Nation, World + Society

Study by UCLA and Rand Corporation found that three states that enacted malpractice reform saw no change in doctors’ use of expensive imaging tests and rates of hospitalization following emergency visits.

Joshua Bloom, a UCLA Ph.D. candidate in sociology, received an American Book Award on Oct. 26 for a history of the Black Panthers. He shares the prize with co-author Waldo Martin, a UC Berkeley historian.

Charitable giving in Los Angeles County has yet to return to pre-recession levels, according to a report released Tuesday by the Center for Civil Society at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

UCLA linguist Pamela Munro writes about the nearly forgotten language of the Gabrielino-Tongva Indians and her efforts to revive it for descendants of Southern California’s Tongva people.

Four centers — the Latin American Institute, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Asia Institute and the National Heritage Language Resource Center — received Title VI funding for area and language studies.

UCLA education professor Sylvia Hurtado’s research on the effect of campus climate on student academic progress as well as on student and faculty retention has caught the attention of many in higher education.

The UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program hope to increase the diversity of faculty by attracting high-caliber researchers and providing them with the professional development training and opportunities to help them compete for highly selective tenure-track positions.

Retired four-star Army General Wesley Clark discussed his latest book, “Don't Wait for the Next War: A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership” (Public Affairs 2014) and outlined a formula for American success in the 21st century.

Two UCLA pediatricians write about the societal risks that result from working- and middle-class parents being forced to choose between paying for their children’s medical expenses and household bills.

At a “Thinking L.A.” event copresented by UCLA and Zocalo Public Square, a panel that included two UCLA professors discuss the transformation of downtown L.A. and whether it lives up to the current hype.

China’s enormous economic growth over the past three decades has fueled an “age of ambition,” said journalist Evan Osnos during a presentation he gave Oct. 6 at the UCLA School of Law.

Research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that a pent-up demand for health care will decline significantly after the first year of enrollment.

Economist Lee Ohanian makes the case that income inequality is not nearly so rampant as reports suggest and that a better indicator of well-being is consumption.

The UCLA Labor Center produces the nation's only storytelling radio show that focuses on workers and the issues they face. Students and community members work on Re:Work Radio and learn storytelling skills and multimedia production.

In a UCLA study more than twice as many people ended up with coverage. These findings could prove useful in finding ways to increase participation in plans and reduce disparities in health insurance coverage.

Veteran journalist and author Jim Newton is taking on an enhanced role as a member of the staff and faculty at UCLA.

For American cities to usher in a European-style bike renaissance, society will need to shift toward a more even distribution of child-rearing duties between women and men, say UCLA researchers.

Many white Americans are becoming less enthusiastic about diversity and multiculturalism as the U.S. moves toward becoming a minority-majority nation, UCLA psychologists report.

Outreach around the study includes a Twitter campaign seeking thoughts on the importance of diversity on TV and in film.

Brian Taylor, who directs the Institute of Transportation Studies at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, joined three other transportation experts to address questions about the state of traffic in L.A.

C. Cindy Fan on how Hong Kong’s love-hate relationship with China creates difficulties for the “one country, two systems” balance.

Tyrone Howard of UCLA’s Black Male Institute says that a failure to intervene to help boys and men of color may have disastrous consequences for them and the country.

The Burkle Global Impact Initiative, which was created at UCLA to educate the public about international and humanitarian affairs by working within the creative community, helped produce a video for the United Nations Climate Summit that took place Tuesday in New York.

UCLA education professor Robert Rhoads and three faculty members from Chinese universities recently took a close look at four universities in Beijing. Rhoads discusses their findings in this Q&A.

In his latest documentary, “Bitter Honey,” UCLA anthropologist Robert Lemelson tracks the abuses suffered by wives trapped in polygamous marriages.