Faculty + Staff Archive

Employees still adjusting to the recent flooding enjoy eating, relaxing and dancing at the 10th annual thank you celebration for staff from every campus department.

The Hammer is inviting all families in the Los Angeles area to its courtyard to reflect on the timeless question: Why does art matter?

UCLA Fowler Museum is hosting 'Mask Making' as part of its Kids in the Courtyard series on Sunday, August 17 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

"GHOST SHIFT," an exhibition featuring work by UCLA Department of Art staff members Chris Bassett, Ed Beller, Deanna Erdmann, Ben Evans, Whitney Hubbs, Jared Pankin and Steven Simon, opens at the New Wight Gallery.

James C. Liao, UCLA's Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Chair in Chemical Engineering, has been named to Taiwan's Academia Sinica, the preeminent academic institution in the Republic of China.

Mona Jarrahi, associate professor of electrical engineering at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been selected to receive the 2014 Booker Fellowship.

Eli Yablonovitch, adjunct professor of electrical engineering at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been selected to receive the 2014 Rank Prize.

Leonard Kleinrock, professor of computer science in UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, received the SIGMOBILE Outstanding Contribution Award.

Stanley Osher, UCLA professor of mathematics and director of applied mathematics, is the third person ever to receive the prestigious Gauss Prize, the highest honor in applied mathematics.

Sherell Vance has joined the UCLA softball staff as director of operations, and Hayden Maurice has joined as volunteer assistant coach, announced coach Kelly Inouye-Perez.

George Hilton, a UCLA professor of transportation economics, died Aug. 4 of heart failure at Lorien Health Park in Columbia, Maryland.

Professor Diana Huffaker has been selected by IEEE as a Distinguished Lecturer for year 2015 in the area of photonic devices. As a Distinguished Lecturer, Prof. Huffaker will help lead the Photonics Society in technical developments that will shape ...

UCLA’s Hammer Museum presents the latest “Flux” screening of short films, music videos, filmmaker retrospectives and visual artwork from around the world, on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Admission is free.

UCLA Transportation reopened about 500 spaces in Parking Structure 4 to a limited number of permit holders today.

UCLA geographer Yongkang Xue is heading a team of researchers who have received a four-year, $2.15 million grant from the National Science Foundation to look at forces driving climate change in East Asia over the next 30 years.

Christopher Tang, Distinguished Professor in Decisions, Operations and Technology Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, has been named editor-in-chief of 'Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.'

Dr. Kathryn Atchison, professor of dentistry and vice provost for new collaborative initiatives at UCLA, has been tapped to join the Office of the Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) in the National Institutes of Health.

Terence Tao will be honored December 1 for his “many deep and varied contributions to mathematics.”

MyUCLA — the campus portal that enables students to register for classes, check their grades, track financial aid, plan their social calendars and more — is a Golden Award winner in the University of California’s 2014 Larry L. Sautter Awards.

Dr. Rick Harrison, UCLA professor of clinical pediatrics and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, has been appointed interim Chief Medical Officer for Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. 

Mats Gunnar Granlund, a staff member in UCLA’s Graduate Division, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on July 3 while engaging in one of his favorite activities — playing squash at UCLA’s John Wooden Center. He was 61.

Dr. Lee Todd Miller is the new Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the David Geffen School of Medicine. Miller is a professor of clinical pediatrics and vice chair for education in the department of pediatrics. He is also a member of the medical ...

Professor Barbara Drucker has been named the inaugural associate dean of Community Engagement and Arts Education in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.

Shane Que Hee, professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has received the Volunteer Group Service Award from the American Industrial Hygiene Association.

UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television made The Hollywood Reporter’s 'Top Film Schools' issue, taking the No. 3 spot — up from No. 4 last year — of 25 American schools on the list.