Yu Huang receives 2025 Global Energy Prize July 10, 2025 The award recognizes her pioneering work in the field of catalyst development.
Materials scientist Daniel Schwalbe-Koda wins second AI innovation award July 9, 2025 The award is from the Scialog program for collaborative research into AI-supported and partially automated synthetic chemistry.
Computer scientist Aditya Grover receives early career AI award July 9, 2025 The professor is being honored by the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence for his contributions to AI.
‘A voice for good’: Celebrating faculty and emeriti philanthropy July 7, 2025 The UCLA College honored the ripple effect of these special donors’ visionary generosity.
Anne Rimoin honored by Society for Epidemiologic Research July 7, 2025 She received the Roger Detels Distinguished Researcher Award in infectious disease epidemiology.
Aparna Sridhar honored with Kaiser-Permanente Award for Excellence in Teaching July 7, 2025 The distinction recognizes exceptional educators who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to medical student education.
Erica Oberman recognized for contributions to clinical education July 7, 2025 The Serge and Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award recognizes sustained excellence in clinical and classroom teaching.
No-Hee Park, former dental school dean, releases autobiography July 3, 2025 The book traces the distinguished professor’s five-decade career in higher education and his journey from South Korea to the U.S.
UCLA wins six CASE Circle of Excellence Awards July 3, 2025 The annual global competition recognized UCLA Strategic Communications, the Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health, and the UCLA College.
Michael Berry’s translations make contemporary Chinese fiction accessible to Americans July 2, 2025 UCLA professor chooses text that an AI platform almost certainly could not translate.
Cuts to federal science spending will cost every American June 29, 2025 The University of California and UC campuses are pressing Congress to reject proposed budget cuts and reinvest in our national science agencies.
Richard Shemin receives 2025 Sherman Mellinkoff Faculty Award June 27, 2025 He is being honored for his exceptional dedication to the doctor-patient relationship and to medical education.
Dr. Francisco Ramos-Gomez receives 2025 Borrow Memorial Award June 27, 2025 The international honor recognizes leadership in preventive oral health.
UCLA Magazine wins top honors at L.A. Press Club’s Southern California journalism awards June 26, 2025 Over the past two years, the UCLA Strategic Communications publication has collected a string of professional accolades.
June 27–29: Café UCLA honors 50th anniversary of Arthur Ashe’s Wimbledon victory June 25, 2025 The Westwood pop-up will celebrate the alumnus' historic win and feature a panel discussion, giveaways and a limited-edition tennis collection.
Charles Alexander celebrates a legacy of helping students through their UCLA journeys June 25, 2025 The retiring director transformed an academic support program for first-generation and under-resourced students.
In memoriam: Anahid Jewett, 66, immunologist and leading researcher in natural killer cells June 24, 2025 She was a UCLA School of Dentistry faculty member for the past 26 years and was director of the tumor immunology lab.
Community-engaged scholarship, research drive Michelle Caswell as she deepens UCLA’s local engagement June 23, 2025 She is promoting research and teaching to help deepen the university’s relationship with Los Angeles.
Dialogue across Difference: These instructors are bringing a new approach into the classroom June 18, 2025 UCLA’s first cohort of DaD faculty fellows will foster teaching that builds connection, empathy and common ground around complex issues.
Justin McManus to lead UCLA Marching Band June 17, 2025 McManus will serve as an assistant professor of music and director of athletic bands and associate director of bands.
Paromita Biswas named UCLA’s 2025 Librarian of the Year June 17, 2025 Biswas was honored for her work leading UCLA Library’s Ethical Description Project Team, which supports inclusive access to UCLA collections.
Ariel West joins UCLA Film & Television Archive as 2025 artist-in-residence June 17, 2025 West will develop a film on Los Angeles’ oil-driven history, mixing archival footage with new material.
Vanessa Casha earns early career prize for Huntington’s disease research June 10, 2025 The prize is awarded to an early-career researcher “whose work reflects the highest caliber of excellence, diligence and creative thinking.”
A midlife career shift for Michael Jung led to breakthroughs in fight against prostate cancer June 4, 2025 Jung, who will deliver UCLA’s 130th Faculty Research Lecture, explains how he developed cancer-fighting drugs.
Kara Calkins honored with Serge and Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award June 3, 2025 The professor is being recognized for her sustained commitment to medical education and contributions to patient care.