/SPA News 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | Events    January 1/2/08 SPA Alumni Start New Year on City Councils 1/2/08 Group from Guangzhou, China Completes UCLA Program, U.S. Tour 1/3/08 Opinion: "Free Up Some Spots Along the Curb" 1/7/08 UP Grad Wins Parker Award from Council of University Transportation Centers 1/10/08 Parking Expert Discusses Ways to Increase Parking, Reduce Congestion 1/15/08 Val Zavala, Veteran Journalists to Hold Panel on “Real News” Jan. 24 1/22/08 Video Interview: Author Discusses Book on U.S. Intelligence with former CIA Agent 1/28/08 Study: Barriers to Treatment of Postpartum Depression in Low-Income Women February 2/5/08 UP Alum Appointed to New LACCD Vice Chancellor Post 2/13/08 2008 California Policy Options Looks at State Budget, Politics, Housing, Labor 2/22/08 UCLA Urban Planning Department to Honor Lifetime Work of Edward W. Soja 2/26/08 Director of Statewide Health Planning and Development to Speak Feb. 28 2/27/08 Social Welfare Dept. Announces Healthy Communities for Families Spring ’08 Series March 3/3/08 Urban Land Institute Director to Deliver Senior Fellow Talk March 6 3/3/08 Urban Planning Enters Exchange Programs with Chinese Planning Agency 3/18/08 SPA Students Discuss Homeless Issue at Annual City Hall Day 3/20/08 2008 Urban Development in Los Angeles Conference Set for April 17 April 4/2/08 U.S. News and World Report Releases 2008 Public Affairs Schools Rankings 4/3/08 Urban Planning Chair, Alum, on KPCC’s Pat Morrison Radio Program 4/7/08 Professor Susanna Hecht Receives Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for Work on Human Impacts on Amazon Frontiers 4/9/08 Professor Susanna Hecht Receives Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 4/15/08 Department of Social Welfare series to Feature William Julius Wilson April 17 4/21/08 William Julius Wilson Discusses "The Black Family" at UCLA Social Welfare Series 4/21/08 Panel to Discuss “Aging in Los Angeles” April 29 at UCLA School of Public Affairs 4/28/08 UCLA to Host Candidate Forum for L.A.'s 2nd Supervisorial District 4/29/08 Social Welfare Student to Receive 2008 UCLA Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award 4/30/08 Speaker: Anthony Buzzelli on "Getting Involved and Staying Involved" May 5/1/08 MSW/JD Student Shantel Vachani Awarded 2008 Soros Justice Fellowship 5/1/08 UCLA Urban Planning Students Awarded 2008 Eisenhower Graduate Fellowships 5/2/08 May 8 Building Healthy Communities for Families Lecture to Feature Speaker Anne Pebley 5/2/08 Deloitte LLP Vice Chairman Discusses the Benefits of Getting and Staying Involved 5/13/08 Urban Development Conference Addresses Transportation, Housing Issues in L.A. 5/13/08 Fernando Torres-Gil is 2008 Chicano/Latino Benefit Honoree 5/29/08 Report: Los Angeles Nonprofit Sector Weakening; Disparities between Affluent and Poor Areas Growing June 6/6/08 SPA Dean Addresses World Bank 6/10/08 California Endowment CEO Robert K. Ross to Keynote 2008 Commencement 6/11/08 Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Honored with 2008 Alumni Award 6/12/08 Urban Planning Department Holds End-of-Year Awards Celebration 6/13/08 SPA Associate Dean to Keynote UCLA Conference on Aging June 18 6/17/08 Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., Named New Dean of UCLA School of Public Affairs 6/23/08 School of Public Affairs Celebrates 2008 Commencement July 7/1/08 Barbara J. Nelson’s Deanship Celebrated 7/7/08 Study: Influence of Asian American Voters Increasing in State, U.S. Elections August 8/1/08 MSW Alum Named Executive Director of Domestic Violence Center 8/19/08 Former UCLA Chancellor Heads Committee on Submarine Launched Conventional Weapons 8/19/08 Joint UCLA-USC Study Shows Toll Roads More Fair Than Taxes September 9/5/08 In the News: Alcohol and Child Injury Linked 9/11/08 Coffee and Carbon Offsets 9/12/08 Opinion: Latino Boomers Flying Under the Radar 9/17/08 Report: The State of South L.A. Study Released 9/23/08 Orientation 2008: A Year of New Beginnings October 10/2/08 Report: The Role of Asian Americans in Electoral Process 10/6/08 Senior Foreign Service Officer is UCLA Diplomat-in-Residence 10/8/08 Reception Held For New School of Public Affairs Dean Franklin Gilliam Jr. 10/9/08 Associate Dean Among Nation's “100 Influentials” 10/17/08 Panel: UCLA Faculty Bloggers Discuss 2008 Presidential Election 10/21/08 Social Welfare Students Focus on Homeless 10/22/08 Randall Crane says presidential campaign ignores problems facing cities 10/23/08 New Faculty Book Focuses on Workplace Standards at the Bottom of America's Labor Market 10/29/08 Business, Government and Nonprofit Leaders to Serve as Student Mentors November 11/4/08 Former California Leaders Discuss California Ballot Issues 11/7/08 Faculty Bloggers Reflect on the 2008 Elections 11/7/08 School of Public Affairs to Host Lecture by Jacob Levy Nov. 13 11/12/08 Mark A. Peterson Elected to American Political Science Association Council 11/13/08 School of Public Affairs Dean Featured on KCET’s SOCAL Connected 11/17/08 Main Motive Behind Politics Topic of Dec. 3 Talk 11/25/08 MPP Grad Named to New UCLA Post 11/25/08 Albert Carnesale to Discuss “Alternative to Nuclear Weapons” December 2 11/25/08 SPA Alumni on Obama Transition Team December 12/3/08 In the News: Amy Zegart Comments In Washington Post on Choosing New Spy Chiefs 12/8/08 Experts Address Congressional Panel on Gangs and Youth Violence 12/19/08 School of Public Affairs Offices Closed Dec. 22 – Jan. 5