National Public Radio’s website features a column today by Mark Sawyer, associate professor of political science and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, about the racial dynamics in the popular ABC television program “Ugly Betty.”

 

An article in the May edition of The Economist about the social and economic challenges facing African Americans cites a study by UCLA law professor Richard Sander on affirmative action policies at U.S. law schools.

 

 

Ross, associate professor of political science and director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, is quoted today in a Reuters article about how poor oil-producing countries are handling the financial windfall from increased oil prices.

 

Tabsh, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about an increase in premature births and Cesarean sections in the U.S. in recent years.