Making a Local Impact

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Luskin Senior Fellow Mitchell Katz talks about boosting health care at the local level — even when the feds won’t pitch in.

The Lost Shtetl

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In a new book, Professor Emeritus Jack Rothman chronicles his journey to find the forgotten village in Ukraine where his family had lived for generations

Martin Wachs Honored for Outstanding Research and Scholarly Work

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Urban planning scholar and transportation planner to receive UCLA’s 2016-17 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award

Community Choice Is Transforming the California Energy Industry

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A new report by UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation researchers finds that Community Choice Aggregators provide a competitive alternative for electricity consumers

UCLA Team in Carbon XPRIZE Competition Receives $1.5 Million Donation

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Gift from Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation will support researchers, including a team from the Luskin Center for Innovation, working to convert carbon dioxide into building material

Memories — and Lessons — from 1992

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Weekend of remembrance 25 years after L.A. riots examines how the civil unrest changed the city, its institutions and many of its people

Organized Protest May Come From the Fervor of Crowds, Not Core Individuals

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UCLA Luskin professor’s analysis of 14 million tweets from the Arab Spring showed that normal people drive huge movements

UCLA Luskin Planning Team Receives National Award

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Project about age-friendly outdoor environments is honored by American Planning Association

Disadvantages Persist in Neighborhoods Impacted by 1992 L.A. Riots

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UCLA Luskin researchers find little economic progress in areas most impacted 25 years ago by civil uprisings

70 Years of Improving Workers’ Lives at UCLA

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UCLA Luskin's Abel Valenzuela, director of the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, opens anniversary celebration and reflects on seven decades of labor market research