Faculty + Staff Archive

Department of Art professor Catherine Opie received Smithsonian's 2016 Archives of American Art Medal, which honors the unique contributions of significant artists, collectors, dealers, historians and philanthropists in the American art world.

UCLA Health faculty’s resolutions are as diverse as the experts themselves.

UCLA professor Michael Cooperson of Near Eastern languages and cultures has won the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation for his Arabic-to-English translation of the “Virtues of the Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal " by Ibn al-Jawzī.

Geffen Academy at UCLA’s first students will be admitted for the 2017-18 academic year, in grades 6, 7 and 9, and up to half the students will be the children of UCLA staff and faculty.

Graeme Blair, assistant professor of political science, received the award from the UC Berkeley Center for Effective Global Action.

Three new books by UCLA School of Law faculty shine a light on non-traditional forms of practice in order to create greater access to legal services and to help lawyers master alternatives to litigation.

Associate director and principal investigator for the Center for Health Policy Research, Ponce will advise the center on issues related to health care and health surveys.

The Department of Italian at UCLA and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles will host Burri Prometheia, a symposium to examine the heritage and history surrounding “Grande Nero Cretto” (Large Black Crack).

On Dec. 14, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced funding for 290 projects in 43 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

UCLA professor of education Carlos Alberto Torres recently received a Doutoramento Honoris Causa from the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.

Join the Fowler Museum for an engaging afternoon as Lyssa Stapleton and Holly Jerger lead tours of exhibitions to examine contemporary work in the fiber arts at the Fowler Museum and at the Craft and Folk Art Museum.

John Russell Cauble, 83, a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television who headed the multimillion-dollar renovation of Royce Hall auditorium in 1998 four years after the Northridge earthquake, died Wednesday, Dec. 7.

A recipient of three Academy Awards and eight Grammy Awards, Burt Bacharach performs at Royce Hall in a concert that was originally scheduled for Oct. 1.

More than 300 UCLA staff stayed fit for the coming holidays by participating in UCLA Recreation's "12 Staircases of December" event that had them climbing a different set of stairs in 12 campus buildings beginning on Dec. 1.

Sale ends 12 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 18, so get your tickets now.

UCLA brain stimulation research using ultrasound to jump-start a man’s brain following a coma is the eighth best thing that happened in 2016 Wired reports in its ‘Best of 2016’ edition. The research may lead to new ways to treat patients in coma, Wired reports.

The UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center pharmacy will serve students and, in Fall 2017, faculty and staff.

Jazz, classical, world music, and composition faculty and staff at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music are among the artists who contributed to projects recognized by the Recording Academy with 2017 Grammy nominations.

The Middle East Librarians Association presented the 2016 David H. Partington Award to David Hirsch, a UCLA librarian who has specialized in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies since 1989.

Benjamin Madley received the inaugural Heyday Books History Award from a statewide publishing firm that celebrates and explores California's history, environment, and gives voice to its indigenous peoples.

Brett Steele, the director of London's Architectural Association School of Architecture, one of the world’s oldest and most influential schools of architecture, has been appointed dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.

Thanks to a multimillion-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, faculty, staff researchers, and students affiliated with the UCLA Luskin Institute of Transportation Studies will be part of a new regional transportation center.

The Modern Language Association of America will award its William Sanders Scarborough Prize to McMillan for his book "Embodied Avatars: Genealogies of Black Feminist Art and Performance."

UCLA psychiatrist Dr. James McCracken has been honored by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with the George Tarjan, M.D., Award for Contributions in Developmental Disabilities.

Tools and resources to help plan and manage international research, travel and other activities abroad are just some of the information that’s easily accessible on the systemwide UC Global Operations website launched this month.