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Big Data Social Science: Building a Research Infrastructure for Harnessing the Data Revolution and its Social Implications

Diego Sarmiento awarded prestigious Truman Scholarship

Sarmiento is the first UCLA undergraduate to receive award since…
Bradley Burnam

Honoring 50 years of the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

During his opening remarks, institute director Jason De León…

Tobias Higbie appointed as UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Director

UCLA IRLE Newsroom | September 2, 2022 Tobias Higbie – professor…
James Lawson

UCLA Labor Center building to be renamed for civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr.

New California budget also sets aside $15 million for renovations It’s…
Renee Tajima-Pena

Renee Tajima-Peña wins Peabody for ‘Asian Americans’ docuseries

UCLA professor Renee Tajima-Peña, series producer of “Asian…
Anne Nguyen

Graduating senior forged new connections to Vietnamese heritage through UCLA class

UCLA senior Anne Nguyen. (Photo Courtesy of Anne Nguyen) Anne…
Bradley Burnam

In Conversation with Bradley Burnam ’01

By Bekah Wright Bradley Burnam ’01, founding member…