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  • Heat Is Rising, and UCLA Luskin Research Is Helping L.A. Respond

    Environmental justice has been the cornerstone of Luskin School efforts related to the city’s hot weather policies

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    Latest ranking of top graduate planning programs by Planetizen puts UCLA Luskin in the top spot for first time ever.

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  • ‘Have the Courage to Create the World We All Deserve to Live In’

    Commencement speaker Michael Tubbs challenges UCLA Luskin’s Class of 2023 to use their education for the greater good

  • Fernando Torres-Gil, a Lifetime of Service and Resiliency

    As an educator and public official, the UCLA Luskin professor has spent four decades ‘finding a silver lining’ amid life’s misfortunes

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    Spearheaded by two UCLA Luskin master’s students, a campaign to establish the right to work puts public policy coursework into action

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Graham Rossmore's interest in al fresco dining in public spaces was sparked by a UCLA urban planning class. “For whatever reason, parking policy speaks to me,” he said. Photo courtesy of Graham Rossmore

Aspiring Urban Planner Chews Into Use of City Property for Outdoor Dining Graham Rossmore’s research has already influenced Los Angeles policy decisions

June 12, 2023/0 Comments/in Alumni, For Faculty, For Policymakers, For Students, For Undergraduates, Politics, School of Public Affairs, Urban Planning Donald Shoup /by Les Dunseith

Research by recent MURP alumnus Graham Rossmore has already influenced Los Angeles policy decisions.

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Meyer and Renee Luskin, center, join students in creating a video keepsake at the 12th annual Block Party. Photo by Les Dunseith

A Festive Welcome to UCLA Luskin The entire School community comes together to make connections and celebrate the launch of a new academic year

October 2, 2023/0 Comments/in Alumni, Diversity, Education, For Faculty, For Students, For Undergraduates, Public Policy, Public Policy News, School of Public Affairs, Social Welfare, Social Welfare News, Urban Planning /by Mary Braswell

The entire School community comes together to make connections and celebrate the launch of a new academic year.

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A pop-up mpox vaccination site at South Los Angeles Pride, part of stickitin.la's summerlong outreach. Photo by Luisita Cordero

A Push to Protect Angelenos From Mpox Infection UCLA's Hub for Health Intervention, Policy and Practice leads community effort to bring vaccinations to vulnerable populations

August 28, 2023/0 Comments/in For Faculty, For Policymakers, For Students, For Undergraduates, School of Public Affairs Ian W. Holloway /by Mary Braswell

UCLA’s Hub for Health Intervention, Policy and Practice leads community effort to bring vaccinations to vulnerable populations.

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September 25, 2023

Advanced High School Math Courses Pave Way for College Success, Report Finds

Study by the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA Luskin assesses college performance of L.A. Unified students who took courses such as calculus in 12th grade.
September 22, 2023

Cooper Joins State Task Force to Reform Child Welfare Policies

September 14, 2023

UCLA, Hebrew University Receive $1.3 Million in Grants for Collaboration to Deter School Violence

September 8, 2023

Advancing Climate Policy in an Era of Deeply Partisan Politics

August 22, 2023

Report Finds Equity Gaps in L.A. Tech Sector

August 7, 2023

New Book by Fairlie Reveals Risks and Rewards of the U.S. Startup Economy

July 10, 2023

UCLA Scholars Earn Contract to Re-Envision Care for Young People in the Juvenile Legal System

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Luskin Lecture on Substance Use Prevention 
Oct. 19
Yale University scholar Ijeoma Opara will delve into substance use prevention tailored to the unique challenges faced by Black girls.


LinkedIn Headshots for Luskin Graduate Students

Oct 3 @ 9:00 am-5:00 pm6326 Public Affairs

Career services is hosting a professional photographer from Oct. 3-5 to take graduate students’ photos to use for their LinkedIn profiles, etc.

Book Talk by Alan Dettlaff of University of Houston

Oct 10 @ 12:30 pm-2:00 pm2355 Public Affairs

Book signing and presentation titled, "Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: The Case for Abolition."

City Manager Panel

Oct 19 @ 12:30 pm-1:30 pmZoom

Join city managers from across California in a virtual panel to understand their career journey and work. Open to graduate and undergraduate students.

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FACULTY IN THE NEWS

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October 2, 2023

‘A Ticking Time Bomb’ for California’s Water Systems

The state faces an urgent struggle to provide clean water, with more systems poised to fail because of higher testing standards, says UCLA Luskin's Gregory Pierce.
September 29, 2023

Fighting Back Against Harassment on Public Transit

September 28, 2023

Tilly Navigates California’s Shifting Labor Landscape

September 27, 2023

When Gun Violence Erupts, Social Workers Are First Responders, Advocates and Educators

September 21, 2023

Mullin on ‘Glimmers of Possibility’ on Climate Action

September 20, 2023

If You Want to Reform Parking, Don’t Mention the Word ‘Parking’

September 19, 2023

Housing Shortage Persists Despite Population Decline

September 18, 2023

Storper on Tug-of-War Over Senate Bill 9

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ITS finds unequal access to remote work in the age of COVID-19

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Latino voters tipped the scales in 2020 battleground states, LPPI finds

Latino Policy and
Politics Institute

Center for Innovation reports on California Climate Investments

Luskin Center
for Innovation

II&D forecasts crisis levels of eviction and homelessness

Institute on Inequality
and Democracy

CNK projects pandemic’s outsized impact on disadvantaged neighborhoods

Center for
Neighborhood Knowledge

HHIPP explores higher tobacco and cannabis use in LGBTQ community

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Policy and Practice

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Los Angeles Education
Research Institute

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Deepening knowledge in urban planning and policy in the Americas

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