The Luskin Center is moved to the UCLA School of Public Affairs to increase the quality, visibility and coordination of research related to civic engagement
An alarmingly high number of Los Angeles County workers at the bottom of the labor market are the victims of “wage theft” and other workplace violations by employers, who on average deprive workers of 12.5 percent of their weekly paycheck, …
Jeanne Giovannoni, professor of social welfare at UCLA for many years, passed away on December 17, 2009. She had been seriously ill for some months, but was alert in her hospital bed through her final hours.
Professor Giovannoni remained …
A UCLA Center for Civil Society study finds that costs and demands of non profits are rising while funding is diminishing
Associate professor Jorja Leap discusses factors that lead to young people joining gangs on radio show
He’s organized a hunger strike for gardeners but he’s also written children’s stories. He’s an accomplished academic but also a passionate activist who in 2005 was honored with the Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award for creating the Gardener Leadership Development …
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, a professor of urban planning and a scholar of urban design and urban history at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, has researched the uses of all kinds of public spaces, from parks to plazas. Now she …
Together with several returning Senior Fellows, including the keynote speaker, KCET’s vice president of news and public affairs, Val Zavala, the 2009 Senior Fellows Breakfast sparked conversations about career interests, networking, and policy issues, to be further followed up with …
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WASHINGTON, DC—Addressing the record incarceration rates across the U.S. and the boom in the prison population, the UCLA School of Public Affairs launched the first in a series of public discussions on critical national issues with the opening dinner of …
