The recipients are Andrea Goldman, Ippolytos Kalofonos, and Joshua Dienstag.

Paul Weiss, distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, received the 2019 Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Three faculty were elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and one professor was elected to the Association of American Physicians.

Robert Gurval received the Eugen Weber Honors Collegium Faculty Award for teaching in the Honors Collegium at UCLA.

A team of UCLA-led researchers has received support from the National Institutes of Health to develop strategies for smoking cessation among high-risk, hospitalized patients.

UCLA’s Marissa López was named as a recipient of an American Council of Learned Society/Mellon Scholars & Society fellowship.

With release of new issue of UCLA Blueprint magazine, civic leaders, scholars and citizens discussed ‘the most pressing problem in this region.’

The award honors emeriti professors for scholarly work or educational service performed, since retirement, in the fields of humanities or social sciences.

The Hammer Museum at UCLA will show the documentary at 7:30 p.m. followed by a Q&A with director Leslie Thomas and UCLA’s Kate Mackintosh.

Judea Pearl, Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, was elected for his seminal contributions to causal inference in statistics and contributions to artificial intelligence.

“India’s Subterranean Stepwells: Photographs by Victoria Lautman” showcases the massive water storage systems and runs May 5 through Oct. 20.

Program criteria and application/nomination forms are available on the Staff Assembly awards and scholarships page.

Anti-war activist Gloria La Riva’s talk will is presented by the UCLA Latin American Institute and is free and open to the public.

“Lost Childhood” will have its world premiere staged production at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse.

College Signing Day was hosted by UC and Reach Higher, the college access and success initiative launched by the former first lady.

Rep. Karen Bass opened the inaugural conference about issues facing Southern California.

Flint has been named a fellow of the society, a prestigious academy that includes some of the world’s most eminent scientists.

The findings will both help identify women who are at highest risk of developing ovarian cancer and pave the way for identifying new therapies that can target these specific genes.

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