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Matthew Malkan, professor of astronomy and physics, has been appointed to the National Science Board by President Trump.

The professor of African American studies and the Nickoll Family Professor of History will take a temporary leave from UCLA starting in fall 2021.

Members of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force updated faculty and staff on the progress of UCLA Health’s vaccination program and to take questions.

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research received $500,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Henry Burton, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Mishuana Goeman, associate professor of gender studies, were both awarded for their proposals.

Wei Wang, Leonard Kleinrock Professor of Computer Science, was selected for her contributions to the practice of data mining.

Information studies professor says the relationship among technology, politics and societies across the world needs to be reevaluated — now.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recognized UCLA for its commitment to employee health and well-being.

Yahya Rahmat-Samii, distinguished professor and Northrop Grumman Professor of Electrical Engineering and Electromagnetics, won the 2020 Spacecraft Structures Best Paper Award.

UCLA researcher Amander Clark is part of a multi-institutional team of investigators that received an $8 million, four-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Dr. Paul Boutros, Dr. Robert Reiter, and Dr. Huihui Ye of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received the 2020 Prostate Cancer Foundation Special Challenge Award.

Ibañez, an Argentine architect, will be an associate professor and chair of the department.

The Hammer Museum at UCLA will host a panel discussion about the Jan. 6 events and the aftermath.

The virtual event will help individuals who are looking to become much more physically active and nutritionally mindful.

Dolinko, who was remembered by colleagues for his intelligence, wit and generosity, was also a UCLA alumnus who served as editor-in-chief of the UCLA Law Review.

Hosea Nelson, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received the 2020 Novartis Early Career Award.

HaDuong will become the fourth director in the organization’s 55-year history and the first woman and person of color to lead the film archive.

The foundation’s gift will support the center’s research and programs, which are focused on the harm that vulnerable communities face from internet technologies.

Jonathan Stewart, professor of civil and environmental engineering, will provide guidance on the seismic design, performance ratings and rehabilitation of facilities.

The Council on Research’s Bridge Research Grant will provide up to $2,500 during 2021–22.

Ellen Sletten, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been awarded $1 million from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Weiss, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, bioengineering, and materials science and engineering, has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellow.

Moshe Buchinsky’s work is largely in applied econometrics and labor, developing and estimating structural models using microdata.

McCarthy, associate professor of design media arts at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, is showing her new work at the Chronus Art Center in Shanghai.