Past Events
“Scarcity is the Mother of Invention: Water Policy Implications in an International Setting"
Nov 08, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Professor Ariel Dinar, Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, UC Riverside
Capitol Insights: A UC Center Sacramento Panel Discussion Soaring Drug Prices: Consumer and Clinician Perspectives and Policy Options
Nov 02, 2017 from 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Lisa Gill, Consumer Reports Dr. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, UC San Francisco Professor Robin Feldman, UC Hastings
“A Public Health Framework for Legalized Retail Marijuana: Avoiding a New Tobacco Industry”
Nov 01, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Professor Stanton Glantz, who is the Truth Initiative Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at UC San Francisco
Higher Education Panel Discussion: Expanding Access to Higher Education for Latinx Students in California
Oct 25, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Frances Contreras, Professor of Education Studies, UC San Diego and Gloria Rodriguez, Professor of Education, UC Davis. Discussants: Senator Ben Allen, CA 26th District and Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, CA 6th District
Capitol Insights Panel Discussion: "Homelessness in California: Causes and Solutions"
Oct 19, 2017 from 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Moderated by Honorable Jim Beall, State Senator (CA-15) Panelists: Gary Blasi, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Law; Renae Garcia, Social Worker, Women's Empowerment; Dr. Barry Zevin, Medical Director, Street Medicine and Shelter Health SFPDH; Zack Olmstead, Deputy Director of Housing Policy Development, CA HCD
“Food Insecurity: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Solutions”
Oct 18, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Sasha Abramsky, Author and Journalist
"Paths to Carbon Neutrality: Lessons from California"
Oct 11, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Juliann Allison, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, UC Riverside
"Community Engagement and Planning to Address Depression: An Approach to Health Equity"
Oct 04, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Dr. Kenneth Wells is Director of the Semel Institute’s Center for Health Services and Society, Co-Director of the California Behavioral Health Center of Excellence and Associate Director of the National Clinician Scholars Program at UCLA.
"Looking Ahead to the 2018 Midterm Elections: How Changing Demography Will – or Won’t – Influence Outcomes"
Aug 24, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Mindy Romero is the founder and director of the California Civic Engagement Project (CCEP) at the UC Davis Center for Regional Change.
Undergraduate Student Research Project Presentations
Aug 17, 2017 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,“Evaluating and Improving Energy Efficiency Policies and Programs”
Aug 16, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Edward Vine, Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
"The 'Hidden Injuries' of Childhood Poverty: The Impact of Class Stigma, Stereotypes, and Bias"
Aug 09, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Heather Bullock, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
“At the Policy Forefront: Evaluating California’s Efforts in Assuring Access to Quality Reproductive Health”
Aug 02, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Claire Brindis, Director of the Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco
Assessing the Trade-offs Between Safety, Mobility, and Environmental Innovation”
Jul 26, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Matt Barth, Director of Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside
“Teach For America: Civic Engagement Magic Bullet?”
Jul 19, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Su Jin Jez, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Sacramento State
“Is There A STEM Worker Crisis? Science and Engineering Workforce Development in the U.S.”
Jul 12, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,John Skrentny, Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
Special Workshop: Implications of Federal Tax Reform for California
Jun 29, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,What's on Your Plate? Why Diet Change is Critical for Successful Climate and Health Policies.
Jun 28, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,David Cleveland, Professor of Environmental Studies and Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
All the President's Tweets: Social Media and the New Political Rhetoric
Jun 08, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Thad Kousser, Professor of Political Science and Department Chair, UCSD
K-8 Programs to Reduce Achievement Gaps: What Works Best?
Jun 01, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,George Farkas, Professor of Education, University of California, Irvine
Social Democratic Capitalism: How to use Government to Make Lives Better in a Capitalist Economy
May 25, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Lane Kenworthy, Professor of Sociology and Yankelovich Chair in Social Thought, UCSD
“Incarceration and Family Life in the United States: Implications for Policy”
May 18, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Kristin Turney, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
Mental Health Services Panel “California’s Psychiatric Hospital Bed Shortage”
May 11, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Thomas Strouse, Medical Director, Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, UCLA; Kenneth Wells, David Weil Endowed-Chair of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA; Aimee Moulin, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis
“Can Compact Rail Transit Corridors Transform the Automobile City? Challenges and Opportunities for More Sustainable Travel in Los Angeles”
May 04, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Douglas Houston, Associate Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine
“Words Matter: How Federal Reserve Communications Impact Financial Markets”
Apr 27, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Emerging Scholars Honorable Mention Raul Tadle, PhD Candidate, UCSC
“An Economic Evaluation of the 2000s Crisis-Period California Foreclosure Prevention Laws”
Apr 20, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Stuart Gabriel, Director of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate, UCLA
“Conservatism in the Crucible of Local Politics: How Residential Segregation Polarizes Politics”
Apr 13, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Jessica Trounstine, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Merced
“California’s Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Program at Mid-Course”
Mar 09, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Professor Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, Director, Institute for Population Health Improvement, University of California, Davis Health System
“The Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and the Long Reach of Child Health and Nutrition Programs”
Mar 01, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Marianne Page, University of California, Davis
“Just Economics? What American Youth Learn About Economic Inequality and Poverty in High School Classrooms”
Feb 23, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Professor John Rogers, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles