed the highest online viewing ratings among…