Faculty + Staff Archive

Beginning next year, consumers walking into a chain restaurant anywhere in the country will get an eyeful — calorie counts next to their favorite triple-triple burger with extra everything. While many jurisdictions, including California,...

Four prominent researchers from UCLA’s Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have received Early Translational research awards totaling approximately $13 million from the California Institute for Regenerative ...

Shuhsi Kao, emerita professor in the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies, died Aug. 9 in Madison, Wis. from complications of diabetes, heart disease and lung disease. She was 68.

Jesse Rissman, assistant professor of psychology, is one of 25 young scientists at research universities across the country chosen to receive grants totaling more than $12 million for basic research to address some of the Department of Defense’s most ...

When government, the media and the public try to make sense of drug policy in America, the expert they turn to is Mark Kleiman, public policy professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. A renowned researcher, blogger, author and...

Professor Hiroshi Motomura was named one of the 26 "best law teachers" in the United States, in the recently published book, "What The Best Law Teachers Do."

Dr. Clarence H. Braddock III has been appointed vice dean for education in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, beginning Nov. 1. Braddock currently serves as associate dean of undergraduate and graduate medical education at Stanford ...

A team of scientists from the UCLA has been awarded a three-year, $2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund research aimed at increasing the quality of donor livers. Dr. Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski, principal investigator for the project ...

Dr. Hanna Mikkola, a member of the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research and the Jonsson Comprehensive Center, has been named the 2013 recipient of the McCulloch and Till Award by the Society for Hematology ...

Adey Nyamathi, professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, was selected as the winner in the California category of “Advancing and Leading the Profession” for the nurse.com GEM Awards. This award acknowledges an R.N. who is well-known and respected as a ...

An Yin, UCLA professor of Earth and space sciences, has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)  for "outstanding unification of field observation and quantitative theory to achieve breakthrough insights into the evolution of ...

A new weekly coaches' radio show, the Bruin Insider Show, will begin airing this Tuesday from 7-8 p.m., live from Barney's Beanery in Westwood on KLAC (570AM).   UCLA head football coach Jim Mora on air. UCLA head football coach Jim Mora...

This 2-millimeter-thick polymer has shown early promise as a way to decrease the risk of concussions. As a sports fan with expertise in biomechanical engineering, UCLA professor Vijay Gupta marvels at the efficient, effective way the human...

Captain America, Spider-Man and their fellow superheroes wowed kids at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA Wednesday when they swooped in to wash the windows five stories up in the pediatric unit.

Marc Suchard, a professor of human genetics, biomathematics and biostatistics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was the 2013 recipient of the annual Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Award. Considered the Nobel Prize in ...

Beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, people driving east on Wilshire Boulevard will not be able to get on the I-405 northbound ramp because of construction.   The closure will be in effect 24 hours a day for 90 days with an estimated...

Brett Hundley (left) and the Bruins are getting ready to take on Nevada in their season opener Saturday, Aug. 31, in the first of six home games scheduled for the Rose Bowl. Faculty and staff can purchase season tickets with reserved seating for...

Dr. Michael A. Rodriguez, director of the UCLA Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America, has been appointed to serve as the co-director of the Center of Expertise on Migration and Health (COEMH) at the UC Global Health Institute. The center ...

With $512 million in gifts and pledges, UCLA reached historic fundraising heights for the fiscal year ending June 30. The amount is UCLA's largest ever for a single fiscal year, surpassing the previous high of $509 million, set in 2001–02. A...

Urban planning lecturer Ted Bardacke of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs will help advise Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Today marks the beginning of a new era for Ted Bardacke, a lecturer in urban planning. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently named Bardacke to the post of deputy director of the new sustainability office. He begins his new role today....

Haydee Licari, a teacher of Spanish and English as a second language at Dana Middle School in San Pedro, has seen current immigration trends reflected in her classroom. In recent years, her student population has shifted from being primarily of...

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded UCLA $450,000 for the third phase of an international project aimed at digitizing many of the world’s oldest surviving texts. Under the direction of the UCLA Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), ...

While on a yearlong sabbatical at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, Luisa Iruela-Arispe received some happy news: She had been named the winner of the 2013 Gold Shield Faculty Prize, a $30,000 award...

                    Farming is flourishing in Los Angeles County, according to a new report by urban planning graduate students at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. The first-ever...