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Public Policy Students Return from U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen Two public policy students were commended by the Los Angeles City Council for developing recommendations on how Los Angeles can face and minimize the impacts of climate change

January 20, 2010/0 Comments/in Alumni, Climate Change, Environment, Global Public Affairs, Luskin Center, Public Policy, Resources, School of Public Affairs, Sustainable Energy/by webteam

By Joe Luk

Recently returning from the international conference in Copenhagen on climate change, two public policy students, Alexa Engleman (JD/MPP) and Dustin Maghamfar (JD/MPP) along with four of their Law School classmates were commended by the Los Angeles City …

School of Public Affairs Welcomes Luskin Center for Innovation 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

January 19, 2010/0 Comments/in Climate Change, For Faculty, Luskin Center, Public Policy, Resources, School of Public Affairs J.R. DeShazo/by webteam

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

UP doctoral student reveals a high rate of wage theft among low-paid workers 88 percent report being paid less than minimum wage and other pay-based violations

January 13, 2010/0 Comments/in Urban Planning/by webteam

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, …

Remembering Jeanne Giovannoni, Professor of Social Welfare

January 5, 2010/0 Comments/in Social Welfare/by webteam

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 …

Nonprofits React to UCLA Report on Their Struggle in Recession A UCLA Center for Civil Society study finds that costs and demands of non profits are rising while funding is diminishing

November 2, 2009/0 Comments/in School of Public Affairs, Social Welfare, Social Welfare News/by webteam

A UCLA Center for Civil Society study finds that costs and demands of non profits are rising while funding is diminishing

Intervening in Violence: “People Join Gangs Because of a Lethal Absence of Hope” Associate professor Jorja Leap discusses factors that lead to young people joining gangs on radio show

October 21, 2009/0 Comments/in School of Public Affairs, Social Welfare, Social Welfare News Jorja Leap/by webteam

Associate professor Jorja Leap discusses factors that lead to young people joining gangs on radio show

Cultivating Justice: Alvaro Huerta UP’ 06 Visiting scholar Alvaro Huerta creates new type of work, where he conducts research, writes, and teaches, but also works in the community

October 21, 2009/0 Comments/in Urban Planning/by webteam

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 …

Questions for Sidewalk Scholar Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris Urban Planning professor details the importance of the urban sidewalk in new book.

October 21, 2009/0 Comments/in Development and Housing, School of Public Affairs, Urban Planning Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris/by webteam

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 …

Luskin School of Public Affairs Launches 2009-2010 Senior Fellows Cohort KCET’s Val Zavala opened the welcome event for the new cohort of Fellows, who have been matched with 58 students.

October 20, 2009/0 Comments/in School of Public Affairs/by webteam

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 …

Escaping the prison trap: UCLA professors, criminal justice experts tackle prison crisis at DC forum UCLA participates in first Rosenfield Forum in Washington D.C., bringing together top researchers from across the country.

October 20, 2009/0 Comments/in Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, Social Welfare, Urban Planning Franklin D. Gilliam Jr./by webteam

UCLA brought together top researchers in the criminal justice field, congressional staff, a high-ranking official in the Obama administration and a California congressman for its first Rosenfield Forum in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8.

More than 70 people participated in

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