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June 17, 2023
2023 UCLA Fielding Commencement

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health celebrated 279 graduating MPH, MS, and MHA students, and 39 PhD students in a ceremony at Royce Hall.

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June 14, 2023
2023 Student Academic Honors & Awards

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health recognized 12 outstanding students in a ceremony at UCLA attended by family, friends, students, alumni, faculty and staff.

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June 7, 2023
It’s the Smoke, Not the Fire

In an Opinion, Ideas & Practice article published in the American Journal of Public Health, the effects of wildfire smoke are addressed by FSPH faculty member Dr. David Eisenman.

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May 31, 2023
Opera delivers hopeful message on living with mental illness

New work focuses on the true story of an acclaimed law professor’s remarkable recovery.

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May 21, 2023
New study: Comparing the impact of two federally recommended strategies to reduce excess body fat

New research from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty members, published in the Annals of Family Medicine, compared the impact of two strategies to reduce excess body fat.

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May 2, 2023
Dr. Diana Ramos, California Surgeon General, to deliver 2023 UCLA Fielding Commencement address

For Dr. Diana Ramos (MPH’ 04), who was appointed California Surgeon General by the state’s governor in September 2022, priorities for the role include addressing mental health, reproductive health, adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress. The UCLA Fielding Commencement Ceremony will take place on Friday, June 16, at 5:30pm PDT in UCLA's Royce Hall and via live stream.

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April 19, 2023
"Study: Racial disparities in middle school discipline escalate early in the year and dip ahead of breaks"
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April 17, 2023
In middle schools, racial disparities in discipline emerge early in the year and persist

A new study co-authored by a UCLA Fielding faculty member reveals that daily discipline rates in middle schools change throughout the school year and escalate more rapidly for Black students than for White students.

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March 30, 2023
UCLA Fielding staff join colleagues across the University of California for 2023 UC Black Administrators’ Council Conference
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March 24, 2023
"Safe sex focus of new California bill would put free condoms in public schools"
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February 21, 2023
Study of Mexican deportees over 20 years sheds light on effectiveness of U.S. immigration policy
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February 19, 2023
Heat waves are killing more unhoused individuals in Los Angeles
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