Faculty + Staff Archive

Its growing popularity comes from the stimulating conversations and warm camaraderie that dinner guests and hosts embrace.

Dr. David Talan is on a research team that's studying whether treating appendicitis solely with antibiotics can be a safe, effective and less expensive alternative to surgery.

Stephanie Seidlits, an assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received the NSF's highest honor for faculty members at the start of their careers.

Students from the UCLA Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures will perform the poetry and music from various countries such as Russia, Romania, Hungary, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Poland.

A professor of advanced prosthodontics and bioengineering at the UCLA School of Dentistry has received second-phase funding for his research on a project for the Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration.

Professor Megan Franke is one of three UC faculty members elected to the National Academy of Education.

The team launching the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge is inviting non-represented staff members to participate in a groundbreaking, campuswide initiative aimed at understanding, preventing and treating depression. 

The annual awards recognize technology projects that demonstrate the program’s values, including innovation, collaboration and operational efficiency, and that advance UC’s teaching, research, health care,and public service missions.

John Agnew, UCLA distinguished professor of geography, has spent his scholarly career examining the politics of place.

“The Great Transmission” explores the remarkable journeys of Tibetan Buddhist knowledge over the 2,500 years of its existence.

Jonathan Hopkins, Mona Jarrahi, Daniel Kamei and Ajit Mal were four faculty members who were honored at an annual awards dinner.

Every year as Californians file their state income taxes, they have an opportunity to help University of California researchers and others in the fight against cancer.

As part of Desert X, a contemporary art exhibition in Palm Springs, UCLA art professor Jennifer Bolande provides a cinematic experience for passersby animated by driving along the Gene Autry Trail.

The UCLA Luskin Community Scholars received national recognition in the applied research category from the American Planning Association’s professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, for a 2015-16 study.

UCLA professor and vice chair of the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences Alex Hall will be honored as an innovator in climate change research by Climate Resolve, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit.

The biannual Faculty Research Lecture presents the work of UCLA's most distinguished scholars to give the campus and the greater community an opportunity to gain a new perspective on their scholarly achievements.

UCLA Campus Architect Jeffrey B. Averill, 61, who oversaw the design of every major campus building for 15 years and shepherded UCLA’s transformation into an environmentally friendly institution, died Feb. 27.

UCLA physics professor Joseph Rudnick recalls his father's bold experiment and result that verified a later theory that won three other physicists the 2016 Nobel Prize.

Staff across the UC system with an interest in public policy, advocacy and the future direction of the university are encouraged to apply.

Jessica Peake, director of UCLA School of Law's International and Comparative Law Program, traveled to Kabul in January to serve as a judge at the Afghanistan National Rounds of the Phillip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

UCLA professor of radiological sciences Michael McNitt-Gray has agreed to serve as the new assistant vice chancellor for radiation safety.

UCLA’s extensive water-saving program garnered the Water Efficiency Project of the Year award, presented by the environmentally focused organization the Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge at its third annual Innovation Awards ceremony.

UCLA will hold three workshops on campus over the next year to assess and enhance STEM programs for undergraduates.

In early February, South Africa’s University of the Free State, Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands and UCLA held their fourth symposium on diversity and equity in higher education.

The event is a tribute to Dr. David Coffey, a psychiatrist and UCLA faculty member who died in 2012. He was a movie aficionado, and the annual screening is held in his honor.