Faculty + Staff Archive

The holidays welcome Los Angeles Ballet’s family favorite "The Nutcracker," set in 1913 Los Angeles.

Funding from the U.S. Department of Health Resources and Administration will cover about half the tuition of selected minority and disadvantaged students.

Every weekday, Melanie Barboni welcomes clouds of hummingbirds to her office window with nectar she mixes from large bags of sugar and water. She recognizes 50 of the birds by names she has given them.

UCLA faculty Bob Goldberg and Edward Parson join other experts in a Zócalo Public Square/UCLA discussion.

Cassie Mogilner Holmes has been exploring the relationship between happiness, time and money for almost a decade. She’s looked deeply into such intriguing questions as: Does the meaning of happiness change as people age?

The computer scientist conducts research in big data analytics, data mining, bioinformatics and computational biology, and databases.

If winter days get you down, you’re not alone. You may have seasonal affective disorder, a type of depression triggered by the change of seasons.

Current and retired UCLA faculty and staff can receive four free admissions to the UCLA women's basketball game on Sunday, Dec. 11, against the University of Michigan.

UCLA's annual winter closure reduces energy consumption, costs.

The UCLA research professor of education was honored with the Research on Evaluation Award for significant accomplishments to the field.

'An Imaginative Offer' presents the unique voices of UCLA artists, architects, scholars and Los Angeles arts community leaders.

Noted cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto has been named the 2016-17 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Robert Montoya, UCLA doctoral candidate and staff member, is exploring the scientific community's evolving approach to sharing information online.

If your New Year's resolution is to get healthier and live a more satisfying life, consider becoming a volunteer.

Four faculty members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected as Fellows of IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

A festival celebrating the films, cuisine, fashion, popular and classical music artists, and graphic art of Russia, the Ukraine and the Baltics will kick off Friday, Dec. 9, at UCLA. 

The roots of America’s widespread opioid addiction are multifaceted and extend to the economy, bad medicine and corrupt pharmacists, said UCLA legal scholar and health policy expert Jill Horwitz.

The artist explores both personal and political issues on themes such as class, gender and race.

Dr. Ronald Mito, professor of clinical dentistry and executive associate dean for academic programs and personnel at the UCLA School of Dentistry, was awarded the 2016 Dr. Arthur A. Dugoni Faculty Award by the California Dental Association.

The Society of Multivariate Behavioral Research has awarded UCLA professor emeritus of computer science Judea Pearl the 2017 Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate Research.

The UCLA neurosurgeon received the William G. Lennox Award from the American Epilepsy Society.

Proceeds will benefit underprivileged families and individuals in L.A., as well as struggling UCLA students.

Distinguished Professor Michelle Craske has been named the 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology,  a premier organization for academic clinical psychology. 

Sherie Morrison is the recipient of the 2016 Immunology,  Inflammation,  Infection and Transplantation Excellence in Research Award, established to honor individuals who have made seminal contributions to basic and translational immunology.

Chih-Ming Ho, a UCLA distinguished research professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and of bioengineering, was recently elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.