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Big Data Social Science: Building a Research Infrastructure for Harnessing the Data Revolution and its Social Implications

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UCLA College to host virtual commencement celebration June 11

Social justice campaigner and civic leader D’Artagnan Scorza…
Movements for Social Justice

Movements for Social Justice

Movements for social justice motivate many of our researchers to gain a better understanding of the forces that shape the world around us.
UCLA 2021 AAAS Members

Five UCLA College professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

UCLA 2021 AAAS membersTop row: UCLA professors Terence Blanchard,…
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2021 Hollywood Diversity Report: Audiences showed up for diverse films in theaters, online

Netflix action-thriller “The Old Guard,” directed by UCLA…
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$1.3 million grant will help UCLA advance workforce equity and empowerment

The new initiative will seek ways to help build a more equitable…
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The history of homelessness in Los Angeles points to new approaches

Among the recommendations in the new report: Officials must stop…
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UCLA to launch new social justice curriculum with $5 million grant from Mellon Foundation

The curriculum will pair social justice teaching with community…
Million Dollar Hoods

Million Dollar Hoods is already influencing policing in Los Angeles

Students, staff and faculty members of Million Dollar Hoods.…