ISH in UCLA Magazine: The Issue That’s Tearing Us Apart

UCLA Bruins Around the World Magazine

UCLA Magazine’s Winter 2023 edition introduced the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate.

 

The War We Must Win

Chancellor Gene Block introduces the importance of studying hate.

He says, “I am grateful that our scholars are taking on this issue — not just because of its urgency, but also because UCLA is one of only a few universities that can bring together such a diverse set of researchers to tackle the subject. Our depth and breadth of academic expertise, commitment to collaboration across disciplines, and public orientation all contribute to our capacity to effectively study group hate and develop solutions that will help society counter it.”

Read the letter here.

 

The Issue That’s Tearing Us Apart

Lisa Fung examines the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate in detail. She shares the vision behind the project, and features interviews with a few of the researchers in the initiative’s first cohort, as well as ISH leadership.

“’This is bold and ambitious beyond imagination,’ Myers says. ‘But isn’t this what we’re here for? Isn’t this what a great public university should be doing?'”

Read the full article here.