Faculty + Staff Archive

What is the role of art in the public sphere? The destruction of Diego Rivera’s mural for the RCA Building in New York City is one of the best known examples of censorship in the United States.

Did you end up enrolled in the wrong medical plan for 2014?   UC made significant changes to its medical plan offerings for 2014, and some faculty and staff who did not make selections during Open Enrollment may have been defaulted to a plan...

The UCLA men’s basketball team opens its Pac-12 schedule at home against crosstown rival USC this Sunday at 12 p.m. Led by sophomore guard Jordan Adams, the high-scoring Bruins (14th in the country at 85.5 ppg) are 11-2 and the team is off to...

UC Online Education in partnership with systemwide Human Resources — Employee Relations, is offering a 33 percent discount on UCOE courses for the term beginning January 2014, on a pilot basis.   Registration is open now. To see the...

Scientists from UCLA are now bringing their groundbreaking stem cell science directly to patients in two new clinical trials scheduled to begin in early 2014, thanks to funding from California's stem cell agency. The new grants to researchers at ...

UCLA begins its annual campus closure on Saturday, Dec. 21, with many buildings shut down to save energy and money. The campus reopens Thursday, Jan. 2, and winter-quarter instruction begins Monday, Jan. 6.   During the closure, heating,...

World-renowned dentist-scientist Dr. Cun-Yu Wang, the No-Hee Park Endowed Professor and chair of the Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, has been elected a foreign member to the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Wang is also associate dean for ...

Whether you're taking your first step toward alternative transportation or looking to green your already eco-friendly commute, these 10 New Year's resolutions will give you ideas for 2014.

UCLA Recreation instructor offers advice on staying young, vibrant  Joan Frances Moran, a yoga and meditation instructor for UCLA Recreation, has been selected as the featured presenter for the Brandeis National Committee Woman’s...

UCLA Anderson Forecast economists have a New Year’s resolution for the nation: Start saving now before it’s too late. A slow-rolling catastrophe of grossly inadequate national savings is upon us, and the crisis will affect us on...

A writer for UCLA Today shares the burn, sweat and tears (OK, not tears) of running up and down more than 16,000 steps this month.

Professor Timothy Malloy has been reappointed to a second term on the California Department of Toxic Substances Green Ribbon Science Panel. The panel provides advice and acts as a resource to the director of the department of toxic substances and the ...

A scientist, together with a graduate student, used cutting-edge research tools at UCLA to help Turkish archaeologists decipher a large, neolithic mural that many believe is the world's earliest depiction of a volcanic eruption.

A Nobel laureate; leading-edge scientists, scholars and doctors; national champion athletes; and selfless philanthropists were among the multitude of True Bruins who played pivotal roles in making 2013 a remarkable year for UCLA. For this unofficial...

Rachael Jablo has had chronic migraines since 2008. If she doesn't take medication, the pain is so severe that she cannot speak. Unfortunately, a side effect of the medication is that she forgets words. To document her experience and help her...

Pianist Gloria Cheng, lecturer in the UCLA Department of Music, has been nominated for a Grammy Award. Her album, "The Edge of Light," (Harmonia Mundi) is under consideration for the award for best classical instrumental solo. Cheng won a Grammy in ...

Rebeca Mendez, a professor in the design | media arts department at UCLA, has created public art pieces for the new Pico Rivera Library. The installments will be unveiled at the grand opening of the library, which is already gaining buzz for its ...

  Santa Paws made a visit today to the James West Alumni Center where dogs — some wearing their Yuletide best — gathered to celebrate the holidays. The furry, four-footed guests were brought to work by some UCLA...

Lee E. Ohanian, a UCLA professor of economics and director of UCLA’s Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research, provided expert testimony Dec. 12 before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C. Ohanian testified on the history of ...

Dr. Walton Li, a UCLA alumnus and an internationally recognized specialist and leader in the field of ophthalmology, has made a $2 million gift to create the Walton Li Chair in Cornea and Uveitisat the Stein Eye Institute. This chair will support the ...

Kimberly Kessler, whose food policy background includes extensive experience working on issues of nutrition, food access and food system sustainability, has been named the policy and special programs director of the Resnick Program for Food Law and ...

Laurence Lavelle, a senior researcher and distinguished lecturer in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, recently added three textbooks to the list of those he has co-authored. His newest publications are the sixth editions of "Chemical ...

Despite an agreement between the United States and Russia to put the Assad regime’s chemical arsenal under international control, Syria’s brutal civil war rages on, with thousands more killed and millions more made refugees. On Dec. 12...

Sondra Hale, an emerita professor in the departments of anthropology and gender studies and affiliated faculty member of UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, delivered the keynote address at the Congress of the International ...