Faculty + Staff Archive

Law professor emeritus Gary Blasi has received the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award for his work in the public interest.

Diane de Anda, UCLA professor emerita of social welfare, embarked on a new career as an author of children's books after her retirement.

Angel investors Scott and Cyan Banister have given $125,000 to support UCLA School of Law’s First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic.

Patrick Allard, UCLA assistant professor of environmental health sciences, has been awarded the 2015 International ToxScholar Grant from the Society of Toxicology.

Nurit Katz, UCLA’s inaugural sustainability officer, took the post of new executive officer of UCLA Facilities Management on Feb. 1.

Melnitz Movies, a program of the UCLA Graduate Student Association, presents a free preview of 'The Iron Ministry,' a new documentary film by director J.P. Sniadecki, on Friday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. at the James Bridges Theater.

Contributions to the UC Retirement Plan will not increase in July, as they have in the past few years. Because of reforms recommended by the Post-Employment Benefits Task Force and approved by the regents in 2010, employer and employee contributions now cover the annual cost of the plan.

Donna Coyne, associate director of admissions at UC Santa Barbara, reflects on her two-year term, ending July 1, as staff advisor to the UC Regents.

The book 'Immigration Outside the Law,' by UCLA School of Law professor Hiroshi Motomura, has won the Association of American Publishers 2015 Professional and Scholarly Excellence Award in the Law and Legal Studies category.

Smadar Naoz, assistant professor in the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been selected to receive a 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Only 36 percent of commuters drive alone, according to UCLA’s annual State of the Commute report.

UC chief investment officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher manages the UC pension, endowment, short-term and total-return investment pools.

Hilal Elver, the newly appointed United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, will participate in two UCLA School of Law events.

UCLA sociology professor Judith Seltzer has been appointed to the National Research Council’s Standing Committee on Reengineering Census Operations.

Paintings by Silke Otto-Knapp are being showcased in the exhibition 'Land Lies in Water' at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada through July 19.

While war rages in Syria, that country's people can still experience the culture and history of the region’s Mesopotamian roots through an exhibit made possible by a Kurdish nonprofit organization and UCLA archaeologist Giorgio Buccellati.

Dan Goebel and Gabor Temes have been elected as members of the National Academy of Engineering. The award recognizes contributions and innovations to engineering research, practice or education. 

Join Sean Metzger for a book talk at the Charles E. Young Research Library on Feb. 26 when he will focus on three iconic items of Chinese fashion: the queue, the quipao and the Mao suit.  

The UCLA Law School in conjunction with the Healthy Campus Initiative and many student groups will present "From Healing to Action: Advancing Policing Equality" on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. in the UCLA School of Law, room 1347.

Adam Schoenberg will have his compositions performed internationally this year.

Alfred Osborne Jr., senior associate dean and professor of global economics and management at UCLA Anderson School of Management, in conversation with Dean Judy Olian.

'Museum of Endo-luminosity opening on Thursday, Feb. 19, 5-7 p.m. at UCLA's Art|Sci Gallery at the California NanoScience Institute.

UCLA chief privacy officer Kent Wada and professor Christine Borgman have been named to lead a newly created UCLA data governance task force.

Health insurance provider Anthem Inc. is offering identity repair assistance and credit monitoring services, in response to the recent data breach, to current and former members enrolled in 2004 or later.

Professor Carol Bakhos, director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion, will launch her new book with a panel discussion on Thursday, Feb. 19, 12 p.m. at 6275 Bunche Hall.