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On May 28, two publications from CSRC Press were announced as winners of 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). Amalia Mesa-Bains, by Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, won a gold medal for Biography, and “There Are No Hispanic Stars!”, edited and translated by Colin Gunckel and Laura Isabel Serna, earned a bronze for Popular Culture.
https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/welcoming-dr-antonio-tinoco-valencia/
UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, May 23, 2025
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/research-uncovers-local-labor-issues-that-...
UC Santa Cruz News, May 20, 2025
The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) is seeking individual or coeditor applications for the editorship of Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. We encourage application submissions by July 1, 2025.
https://glasstire.com/2025/05/17/announcing-the-inaugural-glasstire-texa...
Glasstire, May 17, 2025
The analysis, led by UCLA and UC Santa Cruz faculty and graduate students, looks at data from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) and thousands of surveys primarily focused on Santa Cruz County workers ages 18 to 34.
At the symposium "State of Latinas in the Central Coast: Ensuring that All Residents Access Opportunities for Prosperity and Economic Well-being," university professors, graduate students, and community leaders provided insights into the Latina wage gap in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, barriers and opportunities for Latinas’ economic mobility in the childcare sector, and trends among Oxnard’s young adult Latina workforce.
This past January, the CSRC was overjoyed to welcome back to UCLA Osvaldo Gutierrez, professor of chemistry and the CSRC's inaugural Hispanic-Serving Institution STEM Faculty Director. Recently, Gutierrez penned the short personal essay "Rancho Raised, UCLA Made," in which he shares his journey from being a seven-year-old chivero in Rancho Los Prietos, Guanajuato, Mexico, to his current professional roles at UCLA: scientist, educator, and mentor.
https://www.dailynews.com/2025/04/01/ucla-opens-new-latinx-success-cente...
Los Angeles Daily News, April 1, 2025
