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Professor takes leadership role in Modern Language Association
Barbara Fuchs is also the guiding force behind UCLA’s Diversifying the Classics program, which has become an important resource for Spanish-language Golden Age Theater.
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Jan. 17: ‘From Stalin to Mao: Albania and the Socialist World’
The UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies is hosting the free book presentation by Elidor Mëhilli.
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Thirteen faculty named to Education Week’s list of most influential scholars
UCLA placed third among institutions in these rankings.
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At the intersection of activism, housing and politics
UCLA’s Institute on Inequality and Democracy hosts new course for graduate students across campus interested in battling housing injustice.
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Jan. 17: Free mindfulness awareness workshop
The UCLA Staff Assembly is hosting the workshop on Thursday, Jan. 17 from noon to 1 p.m. in the J.D. Morgan Center.
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Professor honored by American Association of Geographers
Helga Leitner, professor of geography at UCLA, received the 2019 Distinguished Scholarship Honors from the American Association of Geographers for her research and contributions to the field.
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Mathematics professor’s paper receives prize
Ciprian Manolescu was recognized by the American Mathematical Society for his paper that was published in one of the society’s primary research journals.
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UCLA names new associate vice chancellor for government and community relations
Jennifer Poulakidas, who earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology with specialization in business and administration from UCLA in 1989, will begin her role April 1.
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Space physicist wins Royal Astronomical Society 2019 Gold Medal
Margaret Kivelson is receiving the award “for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in understanding planetary magnetospheres.”
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Art historian and colleagues awarded $1 million to study California’s Spanish-Indian missions
Charlene Villaseñor Black will use the funds to study the 21 missions and create a new field of studies that will incorporate Native American and Chicano perspectives.
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Group led by UCLA medical school dean issues recommendations on precision medicine
Dr. Kelsey Martin’s role on the state committee reflects UCLA Health’s broader commitment to the emerging field.
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Engineering professor honored for work on new terahertz devices
UCLA’s Aydin Babakhani has won a Bell Labs Prize for his work on new devices that could open the door to the imaging of our world in new ways.
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Evelyn Blumenberg: Seeing with fresh eyes
The professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs challenges her students and lawmakers to rethink homelessness.
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Biochemist and research colleagues earns Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize
Lawrence Zipursky, distinguished professor of biological chemistry in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will be honored with the 19th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize,
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Jan. 10: Inaugural Mark Q. Sawyer Memorial Lecture in Racial and Ethnic Politics
Political scientist Danielle Clealand will speak about her book about race in Cuba.
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Professor honored for work studying how proteins affect the heart
Peipei Ping, professor of physiology, medicine and bioinformatics at UCLA, was named co-recipient of the 2018 Clinical and Translational Proteomics Award.
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Sociologist’s book about Iran honored
UCLA’s Kevan Harris has won the Nikki Keddie Book Award and the Middle East Political Economy Book Prize for “A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran.”
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Public health professor named head of population health organization
Frederick Zimmerman will become president of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences.
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Epidemiology professor honored by Aarhus University in Denmark
UCLA’s Onyebuchi Arah has been awarded an Honorary Skou Professorship from Aarhus University in Denmark.
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Geriatrics division awarded $2 million to support three programs
The Eisner Foundation will support Generation Xchange, TimeOut@UCLA, and the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program.
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Last chance: Adrian Piper exhibition at the Hammer Museum
“Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965–2016,” which closes Jan. 6, features more than 270 works of drawing, photography, multimedia installations, sculptures and more.
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Neurosurgeon-scientist honored for work in the laboratory and the clinic
Dr. Linda Liau, UCLA professor of neurosurgery, has been awarded the Abhijit Guha Award for her pioneering work on treating brain tumors.
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Three professors elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
Dr. Reza Ardehali, Dr. Siavash Kurdistani and Dr. Maureen Su have joined one of the oldest and most esteemed nonprofit honor societies of physician-scientists.
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Biostatistics professor honored by American Public Health Association
Thomas Belin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, delivered the Lowell Reed Lectureship during the association’s annual meeting.
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In memoriam: Jenessa Shapiro, 38, expert on stereotype threat, discrimination and prejudices
Shapiro was an associate professor with appointments in the psychology department and the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
- Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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Courtesy of Margaret Kivelson
Margaret Kivelson wins Royal Astronomical Society 2019 Gold Medal
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UCLA researcher Paul Boutros uses big data to help optimize cancer treatment
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New graduate class focuses on activism, housing and politics
- Thirteen faculty named to Education Week’s list of most influential scholars
- UCLA names new associate vice chancellor for government and community relations
- Group led by UCLA medical school dean issues recommendations on precision medicine
- Sociologist’s book about Iran honored
- Epidemiology professor honored by Aarhus University in Denmark
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