Abel Valenzuela Jr. to serve as interim dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences
Beginning Sept. 1, 2022, Abel Valenzuela Jr. — professor of labor studies, urban planning and Chicana/o and Central American studies and director of UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment — will serve as interim dean of UCLA’s division of social sciences.
Tobias Higbie appointed as UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Director
Barbra Streisand to fund forward-looking institute at UCLA focused on solving societal challenges
UCLA Labor Center building to be renamed for civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr.
New California budget also sets aside $15 million for renovations
Jason De Leon on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert
UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute Website Launched
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
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 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.
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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