By Ariel Okamoto The UCLA Labor Center has received a $1.3 million grant from the James Irvine Foundation to establish the California Workforce Development Worker Equity Initiative with the National Skills Coalition. Leading the effort for UCLA are Betty Hung, project director at the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, and Ana Luz Gonzalez-Vasquez, a project manager…
Among the recommendations in the new report: Officials must stop treating homelessness as a criminal act. (Photo Credit: Levi Clancy/Wikimedia Commons) Homelessness in Los Angeles was already on the rise before COVID-19 struck. But the health and economic fallout of the pandemic has left many more low-income residents on the brink of housing insecurity. While…
The curriculum will pair social justice teaching with community engagement and instruction in data literacy, statistics and computational research methods. (Photo Credit: Ann Johansson/UCLA College) A $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will enable UCLA to further its commitment to social change and public service by establishing the UCLA Mellon Social Justice Curriculum in the divisions…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…