Faculty + Staff Archive

Owen Husney, who teaches music business at UCLA Extension, recalls what made Prince’s music so different, negotiating the first record deal and how his experiences with Prince influence his teaching.

Associate professor Anastassia Alexandrova of the department of chemistry and biochemistry has been honored with a 2016 Rising Star Award, which recognizes exceptional women chemists on a national level.

Talented students of the Ray Bolger Musical Theater program stage a new revival of the classic musical.

UCLA faculty with expertise in international politics, labor movements and more discuss Brazil's current political crisis on May 4, 4-5:30 p.m. at the Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Meet an 11-foot python, 100-pound tortoise, exotic birds, reptiles, lizards and more at a Kids in the Courtyard event, Sunday 2-4 p.m. at the Fowler Museum.

Alexander Astin, the Allan M. Cartter Distinguished Professor of Higher Education Emeritus at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College Personnel.

To celebrate jazz legend Duke Ellington’s 117th birthday, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Department of Ethnomusicology will be hosting a concert to honor his life and work.

Research on incarceration in the United States by UCLA Luskin public policy professor Michael Stoll figures prominently in a newly released report on criminal justice reform by the White House Council of Economic Advisors. 

The David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health need your help to select four winning projects that aim to transform health in the Los Angeles region.

Associate professor Heather Roberge, associate vice chair in the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, is a recipient of the Emerging Voices 16 Award from the Architectural League New York.

David Wacker and his siblings Gerry, Beverly and Michael — all UCLA alumni — have donated 46 acres of land in Kern County to the UCLA Meteorite Collection.

Peter Bisanz has been appointed the new executive director of the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Dean Teri Schwartz announced today.  

University Parents Nursery School, located in University Village under sponsorship of the UCLA Office of Residential Life, is celebrating its 50th anniversary under director Rachel Graves, who’s been at the school for 28 years.

To UCLA visual artist Casey Reas, writing computer code and programming are not so much technical skills as “thinking” skills that he has managed to apply to artistic expression to great effect.

Jenessa Shapiro, associate professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was recently named one of 2016’s "Best 40 Under 40 Professors" by Poets and Quants, a news website devoted to the coverage of business schools and MBA programs.

Aydogan Ozcan, Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named a 2016 distinguished lecturer by by the IEEE Photonics Society.

If you’ve ever contemplated becoming a vegetarian, check out how eating a plant-based diet isn’t just good for your health. It happens to also be good for the Earth’s health.

The Academic Senate and its Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity announced Thursday the recipients of the 2015-2016 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards.

A recent UCLA book drive motivated students, faculty and staff to collect or donate more than 1,500 books for the library of a state women's prison in Southern California.  

The Bruins have returned to the field to kick off four weeks of spring practice, and their annual spring showcase, presented by Toyota, will cap off the spring football season on Saturday.

Yang Yang, holder of the Carol and Lawrence E. Tannas Jr. Chair in Engineering at UCLA, received an achievement award from the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of California.

Members of the academy include some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers and artists.

The second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance Day at UCLA will showcase King’s efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion and explore the role of athletes as activists.

With Blue Shield of California’s rate guarantees expiring, UC has selected Anthem to replace Blue Shield as the claims administrator and network provider for four UC health care plans.

Fidelity Charitable, an independent public charity with one of the nation's largest donor-advised fund programs, announced that Alfred E. Osborne Jr. has been elected chair of its Board of Trustees.