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Robert Fairlie Appointed Chair of Public Policy at UCLA Luskin

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Distinguished scholar has nearly three decades of teaching and research in the University of California system.
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Shining a Light on Hidden Corners of Environmental Injustice

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Catherine Coleman Flowers fights for the health and dignity of rural communities where water and sanitation systems are failing.

Gerry Laviña, Paying It Forward and Passing the Torch

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‘You cannot do this work alone,’ says longtime field education faculty leader as he prepares to retire after four decades at UCLA.
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Luskin School Reaches Top 10 Among Public Affairs Schools Nationwide

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Subcategory rankings include seventh in urban policy and ninth in social policy.
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New Roadmap for 1st Comprehensive Assessment of U.S. Drinking Water Quality

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UCLA Luskin researchers and Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated plan to implement the recommendations over five years.

‘We’re Beginning the Work of Rewriting the Next Chapter of Los Angeles History’

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Top officials join scholars and advocates to tackle the region's most pressing problems at the fifth annual UCLA Luskin Summit.

In Memoriam: Margaret I. FitzSimmons, Former UCLA Urban Planning Scholar

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She was a respected UC geographer and professor emerita at UC Santa Cruz who focused on water and the environment in California.
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Advocate for Ending Poverty Named UCLA Luskin Commencement Speaker

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Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, first elected at age 26, now champions reforms to battle income inequality.
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L.A. County Residents Express Second-Lowest Satisfaction Ever With Quality of Life

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Despite overall uptick in eighth annual index, dissatisfaction remains high due to inflation, homelessness and the COVID-19 pandemic
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Joe Nunn, at the Heart of Social Work Education

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Professor emeritus reflects on what has changed during his six decades in the profession and its teaching — and what’s still in progress.