Faculty + Staff Archive

Students in political science professor Kathleen Bawn's hybrid "Politics and Strategy" view videotaped lectures online (above), then attend weekly in-class workshops with Bawn and her TAs to fine-tune what they've learned. Kathleen Bawn, a...

Most University of California employees will see only small increases in monthly premiums for medical insurance next year and some people's rates will go down, a marked departure from the pattern of price increases in recent years.   The...

With big changes coming to UC’s 2014 health benefits that will affect nearly a third of employees systemwide, it’s more important than ever to have the information you need to make smart choices during Open Enrollment, Oct. 28-Nov. 26. Learn about...

Alison Grimes, director of the UCLA Audiology Clinic and assistant clinical professor in head and neck surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was reappointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the state’s Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology ...

Baljit Khakh, executive vice chair of physiology and a professor of physiology and neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was one of 12 scientists chosen for the National Institutes of Health’s Pioneer Award. The award was ...

Carlos Alberto Torres, professor of education and the director of the Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA, was recently appointed associate dean for global programs at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS).  “One of my ...

  NBC Janet Napolitano assumes the post of UC president today. The University of California today welcomed Janet Napolitano, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and twice-elected governor of Arizona,...

September 30, 2013   UC COMMUNITY OF LEARNINGDear Friends:It is a privilege and an honor to write to you today, my first day as the twentieth President of the University of California. I am both excited and humbled by the...

A consortium of the five University of California medical campuses at Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco has been awarded a $12 million grant and designated as a Center for Accelerated Innovations, one of three in the country, by ...

Learn how you can save time and money and be part of UCLA's efforts to create a healthy and sustainable campus. Staff Assembly is hosting a Learn-at-Lunch event to inform you about UCLA Transportation's alternative transportation programs. Commuting...

America's leading youth choral institution, the National Children’s Chorus (NCC) recently announced a partnership with UCLA. The bi-coastal organization is moving its West Coast rehearsals to Schoenberg Hall, home base for the UCLA Herb Alpert School ...

UCLA School of Law's Kuong Ly wants his immigrant success story to become the norm, not the exception. Kuong Ly wants to be known not only for where he comes from, but for where he’s going.   The second-year UCLA School of Law...

Some big changes and new choices in medical plans are coming to Open Enrollment this fall.UC is offering a revamped menu of plans for 2014 that offers better value and clearer choices, including two new plans: Blue Shield Health Savings Plan, which...

Professor Edythe London,  the Thomas P. and Katherine K. Pike Chair of Addiction Studies at UCLA and an internationally recognized expert in the subject of drug addiction, provided scientific testimony Sept. 18 in Washington, D.C., to the U.S. House ...

Barry Sanders, adjunct professor in communication studies in the UCLA College of Letters and Science and an international attorney, is coming out next month with a new book, "The Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games" (Arcadia Publishers, 2013), which offers ...

A multimillion-dollar gift from the Melvin and Bren Simon Charitable Foundation is allowing the UCLA Division of Digestive Diseases to provide patients with an innovative home health program; supports new, minimally invasive treatment procedure; and ...

Judea Pearl, emeritus professor of computer science in the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, is being awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree from Texas A&M University. With the approval of the board of regents of the ...

In her blockbuster book former L.A. Deputy Mayor Joy Chen argues that, contrary to Chinese tradition, life is not over for single women over 30 in China. The unofficial motto of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs comes from its dean,...

Professor Christopher Erickson has been named the new senior associate vice provost and director of the UCLA International Institute. In this newly created position, Erickson will be responsible for managing the activities of the institute’s various ...

The UCLA Hammer Museum on Monday announced Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood — an initiative aimed at trying to help revitalize Westwood Village by tapping into Los Angeles’ creative community by having local artisans and craftspeople open...

Professor of social welfare and public policy Fernando Torres-Gil has been named the recipient of the 2013 Legacy of Leadership Award from the White House Fellows Foundation & Association. Torres-Gil, a former chair of the social welfare department ...

Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry have been awarded nearly $2 million over five years from NIH's National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to study the progression of osteonecrosis of the jaw.