Diego Sarmiento awarded prestigious Truman Scholarship
Sarmiento is the first UCLA undergraduate to receive award since 2009 By Kayla McCormack | April 17, 2024 Diego Sarmiento, a third-year political science major and public affairs minor, has […]
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Honoring 50 years of the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
During his opening remarks, institute director Jason De León noted how the institute, even beyond his student years, continues to be a beacon for him and all those investing in the study of […]
Tobias Higbie appointed as UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Director
UCLA IRLE Newsroom | September 2, 2022 Tobias Higbie – professor of labor studies and history and former associate director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) – […]
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 It’s been big news for the UCLA Labor Center. The historic building that houses the UCLA Labor Center will be […]
Renee Tajima-Peña wins Peabody for ‘Asian Americans’ docuseries
UCLA professor Renee Tajima-Peña, series producer of “Asian Americans.” (Photo Credit: Claudio Rocha) “Asian Americans,” the five-part miniseries created for PBS by Renee Tajima-Peña, UCLA professor of Asian American studies, […]
Graduating senior forged new connections to Vietnamese heritage through UCLA class
UCLA senior Anne Nguyen. (Photo Courtesy of Anne Nguyen) Anne Nguyen started observing the economic and emotional tolls of the pandemic before a lot of others. Having grown up in […]
In Conversation with Bradley Burnam ’01
By Bekah Wright Bradley Burnam ’01, founding member of the recently formed UCLA Social Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board, says that delivering UCLA’s Department of Sociology’s 2019 commencement address was “the […]
Advancing Equality with Better Data
By Elizabeth Kivowitz | Photo by Matika Wilbur A proud Northern Cheyenne Indian and Chicana, Desi Small-Rodriguez says that she’s a relative first, then a researcher and teacher, […]
Big Data and Society
There are countless applications of big data that help us solve many of the problems that define life today in American society.
