Professor Juliana Londoño-Vélez awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

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Congratulations, Professor Londoño-Vélez! Sloan Research Fellowships are among the most competitive and prestigious awards for early-career scholars, recognized as a marker of institutional excellence in fields such as chemistry, computer…

CCPR Winter 2026 Newsletter

Professor Jennie Brand, speaks with UCLA Newsroom about the value of college.

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Professor Jennie Brand was featured in the UCLA Newsroom, describing the value of college in two features: “Winning the Argument: 6 tips on how to push back — nicely — on those who say college isn’t worth it” and "Is a College Education…

Deportation Data Project receives national media coverage

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A recent report from the Deportation Data Project found that deportations from within the United States increased by a factor of 4.6 during the first nine months of the second Trump administration. This report has received coverage in USA Today, NBC,…

The New York Times cites CCPR Director Bailey’s M-CARES RCT

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CCPR Director Martha Bailey's Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study (M-CARES) is cited in a New York Times article. Read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/opinion/health-care-medicaid-cuts.…

The Washington Post uses data from Prof. Blair’s Deportation Data Project

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Data from Professor Blair's Deportation Data Project were featured on the front page of the Washington Post: "ICE shift in tactics leads to soaring number of at-large arrests, data shows."

UCLA Newsroom highlights CCPR Director Martha Bailey’s M-CARES findings on public health impacts of fully subsidized contraception

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CCPR Director Martha Bailey's study, Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study (M-CARES), examines changes in the choice of contraception and pregnancy outcomes over time for low-income women by removing all contraceptive…

Forbes Covers New UCLA Study Connecting Self-Employment with Lower Heart Disease Risk

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Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a 2025 UCLA study found that self-employed women were 7.4% less likely to be obese, 7% less likely to be physically inactive, and 9.4% less likely to report insufficient…

Reporting outlets use data from Professor Graeme Blair’s Deportation Data Project

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Reporting using data from the Deportation Data Project: Human Rights Watch reports: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities The Guardian reports that ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for…

Professor Faith Deckard discusses how commercial bail makes families the hidden workforce of pretrial justice

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Professor Faith Deckard examines how gendered and racialized stereotypes around care, control, and stability shape the bail industry. Her research reveals that bail agents often rely on mothers and grandmothers to leverage their financial and…