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

Are millennials really as ‘post-racial’ as we think?
Gaddis Illustration (Photo Credit: Febris Martono)
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Match funds stimulate establishment of nine centennial term chairs
UCLA College donors gave gifts to establish nine endowed centennial…

Diversity improves among TV actors, but executives still overwhelmingly white and male
The Netflix limited series “When they See Us” was one of…

The new ‘Ellis Island’
Jason De León is raising awareness about the people who migrate…

In election salon, UCLA faculty discuss how to protect the right to vote
Clockwise from top left: Natalie Masuoka, Lorrie Frasure, Chad…

UCLA political scientists: Political polarization is not as simple as it appears
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As President-elect…

Election of Kamala Harris invites Americans to consider identity
Kamala Harris (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore)
Kamala Harris, only…

12 UCLA College scientists among world’s most influential researchers
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Thirty-six…