Faculty + Staff Archive

UCLA's fellows, honored for distinguished efforts to advance science, are among 338 scholars named this year to the prestigious scientific society.

If you’re currently enrolled in one of the four UC medical plans that are being discontinued, make your changes now. Open Enrollment closes on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. Discontinued plans include Anthem Blue Cross PLUS or PPO, Anthem Lumenos...

Gary Blasi, professor in the UCLA School of Law, was honored Dec. 3 with the Access to Justice Lifetime Achievement Award by the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA). He was chosen for his significant work in increasing access to the legal ...

Peter Loewenberg, UCLA emeritus professor of history in the College of Letters and Science, was recently unanimously elected an honorary member of the Deutschen Psychoanalytischen Vereinigung, DPV (German Psychoanalytic Association). The honor comes ...

On April 23, 2013, Fielding School professor Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey lost her battle with lung cancer at age 55. During the last few weeks of her life she was followed by a Showtime documentary crew as she reflected on her career as an advocate...

Gary Blasi, professor of law emeritus, was honored by the Eviction Defense Network for his longstanding commitment to extending legal services to the under-represented at the organization’s 10-year anniversary celebration, which was held Nov. 14, 2013 ...

Marla Berns, the Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum at UCLA, received the medal of chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic at a Nov. 12 ceremony at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris. The ceremony, conducted ...

Berns was inducted into the order Nov. 12 in recognition of her contributions to the arts and artists of Africa and her promotion of cultural exchange between France and the U.S.

Dr. Eric Savitsky, professor of emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, received the Hospital Physician Leadership Award from The Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) and the ...

Carlos Mechoso, UCLA professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, was awarded $722,973 by the U.S. Department of Energy for work that aims to better understand how minute particles in the atmosphere affect the climate of the Amazon. The award is one ...

Two prominent faculty members in the College of Letters and Science cemented their legacy of distinction at UCLA by making a joint testamentary pledge of $1 million.

UCLA's Pilipino community and many campus organizations have banded together this week to collect donations on Bruin Walk as well as in north and south campus for disaster relief for Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda victims in the Philippines. On Friday, Nov....

Spiritual belief often plays a significant role alongside the miracles of modern medicine as patients struggle to deal with life-threatening illnesses. At UCLA’s two hospitals, doctors, nurses and chaplains work as an integrated care team....

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has awarded associate professor Hilary Coller of molecular, cell and development biology, a New Idea Award, a grant program designed to identify novel research strategies with high potential for significant impact on ...

William Marotti, an associate professor of history and a scholar with the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, recently published a book, "Money, Trains, and Guillotines: Art and Revolution in 1960s Japan," that has garnered attention from ...

The Hammer Museum will be the location for a scent concert performed by the Los Angeles-based Institute for Art and Olfaction doing its interpretation of a scent concert put on in 1902 by German Japanese poet, artist and critic Sadakichi...

Dr. David Feinberg was recognized Nov. 11 by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of "300 Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know." Feinberg is the president of the UCLA Health System and associate vice chancellor for health sciences. He is a ...

The grant from the California Energy Commission will help to identify and develop new materials, methodologies and software tools for zero-net energy buildings.

Suzanne M. Bianchi, a UCLA sociologist who helped define the field of family demography with her research into the dramatic changes in the American family in the latter half of the 20th century, died Nov. 4. She was 61.

Bianchi, who helped define the field of family demography with her groundbreaking research, died Nov. 4, a short time after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 61.

Chancellor Gene Block has joined University of California President Janet Napolitano and nine other chancellors in urging California's congressional delegation to repeal sequestration and pass a FY2014 federal budget that strongly supports the...

Robin Scott Fisher, an internationally known UCLA neuroscientist and anatomist who made seminal contributions to understanding the development and function of the central nervous system, died of a heart attack on Nov. 11 in Philadelphia. He was 61.

Christine L. Borgman, professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, has been awarded the University of Pittsburgh's 225th Anniversary Medallion. The honor commemorates the ...

Elizabeth Laugeson, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, has published a new book to guide parents in helping their socially challenged children make and keep friends. “The ...

Fisher, an internationally known researcher who made seminal contributions to understanding the central nervous system, died of a heart attack Nov. 11. He was 61.