Application ProcedureThe Communication Studies Application will be available on June 1, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. and will close on June 30, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.The Admissions Committee will arrange to receive your UCLA transcripts from the Registrar through the end of Summer Session A 2015.  General Information Students not admitted at the sophomore or junior level may reapply the […]

Jacob Foster, Sociology, UCLA

Jacob FosterUCLA, Department of Sociology  “The Unknown Known: Science, Social Learning, and Cultural Evolution” “Science is an incredibly successful instance of social learning. Its practices produce and subtly organize the attention, effort, and creativity of millions of scientists, leading to rapid and cumulative cultural evolution. In this talk, I outline the striking convergence between this view of […]