Faculty + Staff Archive

The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA will hold a symposium, "Race and Hollywood," Thursday, Feb. 6. The symposium is part of the Bunche center’s ongoing project to create a comprehensive analysis of diversity —...

The UCLA athletic department has received a $1 million donation from former tennis student-athlete John Mapes and his wife, Carrie. The donation will be used to endow four scholarships at UCLA as part of the Four Deep Scholarship Endowment Campaign. ...

James Liao was recognized by the academy for his work using a variety of sources -- carbon dioxide, sugars and proteins -- to produce more efficient biofuels.

An article by Laura Abrams, associate professor of social welfare at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, has been named the best article to be published in 2013 in the academic journal Social Service Review. "Juvenile Justice at a Crossroads: ...

James Liao, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Professor of Chemical Engineering in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received the 2014 National Academy of Sciences Award for the Industrial Application of Science. Liao ...

Donald Shoup, distinguished professor of urban planning in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, has become the nation’s oft-quoted, go-to expert on parking. 

When the worst typhoon in history devastated the Philippines last November, UCLA nurse Joanne Contreras e-mailed Dr. David Feinberg, president of the UCLA Health System and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System.

Six faculty members of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies were included on this year's list of "RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings" published by Education Week. Those recognized are Marcelo Suárez-Orozco (dean of ...

Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, recently responded to a few quirky questions in the informality of Zocalo's green room before participating in a panel last month in a "Thinking L.A." event co-sponsored by UCLA.

Benjamin Britten Continuing the long and fruitful relationship between UCLA and the L.A. Opera, prolific conductor James Conlon will present a series of lectures on the works of British composer Benjamin Britten beginning Thursday, Feb. 6. The...

Following an extensive national search, Dr. Robert Cherry has been selected as chief medical and quality officer for UCLA Health System. In this capacity, he will lead quality improvement efforts across the entire health system with the goal of ...

Mona Jarrahi, associate professor of electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers — the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. ...

UCLA Anderson professor and co-chair of the Behavioral Decision-Making Group Shlomo Benartzi celebrated the New Year with accolades in two industry-leading publications. NAPA Net — The Magazine, published quarterly by the national association of plan ...

University of California medical centers and physicians are playing an important part in helping increase access to health care through the federal Affordable Care Act.   The law is expected to expand health insurance coverage to millions of...

The online master’s degree program at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has been ranked the No. 2 online engineering program in the country by U.S. News and World Report.   UCLA is the highest-ranked...

  There’s something smelly about researcher Christina Agapakis’ recent work — which is just as she intended.Emitting odors that range from fragrant to fetid are nearly a dozen one-of-a-kind, designer cheeses that Agapakis, a...

Ali Sayed, professor of electrical engineering and director of the UCLA Adaptive Systems Laboratory, has been awarded the 2013 Meritorious Service Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Signal Processing Society for ...

Dariush Divsalar, UCLA adjunct professor of electrical engineering, has been selected for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Alexander Graham Bell Medal, for, "fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of channel ...

Camping out in comfort. Students stake their claim to the best seats for the Jan. 9 men's basketball game between UCLA and No. 1-ranked Arizona. Photo by Christelle Snow, UCLA. Several hundred students camped out (one group even had a big-screen...

Jarrahi is among 102 scientists and engineers to receive this year's award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on researchers in the early stages of their careers.

Three young UCLA researchers in the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior have been named the 2014 Friends of the Semel Institute Scholars. Tara Peris, Dr. Felipe Jain and Erin Kelly (shown left to right in photo) will receive funding to ...

Louis Gomez, chair of the UCLA Department of Education, has been elected to the National Academy of Education. A professor in the Urban Schooling Division and the Principal Leadership Division at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information ...

While some oft-cited labor statistics suggest that the average American worker will have as many as seven careers over his or her lifetime, many researchers say that number is implausibly high. But Dr. James I. Ausman has come close.   In the...

Fowler Out Loud will feature a free concert by jazz trio The Chrio on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. The Chrio is led by jazz studies major Harmony Chua, with bass from Nashir Janmohamed and drums by David Laudicina. The Chrio will improvise on themes...

Join the UCLA Film and Television Archive in celebrating the career of Emmy-award winning director Robert Butler at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 24. Butler, who directed pilot episodes of such series as "Hogan’s Heroes," "Star Trek"...