Nation, World + Society

Findings from the annual CIRP Freshman Survey suggest that participation in demonstrations may even intensify in the months ahead.

Law professor Adam Winkler writes that even if Congress hasn’t really tightened federal firearm laws, the NRA has lost its chokehold on the debate.

The new UNESCO chair was officially announced at a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of UNESCO and featured Director-General Irina Bokova.

Law professor Ethan Elkind writes that more must be done to improve bus service, including lowering fares, while encouraging more housing development along new rail lines.

Karen Hunter Quartz writes in an op-ed that those pushing free-market-style competition in LAUSD must not forget that our public education system is obligated to provide good schools for all.

In making her case that LAUSD should be cautious about pursuing single-sex education, gender studies professor Juliet Williams points out the flimsiness of evidence used to support gender-separated classrooms.

The UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator will create a state-of-the-art facility that encourages students, faculty and alumni to develop new business concepts together.

Roy will serve as the inaugural director of the new UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, which launches in February.

“Revision” allows anyone to aggregate data from various public and private sources to create a complete picture of neighborhood change.

Among the topics discussed at the inaugural UCLA-Tata Global Forum in New Delhi were sustainable megacities, the integration of solar power into smart energy grids and sustainable biological fuels.

Chancellor Gene Block and students meet with congressional leaders, White House officials and executives from cultural and advocacy groups to talk candidly about race, diversity and immigration.

Through a systematic review of Alzheimer’s studies, Ron Brookmeyer’s team at UCLA has found that the rate of being diagnosed with the disease doubles every five years in older populations.

Michelle Caswell, an assistant professor of archival studies at UCLA, has helped launch an online archive that compiles first-person narratives.

Architecture professor Dana Cuff writes that high-density housing near mass transit is exactly the type of development Los Angeles officials should be encouraging to try to alleviate the housing crunch.

Law professor Adam Winkler writes that the “menacing” look of assault rifles belies their actual impact on society. Most gun crimes are committed with handguns.

Families OverComing Under Stress, or FOCUS, was able to reduce the most problematic psychological and emotional symptoms of men and women in the military, their spouses and their children for half of its participants.

A panel of UCLA experts examine the causes and consequences of the terrorist attacks in Paris and how to deal with ISIS.

UCLA African American studies professor Melvin Rogers writes that it’s a deeply sad reflection of society if luck is a requirement for African Americans to be successful in America.

As part of an international competition, they created the “Safe Spot” campaign to undermine the recruiting tactics of the Islamic State group by using the Internet to foster ideals of acceptance, safety and community.

Income equality is not the critical problem of our time, according to UCLA economist Lee E. Ohanian. There are greater public policy issues surrounding the nation's economic well-being.

Steven Nelson recently joined a long line of respected Africanists who have led the center at the UCLA International Institute.

According to senior economist David Shulman, with the economy generating jobs at a 200,000-a-month clip, the unemployment rate should soon drop to 4.6 percent.

Ten UCLA students completed the UCLA Labor Center’s “I Am a #YoungWorker” multimedia research project documenting the experiences of young people working in Los Angeles County.

Laure Murat, an award-winning author, came to UCLA as a professor of French and Francophone studies after taking a nontraditional route to a Ph.D.

Law professor Cheryl Harris writes that as constitutional standards evolve, the assumption that a neutral rule permitting racist and anti-racist speech is fair could not be further from the truth.