Holding police accountable: Q&A with UCLA Law professor Joanna Schwartz
Schwartz’s new book, “Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable,” illustrates how the legal system shields officers
Results
Feb. 6: Join a discussion about the connections between Destination Crenshaw and UCLA
The $100-million revitalization project has been shaped by key ideas, expertise and artworks from faculty and alumni.
In memoriam: Peggy Hickey, 61, choreographer for Broadway, film and television
The adjunct professor’s recent work on Broadway was seen in “Anastasia” and “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.”
Aomar Boum: Cultivating scholarship and empathy in equal measure
The scholar, whose new works explore the history of the Holocaust in North Africa, will speak on campus Jan. 31.
Rachel Maddow opens spring events slate for UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project
The television journalist will be in conversation with Rick Hasen, founder of the project and a renowned election law expert.
Holding police accountable: Q&A with UCLA Law professor Joanna Schwartz
Schwartz’s new book, “Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable,” illustrates how the legal system shields officers and prevents victims from receiving justice.
Bioengineer Jennifer Wilson receives NIH grant to improve drug efficacy
The five-year, $1.6 million grant will help fund Wilson’s research to enhance the understanding of how drugs affect cellular proteins.
In memoriam: Robert Wayne, 66, pioneer of conservation genetics, protecting canids and other species
His research helped explain the evolution of dogs and showed that freeways are a barrier to bobcat and coyote migration.
Sarah Haley receives Marguerite Casey Foundation Freedom Scholars Award
The honor provides a one-time $250,000 award for academics to conduct work that benefits movements led by Black and Indigenous people.
Jan. 28: Premiere of restored women’s prison documentary ‘We’re Alive,’ accompanied by Q&A
The film was made by three UCLA graduate students in 1974.
Ayako Miyashita Ochoa named lead investigator of sex worker project
UCLA’s Hub for Health Intervention, Policy and Practice was awarded a $1.4 million grant from the California HIV/AIDS Research Program.
Physicist James Rosenzweig receives Advanced Accelerator Prize
The award honors his pioneering contributions to advanced accelerators, light sources and beam physics.
Gender studies scholar Joshua Javier Guzmán receives Warhol Foundation grant
Guzmán has been awarded a $50,000 grant to support his new book, “Brown Exposures: Queer Photography and the Literary Literary Aperture.”
Hammer Forum series aims to demystify recent Supreme Court decisions
The first session on Jan. 22 will address the most recent Supreme Court term and its decisions on cases related to abortion, the second amendment, climate change and others.
In memoriam: Lewis Hunter, 87, professor emeritus of screenwriting
Hunter, who taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, showed students how to write a full-length screenplay in 10 weeks.
Jan. 25: ‘The Absolutely Indispensable Man’ book talk with Professor Kal Raustiala
The law professor will discuss his biography about UCLA alumnus, diplomat and scholar Ralph Bunche.
Dr. Evelyn Chung appointed associate dean of academic affairs
The clinical professor will oversee development and advancement of the UCLA School of Dentistry’s doctorate programs.
UC enhances pay transparency for all academic, faculty and staff recruitments and positions
The university has aligned its policies and practices with new state laws that further safeguard the right to obtain and hold employment without discrimination.
Staff news: Asian American Studies Center librarian honored as a 2022 Local Hero by PBS SoCal
The award recognized Marjorie Lee as an educator doing critical work that often goes unrecognized in Southern California.
Professor studies how ‘canonization' of Hindustani music favors some, marginalizes others
The work of ethnomusicologist Anna Morcom, director of the UCLA Center for India and South Asia, focuses on modern Indian and Tibetan performing arts.
Kang Wang named National Academy of Inventors fellow
The distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering is being honored for inventions he has patented.
Jun Chen receives young investigator grant for sleep disturbance research
The two-year, $70,000 grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation will support development of a smart bedsheet.
Cesar Favila and Paul Feller honored by American Musicological Society
The assistant professor and research assistant won the Noah Greenberg Award, which will fund a concert in 2023.
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris appointed interim dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
The current associate dean of academic affairs at the school, who is a distinguished professor of urban planning, begins her term on Jan. 1, 2023.
That’s a wrap! Faculty and staff guide to the 2022 campus closure
The 11-day closure includes four university-paid holidays and three non-holidays.
Alfred Reft named UCLA women’s volleyball head coach
The former University of San Diego associate head coach also has experience as an assistant with two Big Ten Conference teams.