Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. @williamsinstitute.bsky.social shares how same-sex marriage has boomed since then, even as LGBTQ rights and protections are currently under threat.

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“There's no other entity that is more influential in shaping American society and arguably the global society than the [U.S.] college and university.”
@uclaseis.bsky.social professor Eddie R. Cole in @laist.com
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10 years out from #OscarsSoWhite and after steady progress, diversity has taken a dive in front of and behind the camera even as diverse films surged to the top of median global box office receipts worldwide.

From the latest Hollywood Diversity Report:
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“A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.”

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Jason De León, a UCLA College professor and director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, recently spoke with CNN about his work shadowing human smugglers in the Mexican state of Chiapas, why Mexico is becoming more dangerous for migrants and more. www.cnn.com/2025/01/04/u...

“Tariffs are a tax, plain and simple. And there’s absolutely no way around that fact [...] it could cost US households more than a thousand dollars every year in terms of higher consumer costs,” said UCLA’s Kimberly Clausing.

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Altadena’s Black community was disproportionately affected by the Eaton Fire, according to new data analysis from UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies with the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge and @uclalppi.bsky.social.

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First town hall is for UCLA faculty and staff today at 1pm 👇

New year, new quarter, new leader! ✨ Join us in welcoming UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk to the Bruin family! 🎉 ucla.in/4j8aN8i

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“I would say that millennials and below, but especially Gen Z, are feeling the effects of climate change, political instability and cynicism over politics and environmental efforts,” said Norma Mendoza-Denton, professor of linguistic anthropology at UCLA. 🧪

This yr, we took a break from examining TV as we have traditionally for the past 10 yrs. With an industry in flux, we set out to examine what people were watching only on streaming and include BOTH library and current titles. So we examined the 250 most watched TV shows on streaming by total HHs. 1/

UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science hosted a climate justice event with the the Hip Hop Caucus. For UCLA doctoral student Derrick Richardson, the event supported his climate plans: “My journey will be dedicated, definitely, to figuring out solutions." spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

This is the result of DECADES of work across the university. Grateful for all the folks on the ground doing the student outreach, welcome programming, research, scholarships, fundraising and more that helped get us to this point - via @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...