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UCLA honored for sustainable buildings by green building group
The Los Angeles chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council names UCLA one of its 2018 Visionaries for its work on environmentally friendly athletic facilities.
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Wendy Teeter honored for her career of work preserving indigenous culture
Teeter, who is lecturer in American Indian studies and archaeology curator at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, received the Honored One award.
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Engineering professor named to Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ in science
Achuta Kadambi research focus aims to give robots extraordinary vision capabilities beyond what human eyes are capable of.
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Materials science professor honored for renewable energy research
Aaswath Raman will receive the inaugural Nelson “Buck” Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy.
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Program helps campus community prevent diabetes, lead healthier lives
Participants in the UCLA program get help changing diets, increasing exercise and adopting new habits.
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Emergency support from UC benefit plans
University employees affected by the wildfires can receive accommodations from their benefit plans.
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Final reminder: Open Enrollment ends Nov. 20 at 5 p.m.
This is the final week of University of Californina employees to choose their benefits for 2019.
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Young Investigator Awards honor given to UCLA prostate cancer researcher
Dr. Hans David Ulmert, member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is being honored by the Society for Basic Urologic Research.
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UCLA Law lecturer appointed to the California Supreme Court
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Joshua Groban to fill the vacancy created when Justice Kathryn Werdegar retired in 2017.
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UCLA information studies professor inspires award-winning documentary
Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck featured Sarah T. Roberts in “The Cleaners” — their movie about the anonymous people who screen objectionable content on social media.
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Psychologist honored for research on brain stimulation therapy
Martin Monti received the International Guiseppe Sciacca award for using ultrasounds to stimulate brain activity in people with serious brain injuries.
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Researchers receive NIH grant to improve liver cancer screening
The $3.5 million, five-year grant will go toward creating a center dedicated to developing an effective and affordable blood-based, cancer-screening test.
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Nov. 14: Free discussion on how to make Los Angeles more sustainable
Researchers and Los Angeles’ chief sustainability officer will meet at the Hammer Museum to discuss ways to create healthier communities and increase sustainability.
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Biologist receives award from the paleontology society
Blaire Van Valkenburgh received the Joseph T. Gregory award for her contributions to the organization’s welfare.
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Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel named Playwright-in-Residence at UCLA TFT in 2018-19
Vogel has been named the school’s inaugural Hearst Theater Lab Initiative Distinguished Visiting Playwright-in-Residence.
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Professor receives award for his novel ‘Black Moses’
Alain Mabanckou received the 2018 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright legacy award for his novel, “Black Moses.”
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New chair of world arts and cultures/dance likes how ‘peculiarity provokes questions’
In this Q&A, Dan Froot extolls the virtues of interdisciplinary scholarship and the importance of art as a tool for justice.
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Nov. 8: Free online privacy workshop (and also lunch)
The workshop is open to faculty, staff and students and will teach ways to manage and enhance internet technology literacy on smartphones, social media and browsers.
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In memoriam: Leo Estrada, urban planning scholar and champion of diversity
His life and 40-year career at UCLA were marked from the beginning by civic engagement, leadership and giving back.
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In memoriam: Bernard Kester, professor who dramatically raised the profile of textile arts in the United States
Bernard Kester, UCLA professor emeritus of design media arts who taught ceramics, weaving and design and initiated the university’s fiber art program, died Oct. 26. He was 90.
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Neuroscientist named Allen Distinguished Investigator
UCLA’s Baljit Khakh will receive $1.5 million over three years for research into astrocytes, which are thought to play an important role in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Professor featured in the Whitney Museum of American Art
Casey Reas’ work, “Software Structures,” is in the museum’s “Programmed: Rules, Codes and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018” exhibition.
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Nov. 13–16: International Education Week 2018
There will be a variety of events on campus to celebrate international education through conversations, food, performances and cultural events.
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Civil and environmental engineering professor honored by Indian government
Shaily Mahendra has received a 2018 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman award from the Government of India Non-Resident Indian Welfare Society.
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Nov. 6: Free screening of a documentary about who ‘cleans’ the internet
UCLA professor Sarah T. Roberts is featured in “The Cleaners.” The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
- Monday, November 19, 2018
Faculty + Staff
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Rebecca Kendall/UCLA
Program helps campus community prevent diabetes, lead healthier lives
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Joanie Harmon/UCLA
Information studies professor inspires award-winning documentary
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- UCLA honored for sustainable buildings by green building group
- Materials science professor honored for renewable energy research
- Emergency support from UC benefit plans
- Young Investigator Awards honor given to UCLA prostate cancer researcher
- Psychologist honored for research on brain stimulation therapy
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