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

Ellen Dubois

Historian’s new book traces three generations of suffragists

Ellen DuBois observes that expanding the vote is still not something…
Father and Son

Study of African society inspires broad thinking about human paternity, fidelity

A new study from UCLA professor of anthropology Brooke Scelza…
Garibay Vavreck

Two elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

From left: Lynn Vavreck, Miguel García-Garibay Six exceptional…
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Play your part, stay apart: Advice and insight on physical distancing

Play your part, stay apart (Photo Credit: Jessica Wolf) It has…
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With record unemployment filings, federal stimulus will help, but more is needed

COVID-19 will plunge the United States economy into a recession.…
Daniel Fessler

A Global Lifeboat: Evolution and Kindness in the Time of Coronavirus Podcast

A Global Lifeboat: Evolution and Kindness in the Time of Coronavirus…
Cecilia Menjivar

Don’t call it ‘social distancing’

Opinion by Cecilia Menjívar, Jacob G. Foster and Jennie…
Royce

UCLA transitions to online instruction

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-transitions-to-onlin…