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Welfare

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URBAN
Planning

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Policy

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News

February 04, 2010
"Is outsourcing public spaces the answer to solving the city’s budget crisis?"Each year, for the past five years, a select group of Public Affairs...
February 03, 2010
 A recent study indicates that UCLA contributed the greatest number of papers to the field of urban studies over the five year period from 2004...
February 02, 2010
The Center for Community Partnerships is accepting applications for the Rishwain Social Justice Entrepreneurship Award, carrying a prize of $2,500....
January 25, 2010
By Robin Heffler As part of a School of Public Affairs effort to explore social justice issues and their relevance to students’ future careers, some...
January 21, 2010
The country’s leading researchers on climate change came to Westwood recently to give the public a chance to learn a
January 19, 2010
In a move that enhances UCLA’s civic engagement while consolidating university resources, the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation—devoted to applied...
January 13, 2010
An alarmingly high number of Los Angeles County workers at the bottom of the labor market are the victims of "wage theft" and other workplace...
January 05, 2010
Jeanne Giovannoni, professor of social welfare at UCLA for many years, passed away on December 17, 2009. She had been seriously ill for some months,...
November 02, 2009
By Robin HefflerOn Friday, October 23, the UCLA Center for Civil Society in the UCLA School of Public Affairs released a report detailing the mixed...

Events Calendar

02/09/10
The California State Auditor is seeking motivated MPA/MPP/JD graduates with strong analytical and writing skills--and a desire to be challenged--to...
02/10/10
Paul Taylor, of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, speaks on the topic, High-Speed Rail Planning in Metropolitan LA: An...
02/17/10
Representative Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) delivers the 23rd annual Bollens-Ries-Hoffenberg lecture at UCLA “How Congress is Helping to Meet the...

INITIATIVES

Over 20,000 youth in Los Angeles County per year interface with the largest juvenile probation system in the nation. A large body of research...
The Rosenfield Forums, a program of The UCLA School of Public Affairs, is a public convening of some of UCLA’s most innovative scholars alongside...