To be Young, Black, and Male

Recent research by Phillip Atiba Goff, UCLA assistant professor of social psychology, and Matthew Jackson, a UCLA postdoctoral fellow in social psychology, examines police officers’ attitudes toward African-Americans, particularly their perception of young black boys.

Assessing California’s Drought

Glen MacDonald, director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, discusses the historical significance and potential impact of the current drought emergency in California.

Commentary on New Stem Cell Technique

Dr. William Lowry, associate professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology is quoted on his thoughts on another researcher’s new method for returning cells to a pluripotent state by exposing them to an acidic environment.