Faculty + Staff

Dr. Antoni Ribas, director of the tumor immunology program at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, was honored by the Hope Funds for Cancer Research.

Andrea Bertozzi was recognized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for her outstanding research contributions.

Keriann Backus, an assistant professor of biological chemistry, and chemistry and biochemistry, has earned a Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Terence Tao was selected for the honor that commemorates the legacy of Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie, who believed strongly in both immigration and citizenship.

Alyson Fletcher will investigate the basic question of how sensory data is encoded in the brain.

Adriana Galván and Dr. Shafali Jeste have been honored for their “exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.”

The UCLA Office of Annual Giving is looking for volunteers to participate in a video that will be filmed on campus to promote its eighth annual Blue and Gold Challenge.

Q&A with Miriam Posner, assistant professor of information studies and digital humanities, on the growth of museums putting more of their collections online.

The performance will take place from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the Powell Library Rotunda and is open to the public.

As a Guggenheim fellow, Sylvan Oswald will embark on a project that sheds new light on the events of Virginia Woolf’s novel, “Orlando: A Biography.”

UCLA’s Monica Smith tracks the ways metropolitan hubs in different parts of the world emerged unrelated to one another, but in similar forms.

Jonathan Kao has been selected to be a recipient of award, which goes to assistant professors to support research and help promote career advancement.

Neil Garg has been awarded the 2019 James Flack Norris Teaching Award by the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society.

Lynn Vavreck and her co-authors received the 2019 Richard E. Neustadt Prize for the Best Book on Executive Politics.

The 2019 Scholarship and Awards Recognition Ceremony paid tribute to those who support the UCLA mission through their work.

UCLA School of Law’s soccer expert, Steven Bank, weighs in on the legal issues facing the beautiful game.

Dr. Steven Dubinett, of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been honored by the American Lung Association for his work.

The center received the award from the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.

The $10,000 research grants will allow professor develop new undergraduate research courses in which students will partner with community organizations.

Kinderman has been named inaugural holder of the Leo M. Klein and Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Andrea Ghez, who demonstrated the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, received the honor during Oxford’s annual Encaenia ceremony.

Langer was a long-time faculty member and administrator at UCLA who went on to establish a college-readiness program for underprivileged youth.

The $25,000 donation will support initiatives serving military caregivers.

Harold Torrence, associate professor of linguistics in the UCLA College, became enamored of linguistics as an undergraduate at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Henry Takei, distinguished clinical professor of periodontics at UCLA, was recently awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.