Nation, World + Society

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block welcomed approximately 900 people to Royce Hall Tuesday night for the Los Angeles premiere of “Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football.”

The history of predictions that copying would kill the fashion industry ignore the fact that trends in how we dress wouldn't exist without imitation.

As the UCLA Community School nears its fifth anniversary, the college going rate for students in the area has increased dramatically. Ninety-five percent of last year's graduating seniors plan to go to college this fall.

UCLA Anderson Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry is making the latest studies in the fields of finance and accounting more accessible and easier for the general public to understand, and he hopes that may start a trend.

Francisco J. López-Flores grew up living in the shadows to keep his identity as a Mexican national hidden. But under President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, he has a work permit, a Social Security card and a future.

Education professor Teresa McCarty says that decades of research shows that immersion programs promote language acquisition, increased graduation rates and college entry, as well as parent involvement and cultural pride.

Despite interest from public health researchers and new understanding of statewide policies, little had been known about how access to marijuana through dispensaries influences use on a city-by-city basis.

Education professor Mike Rose says that teens and young adults headed for vocational careers deserve promises of employment stability and fulfilling work.

UCLA’s communication studies department has posted full speeches given on campus between 1962 and 1973, featuring major figures of the era such as Cesar Chavez, Lenny Bruce, Jane Fonda and Eldridge Cleaver.

Gen. Wesley Clark, senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, says the U.S. response to the ISIS threat in the Middle East must combine diplomatic and economic assistance to our allies, with a more limited military commitment.

A group of researchers at the Luskin School of Public Affairs is writing a guide to help cities build parks for seniors, an underserved group when it comes to park usage. They are working with residents to create a park in L.A.'s Westlake neighborhood.

Many UCLA students have opted to forego a summer of classes or a job, instead accepting unpaid internships to broaden their horizons and get a more focused look at a possible career or field of study.

Dean Marcelo Suárez-Orozco says that as families are fleeing inequality and violence, keeping them apart fixes nothing.

This summer marks the 10th anniversary of the UCLA-NUS Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific program, a 15-month, dual-degree program in which graduates earn two MBAs.

At 83, Sid Thompson, the first African American superintendent of Los Angeles schools 18 years ago, continues to mentor professionals in leadership in schools for Center X.

A year before Robinson first put on a Brooklyn Dodger uniform and walked onto a ball field and into history, two other Bruins, who happened to once be his teammates on the UCLA football team, became the first African Americans to play in the NFL in 13 years.

Luskin Dean Franklin Gilliam says citing statistics about racial disparities can be persuasive for reform advocates, contrasting a recent Stanford study that said the statistics were an ineffective persuasive tool.

Urban planning professor Donald Shoup says that property owners should be required to fix their broken sidewalks when they sell their property.

The goals of the Bank of England's financial policy committee are to maintain financial stability and support the government's objectives for growth and employment. So why do we need a committee to oversee financial stability?

To speed up the opening of new transportation projects, California should streamline its environmental review and approval process, writes law professor Ethan Elkind.

Researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs based their analysis on key factors, including what portion of renters’ income regularly goes to pay rent.

UCLA political scientist finds that municipalities appear to be more responsive to voters than is often supposed.

UCLA public policy alumna Snejana Daily spent a year traveling the world to tell the stories of people facing challenges across the globe in a 10-part series currently airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Her commitment to nonprofit work was strengthened after she suffered the loss of her husband in Iraq.

M.B.A. students took on the challenge to craft a business plan that cuts costs and increases training productivity.

Accepting students eligible for federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could help address the nation's shortage of primary care physicians, UCLA researchers say.