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January 2021

Million Dollar Hoods is already influencing policing in Los Angeles

Students, staff and faculty members of Million Dollar Hoods. Less than five years old, the effort has nevertheless helped shape Los Angeles and California law enforcement policy in several areas. (Photo Credit: Leroy Hamilton) In less than five years, Million Dollar Hoods has already begun to influence criminal justice and policing in Los Angeles. The program, launched…

UCLA alumna awarded Mitchell Scholarship, first in 20 years

Top row, from left: Genevieve Finn, Kristy Hinds. Bottom row, from left: Leann Pham, Kai Huang (Photo Credits: Genevieve Finn – Jacelyn O’Neill; Leann Pham – Anthony Ismail; Kristy Hinds – Daniel Hinds; Kai Huang – Kai Huang) This time next year, Genevieve Finn ’20 will be studying creative writing at Trinity College in Dublin…

Are millennials really as ‘post-racial’ as we think?

Gaddis Illustration (Photo Credit: Febris Martono) -Researchers sent 4,000 responses to real “roommate wanted” ads posted by millennials in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. -They used names that signaled the race of the room seekers; all other information, including job and college-degree status, was the same. -White-sounding names received the most responses, while those that signaled…

Match funds stimulate establishment of nine centennial term chairs

UCLA College donors gave gifts to establish nine endowed centennial term chairs in the final year of the Centennial Campaign, taking advantage of the opportunity to enhance the impact of their philanthropy through a $5-million dollar match fund. The Centennial Term Chair Match Fund was set up by Dean of Physical Sciences Miguel García-Garibay using…

Diversity improves among TV actors, but executives still overwhelmingly white and male

The Netflix limited series “When they See Us” was one of the top-rated digital programs of the 2018–19 season. (Photo Credit: Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix) -An analysis by researchers at the UCLA College found that women hold only 32.0% of studio chair and CEO jobs; minorities just 8.0%. -Across broadcast, cable and digital, only 24.0% of credited…

In election salon, UCLA faculty discuss how to protect the right to vote

Clockwise from top left: Natalie Masuoka, Lorrie Frasure, Chad Dunn, Darnell Hunt and Matt Barreto.(Photo Credit: UCLA) Watch the “Protecting the Right to Vote in the 2020 Presidential Election” discussion. With less than two weeks until the election day, early voter turnout numbers continue to shatter records across the United States. But that doesn’t mean…

The new ‘Ellis Island’

Jason De León is raising awareness about the people who migrate across the Sonoran Desert UCLA Broadcast Studio The Sonoran Desert in Arizona has become our country’s new Ellis Island, says UCLA anthropology professor Jason De León. Thousands of people traverse the dangerous and sometimes fatal borderlands connecting Mexico and Arizona, bringing a few belongings, many…