Prof. Leah Platt Boustan is quoted in the Voice of America
NewsProf. Leah Platt Boustan's data showed that the immigrants in the past already arrived looking pretty good relative to natives so there wasn’t much of a gap on average to close.
Link: http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/04/27/past-immigrants-had-it-easier-than-todays-newcomers/
Prof. Leonardo Bursztyn featured in The Washington Post
NewsProf. Leonardo Bursztyn's research study on the effect of peer pressure on educational investments among Hispanic high school students was mentioned in the news article.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/30/meet-the-economist-who-grew-up-among-crack-dealers-and-won-a-mini-nobel-for-his-research-on-race/
Prof. Gary Gates featured in the Fox News
NewsProf. Gary Gate's report on the LGBT community was mentioned in the news article.
Link: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/04/28/bruce-jenner-transition-how-many-americans-are-transgender/
Graduate students Sung Park and Goleen Samari won awards for their 2015 PAA Poster
NewsGraduate student Sung Park won an award for her 2015 PAA Poster, “Homeleaving During the Transition to Adulthood: A Comparison of Two American Cohorts”.
Graduate student Goleen Samari won an award for her 2015 PAA Poster, "Cross Border…
Prof. Till von Wachter featured in 89.3 KPCC
NewsProf. Till von Wachter's peer review on labor and employment, Beacon Economics, and the Economic Roundtable was mentioned in the podcast.
Link: http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/30/51365/new-report-puts-more-momentum-behind-l-a-minimum-w/
Prof. Beate Ritz is quoted in NBC News
NewsProf. Beate Ritz's research indicates that the biggest concern for seniors involves the 46 percent increase in mini-strokes.
Article: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102617527/print/1/displaymode/1098/
Congratulations to Prof. Gary Gates!
NewsProf. Gary Gates is the Williams Institute’s inaugural Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and Research Director.
Article: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/william-s-institute-s-gary-gates-blachford-cooper-distinguished-scholar-and-research-director
Congratuations Mieke Eeckhaut on receiving the Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research!
NewsMieke Eeckhaut, CCPR postdoctoral fellow, received yesterday the Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research. The award recognizes outstanding research. Mieke holds an individual postdoctoral fellowship from NIH through the F32 program. …
Prof. Heuveline featured in “UCLA demographer produces best estimate yet of Cambodia’s death toll under Pol Pot “
NewsProf. Patrick Heuveline extensive research in Cambodia pegs death toll closer to 1.2 to 2.8 Million.
Article: UCLA demographer produces best estimate yet of Cambodia’s death toll under Pol Pot
Steve Wallace is quoted in Kitsap Sun
NewsOur affiliate Steven Wallace was quoted in this article. He stated that California is first in care for the undocumented.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/state/california-first-in-care-for-undocumented-ucla-researchers-say_52145824