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Kal Penn on Working for Change in Hollywood and Politics
The actor, author, public servant and UCLA alumnus shares his multilayered life story with a Luskin Lecture audience
Megan Mullin Appointed an Endowed Chair and Faculty Director at UCLA Luskin
Environmental politics scholar joins Luskin Center for Innovation leadership team as urgent climate change challenges face California and the country
UCLA, Hebrew University Receive Grant for International Collaboration to Deter School Violence
Top scholars, educators and practitioners will join forces to foster safe and welcoming schools
UCLA Luskin Research Helps Guide Public Health Response to Ongoing Monkeypox Outbreak
Professor Ian Holloway is among researchers working with health officials to develop evidence-based strategies

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Abrams and Boston University Dean Call for Social Workers to Use Knowledge for Change Scholars must wrestle with the root causes of social inequality and strive toward bettering people's lives, they write

November 21, 2022/0 Comments/in For Faculty, For Policymakers, For Students, For Undergraduates, School of Public Affairs, Social Welfare, Social Welfare News Laura Abrams /by Mary Braswell

Research must wrestle with the root causes of social inequality and strive toward bettering people’s lives, they write.

Undergraduates who came to UCLA for the weekend program engage in discussion relating to social problems and potential solutions. Photos by Cristy Portlock and Kenya Covington

Weekend Event Harnesses the Power of Service Public Policy hosts aspiring public servants from across America for workshops focusing on policy issues and solutions

August 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Alumni, Business and the Environment, Climate Change, Development and Housing, Education, Environment, For Students, For Undergraduates, Luskin Center, Public Policy, Public Policy News, School of Public Affairs Kenya Covington /by Les Dunseith

Public Policy hosts aspiring public servants from across America for workshops focusing on policy issues and solutions.

Michael Storper Receives International Geography Prize The prestigious Vautrin Lud Award honors a scholar whose contributions are globally recognized

October 3, 2022/0 Comments/in For Faculty, For Policymakers, For Students, For Undergraduates, Global Public Affairs, School of Public Affairs, Urban Planning Michael Storper /by Mary Braswell

The prestigious Vautrin Lud Award honors a scholar whose contributions are globally recognized.

BLOG: LUSKIN’S LATEST

November 28, 2022

UCLA Luskin Social Welfare Alumnae Elevated to Public Office

Caroline Menjivar will represent District 20 in the California State Senate and Nikki Perez will serve on the Burbank City Council. Both are members of the Class of 2018.

November 16, 2022

UCLA Social Welfare Marks 75 Years of Distinguished Research

November 15, 2022

Book Launch Focuses on Founder of Nonprofit BRAC

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EVENTS

A few are virtual or hybrid, but in-person sessions are again taking place in accordance with COVID-19 protocols. All events are free unless otherwise indicated.

2022 Fall Quarter Ends

Dec 9

Finals Week wraps up and the Fall 2022 quarter ends at UCLA.

Right to Housing

Jan 12 @ 12:00 pm-1:30 pmZoom

At a time of mass homelessness, deepening tenant precarity, and the criminalization of poverty, housing justice movements are pushing for a right to housing in California.

Mpox and HIV as Viruses of Ongoing Colonial Violence

Jan 19 @ 6:30 pm-8:00 pmCalifornia Nanosystems Institute, UCLA Campus

A UCLA Luskin Lecture by biophysicist and activist Joseph Osmundson on the intertwined science, history and politics behind epidemics, whose causes are global but whose solutions are local.

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