Gary Gates in the New York Times

Dr. Gary Gates was interviewed for a piece in the New York Times today about measurement of sexual orientation and gender identity (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/how-many-americans-are-lesbian-gay-or-bisexual/?ref=health).

Congratulations, Prof. Brand!

We’re happy to congratulate Prof. Jennie Brand for receiving honorable mention for the William Julius Wilson Early Career Award of the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). The award will…

Congratulations Prof. Paul M. Ong on 2013-14 Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship!

Professor Paul M. Ong Awarded 2013-14 Don T. Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship Professor Paul M. Ong is the 2013-14 recipient of the Don T. Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship in Asian American Studies at UCLA. A…

2014 ASA Distinguished Career Awarded to Prof. Vilma Ortiz, Congratulations!

Congratulations to Professor Vilma Ortiz. She received the Distinguished Career Award from the Latina/o section of the American Sociological Association.   Congratulations to Vilma!

Prof. Mignon Moore to be honor by LA City Council and Mayor Garcetti

Professor Mignon Moore and her spouse Elaine are receiving the LGBT Heritage award from the LA City Council. Mayor Eric Garcetti will present the award on Friday, May 30. The award recognizes their work on Marriage Equality and their outreach…

Congratulations to Mary Ann Bronson, Edgar Cortes Quiroz, and Gabriela Rubio!

Mary Ann Bronson  has accepted a position as assistant professor at Georgetown University. Edgar Cortes Quiroz has accepted a position as economist at Bank of Mexico. Gabriela Rubio  has accepted a position as assistant professor at University…

Dora Costa quoted in CNN article about Civil War prisons

Dora Costa, a UCLA economics professor, studied the life histories of 41,000 white and black Union soldiers. She found that men who entered prison camps with friends and comrades were more likely to survive, especially those with similar ethnicity. "What…

Just How Much Are Parents Bailing Out Their Student-Debt-Addled Kids?

By Neil Shah The rising mountain of student debt is weighing down America’s young adults in myriad ways. It’s also a burden on their parents, who are quietly acting as economic supports by helping their adult children out with money, according…

Jennie Brand in the Los Angeles Times

Dear All, Professor Brand’s research on the effects of single mother’s job loss on their children’s educational achievement and psychological well-being has been picked up by the media, including the LA Times. The study is forthcoming…

Seminar: Daniel McFadden-Affordable Care Act

“Sick Insurance: On the Functioning of the Health Insurance Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act”     Daniel McFadden Professor, University of California, Berkeley Presidential Professor of Health Economics at USC Nobel Laureate…