Opinion + Voices

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana is a professor of education at UCLA. Her essay appeared in the Huffington Post on April 15, 2012.   I chose to celebrate my fifth post-cancer birthday by inviting people to do acts of kindness, because during a...

Peter Reiher, an adjunct professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has done extensive research on denial-of-service attacks and other Internet security issues. This op-ed originally appeared...

UCLA staff and faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.   Thatcher and Reagan were “kind of like a tag team, dynamic duo; bringing [their economic] policies to...

Teri Schwartz is dean of the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA. This piece was published in Forbes Magazine on April 7, 2013.        Story.   It is the timeless, universal language that ties...

When high-speed rail links smaller cities to mega-cities, both cities benefit, says Prof Matthew Kahn. In China, housing prices in smaller cities grew 4.2 percent, and if austerity doesn't derail investment, California's high-speed plans could fuel similar booms, Kahn says.

Devon Carbado, a professor at the UCLA School of Law, is a nationally recognized figure in the field of critical race theory and is actively involved in shaping a nationwide discourse on race, identity and the law. Mitu Gulati is a professor at...

 UCLA staff and faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.   “Much more work must be done on the television diversity front before the corps of writers...

Daniel Blumstein is a professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and co-author of "The Failure of Environmental Education (and How We Can Fix It)." His op-ed...

Alvaro Huerta, a UCLA visiting scholar at the Chicano Studies Research Center, is the author of a forthcoming book, "How the Other Half Gets Scapegoated: Immigrants and the Working Poor in the U.S."  This op-ed appeared originally in the...

Chancellor Gene Block serves on the board of directors of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and is a member of the executive committee of the Association of American Universities. This op-ed appeared March 14, 2013, in...

Kevin M. Dirksen (right) is an ethics fellow at the UCLA Health System Ethics Center. Neil S. Wenger is the center's director.     The 911 call last month that led to an emergency dispatcher begging workers at a Bakersfield senior...

Chon A. Noriega is a professor in the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at UCLA and the director of the Chicano Studies Research Center. This op-ed appeared March 1, 2013, in...

Danny Oppenheimer (left) is an associate professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mike Edwards, the founding contributor of Leftfielder.org, a blog on politics and media, and Oppenheimer have written a book, ...

UCLA staff and faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection."Not only do they get chronic wounds more than the rest of us, but they take longer to heal in that...

Richard Walter is the chairman of UCLA's graduate program in screenwriting and author of "Essentials of Screenwriting." His op-ed appeared Feb. 21 in USA Today.       When I'm hungry and crave a tuna sandwich, I don't go to a...

Kal Raustiala is a professor of law and a professor at the UCLA International Institute, where he teaches in the Program on Global Studies. Since 2007 he has served as the director of the UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International...

Adam Winkler is a professor at UCLA School of Law and the author of "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America." This op-ed was originally published today (Feb. 15) in the Los Angeles...

John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineering and a nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. This piece was originally posted Feb. 1, 2012, on the website, Fast Company.   One day in December 1955, former...

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana is an associate professor of education at UCLA. Her op-ed appeared Jan. 30, 2013, in the Huffington Post.    A past president of Guatemala is being called to justice in Guatemala, for atrocities committed by...

Abigail Saguy, an associate professor and vice chair of sociology at UCLA, is the author of “What’s Wrong With Fat?” Her op-ed appeared Jan. 25, 2013, in the Washington Post.   Obesity is widely regarded as one of the greatest...

Prof Daniel Blumstein calls out the Super Bowl for going superficially green, and suggests improving your viewing party by consciously ignoring the "orgy of advertising" and focusing on friendships instead of unsustainable consumption.

Gary Orfield is a professor of education, law, political science and urban planning at UCLA and the co-director of the Civil Rights Project based at UCLA. He is the co-author of "The Resegregation of Suburban Schools: A Hidden Crisis in American...

Imelda Nava-Landeros is a lecturer in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and faculty adviser in the Teacher Education Program. Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco is dean of the school. This op-ed appeared Jan. 8 in the...

Beverly Macy, CEO of Gravity Summit, Inc., and co-author of "The Power of Real-Time Social Media Marketing" (McGraw-Hill, 2011), teaches executive global marketing and branding and social media marketing for UCLA Extension. This op-ed originally...

On Jan. 7, critics of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center published a guest opinion column in the Daily Bruin, elaborating on their lawsuit challenging the project. UCLA Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen...