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Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian delivers the keynote address at the UCLA Luskin Summit

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

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

  • April 26, 2023
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Joe Nunn, at the Heart of Social Work Education

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

  • April 6, 2023
“Overall, on a day-to-day basis for most students, American schools are safer than they’ve been for many decades,” says Ron Avi Astor

Steep Decline in Day-to-Day School Violence

UCLA study of more than 6 million students during an 18-year period finds welcome school safety news amid outburst of mass shootings

  • March 30, 2023
Tesfai has met with students, chancellors and other leaders across the UC system, hearing concerns about sustainability, housing and more

After a Long Road to UCLA, He’s Now on the UC Board of Regents

Drawing lessons from his own journey, Social Welfare PhD student Merhawi Tesfai aims to break down barriers to higher education

  • March 23, 2023
UCLA Luskin Professor Emeritus Jack Rothman

How Weather Woes Led Jack Rothman to UCLA

Emeritus professor, now 96, tells why he relocated his pioneering academic research on community organizing to sunny California in the 1980s

  • March 16, 2023
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The Trials — and Triumphs — of Rosina Becerra

For almost 50 years as a professor and academic leader, she has taken on whatever challenges UCLA has asked of her

  • March 2, 2023
The United States is one of just a few countries around the world that does not guarantee paid leave for new mothers

How Laws and Policies Can Close — or Widen — Gender Gaps

New book by UCLA researchers shows that progress toward gender equality has stalled, particularly for caregivers in the U.S.

  • February 28, 2023
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$3 Million Grant Will Help Expand Social Welfare Workforce

Award will enable UCLA Luskin to grow its master of social welfare program to help meet statewide needs for behavioral health care

  • February 8, 2023
Jim Newton is editor-in-chief of Blueprint magazine

Jim Newton Receives 2022 Carey McWilliams Award

Editor-in-chief of UCLA Blueprint magazine receives honor recognizing journalistic contributions to society’s understanding of politics

  • September 15, 2022
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Megan Mullin Becomes 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

  • September 13, 2022
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    Evaluates the quality of political governance and democracy worldwide.

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    Specializes in spatial analysis of socioeconomic disparities in neighborhoods.

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    Explores the societal and policy implications of an aging population.

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