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Endowed Chair Awarded in Honor of Former Dean Gilliam
New chair in social justice will benefit the research of Manisha Shah, a professor whose global policy focus includes child health and intimate partner violence
State Can Do More to Protect Californians From Extreme Heat, Report Finds
Top environmental policy experts say a comprehensive approach is needed to deal with state’s deadliest global-warming side effect
UCLA Scholars Aim to Help Shape President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative
Report by Luskin Center for Innovation provides framework for environmental justice in disadvantaged communities
A New Role for a Climate Justice Expert
As associate faculty director at the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, Kian Goh brings a global perspective on environmental issues

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The grant from Wells Fargo will support research and development of resources to assist small businesses owned by people of color. Photo by halbergman / iStock

Wells Fargo Provides $500,000 for LPPI, CNK Research The grant to UCLA research groups will support policy solutions to benefit small business owners of color

December 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Business and the Environment, Climate Change, Diversity, For Faculty, For Policymakers, For Students, For Undergraduates, Latinos, Politics, Public Policy, Public Policy News, Research Projects, School of Public Affairs Paul Ong /by webteam

The grant to UCLA research groups will support policy solutions to benefit small business owners of color

Breeze Velazquez says she's grateful for the support of friends, family and the community she found in the Luskin undergraduate program. Photo by Mary Braswell

A Platform for Elevating Student Voices As UCLA's student body president, public affairs major Breeze Velazquez embraces the role as an advocate for her peers

October 12, 2021/0 Comments/in Education, For Students, For Undergraduates, School of Public Affairs Meredith Phillips /by Mary Braswell

As UCLA’s new student body president, Breeze Velazquez embraces her role as an advocate for her peers.

A memorial honors Tony Goodwin, one of the unhoused people who died in Los Angeles during the time period of a new research study. Photo by Carla Orendorff / Streetwatch LA