Past Events
“How Research on a UC Campus Made Solar Thermal Power Practical and Affordable Worldwide”
Feb 16, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Professor Roland Winston, Schools of Natural Science and Engineering, University of California, Merced
"The Promises and Perils of Categorical Exemptions for Extreme Punishment Policy
Feb 09, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Natalie Pifer, PhD Candidate, University of California Irvine
“Assessing the Quality of Teachers and Schools: What We Have Learned and Where We are Headed”
Feb 02, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Professor Cassandra Guarino, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Riverside
“K-8 Programs to Reduce Achievement Gaps: What Works Best?”
Jan 26, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Professor George Farkas, School of EducationUniversity of California, Irvine
“Why Latino History Matters to U.S. History”
Jan 19, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Professor Vicki Ruiz, Departments of History and Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine
UCCS Housing Lectureship: Challenging Housing NIMBYism
Dec 01, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Speaker - Paavo Monkkonen, UC Los Angeles; Moderator - Ben Metcalf, Director of CA Dept. of Housing & Community Development
Initial Findings From the Seattle Minimum Wage Study: UCCS/ESSPRI Collaboration on Childhood Poverty
Nov 17, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,David Neumark, UC Irvine, Jacob Vigdor, UW, Heather Hill, UW, UCCS/ESSPRI Collaboration on Childhood Poverty
The American Way of Poverty: The Role of Inequality and Perceptions of a Stacked Economy in Shaping Modern Politics
Nov 10, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Sasha Abramsky, UC Davis
Reading the Fine Print: An Experimental Test of Campaign Finance Reforms
Nov 03, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Matt Lesenyie, ESA
Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth: Computing as if Infrastructure Mattered.
Oct 27, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Jean-François Blanchette,UCLA
Optimizing the Electorate: Factors That Promote Politically Literate and Engaged Voters
Oct 20, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Danielle Martin, CSUS & Lisa Garcia-Bedolla, UC Berkeley
From Garbage to Gold: Managing California's Grasslands for Climate Change Mitigation
Oct 13, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Whendee Silver, UC Berkeley
District Heating Systems and Biofuels for California's Energy Future
Oct 06, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Stephen Kaffka, UC Davis and Catherine Brinkley, UC Davis
What Should We Expect This November?
Oct 04, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Mindy Romero, UC Davis
California's LatinAsian Majority: What Does It Mean for Civic Engagement.
Sep 29, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Karthick Ramakrishan, UC Riverside
"The Economics of Groundwater Management"
Aug 18, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell , Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis. Bacon Lectureship Honorable Mention
"Rubber Tires, Residents, and Genrification in Los Angeles"
Aug 11, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Anne Brown, UCCS Emerging Scholars Winner, PhD Candidate, UC Los Angeles
"Physician Participation in Medi-Cal is not Keeping Pace with Growth in Enrollment"
Aug 04, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Janet Coffman, Associate Professor in the Institute for Health Policy Studies, UC San Francisco
"The Great Experiment: Realigning Criminal Justice in California and Beyond"
Jul 28, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Carole Seron, Professor and Dean of Social Ecology and Charis Kubrin, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, UC Irvine
"Bans vs Fees: Disposable Carryout Bag Policies and Bag Usage"
Jul 21, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:05 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Rebecca Taylor, UCCS Emerging Scholars Winner, UC Berkeley
"Climate, Drought, and Change: Where We're At, How We Know, and California's Future".
Jul 07, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Michael Anderson, State Climatologist, Department of Water Resources, California.
"Learning to Leverage a UC for K-20 Opportunities to Learn"
Jun 30, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Mica Pollock, Professor of Education Studies and Director of the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence, UC San Diego
California Climate Change Scoping Plan: The Role of Agriculture
May 26, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Dennis Baldocchi* and Louise Jackson**, *Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley. **Professor in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis.
Preventive Health Solutions for California's Diabetes Epidemic
May 19, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Adele de la Torre* and Malo Hutson**. Professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies, UC Davis. **Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley,
Antibiotics in Livestock Production: The Intersection of Human and Animal Health
May 12, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Terry Lehenbauer* and Thomas B. Newman, MD**, Associate Professor of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. **Professor of Epidemiology, UC San Francisco.
"What to Expect This June and November? The Effect of New Election Reforms on California's Voter Turnout"
May 06, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Mindy Romero,PhD, Director of California Civil Engagement Project, UC Davis
"The Cost -Effectiveness Paradox in the Health Care: How an Intervention or Program Can Be Cost-Effective but Still Not Worth It and Vice Versa"
May 05, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Jeffrey Hoch, Professor in the Department of Public Health Services, UC Davis
"Housing Affordability in California: Current Challenges and Potential Policy Solutions"
Apr 28, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Michael Lens* and Kerry Vendell** Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA. **Professor of Finance in the Merage School of Business, UC Irvine. Moderated by Tia Boatman-Patterson, Executive Director, California Housing Finance Agency
“Marijuana Secondhand Smoke: The Return of a Familiar Problem and What it Means for Policymakers”
Apr 21, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Matthew Springer Professor in the Division of Cardiology University of California, San Francisco
"The Modifiable Causes for Autism and Opportunities for Prevention"
Apr 14, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM — 1130 K Street, Room LL3,Irva-Hertz-Picciotto, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Public Health Sciences, UC Davis