Jacob Foster’s research is featured in current issue of Nature

Jacob Foster's recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is featured in an editorial in the current issue of Nature. You can access it here:  http://chronicle.com/article/For-Researchers-Risk-Is-a/234437/?key=-OjC2ldn9fuXiR-8FkegaZaTnqquq5cH7Bs1toBr8nBVc1A1QWNMNXluczVEbDctcm5tWC1QS19QbGFLVlJPeEJmV2JVRWdMd3ZJ

William Clark research featured in the LSE

William Clark’s article on segregation in Los Angeles is a topic in the London School of Economics USAPP blog. The article is now live, here: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2015/10/13/in-los-angeles-an-increase-in-neighborhood-diversity-means-that-segregation-is-on-the-decline/

CCPR affiliate Gary Gates is featured in UCLA Newsroom article about how research shapes Supreme Court decisions

CCPR affiliate Gary Gates is featured in the UCLA Newsroom article about how research shapes Supreme Court decisions: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/friends-of-the-court

Ian Holloway receives research funding from U.S. Department of Defense

Ian Holloway receives funding from U.S. Department of Defense. The research study will examine health disparities between lesbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual military service members. Read more http://dailybruin.com/2015/10/15/ucla-usc-to-research-health-disparities-of-lgbt-military-personnel/

Jacob Foster is featured in UCLA Newsroom

Foster mentions the issue on faculty being pressured to publish and argues that "researchers who confine their work to answering established questions are more likely to have the results published, which is a key to career advancement in academia."   http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/pressure-to-publish-or-perish-may-discourage-innovative-research-ucla-study-suggests

Ian Holloway is quoted in USC News

Holloway highlights the fact that LGBT people compared to heterosexuals face additional stressors that are "unique to them based on discrimination and exclusion." Article: https://news.usc.edu/87071/usc-ucla-study-to-focus-on-experienc…

Patrick Heuveline was elected to the PAA Nominations Committee

Patrick Heuveline was elected to the Population Association of America Nominations Committee. Read More: http://www.populationassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/PAA-Fall-2015.pdf?utm_source=PAA+Affairs+-+Fall+2015&utm_campaign=paa-affairs-summer-2015&utm_medium=email  

Researcher Gary Gates is quoted in Los Angeles Times

Researcher Gary Gates gave his rough estimate on the number of transgender people serve in the military. Article: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-transgender-military-20150904-story.html  

Megan Sweeney and Edward Walker will present at “SOCIOLOGY IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT” at the Toyota USA Automobile Museum

SAVE THE DATE Saturday, October 17, 2015 3:00-5:00 p.m. UCLA SOCIOLOGY PRESENTS: SOCIOLOGY IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT at the Toyota USA Automobile Museum Featuring Darnell Hunt, Professor and Chair, Sociology: Hollywood Diversity and the Bottom…

CCPR Co-Sponsors China Multigenerational Panel Datasets Workshop, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, January 6-8, 2016

We are pleased to announce a workshop to be held January 6-8, 2016 to introduce the China Multigenerational Panel Datasets (CMGPD). These are major resources for the study of demography, stratification, and family. The workshop will feature…