Faculty + Staff Archive

Juliana Gondek, music professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Music's voice division, will perform Aug. 18 at the Martin Luther King Jr. 50th anniversary concert, “Symphony of Brotherhood,” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights ...

For seven days this summer, high school students from around the world converged on UCLA to become diplomats at an academic simulation of the United Nations.   High school students from around the world gathered at UCLA to test their skills...

World Arts and Cultures/Dance (WAC/D) Professor Mary "Polly" Nooter Roberts, who serves as a consulting curator for African arts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, recently established a gallery there dedicated to the arts of Africa. The ...

Longtime Facilities Management 'chief' has passed away. Randy Cook, who spent 41 years in Facilities Management at UCLA helping keep things on campus working properly, died suddenly June 20.

Summer will be with us for several more weeks, but for UCLA faculty and staff who recently retired, this is the beginning of an endless summer. Here, some make their farewells with fond memories and heartfelt advice for their fellow...

The UC Board of Regents today approved an increase in contributions to the UC Retirement Plan (UCRP) from both the university and employees, effective July 2014. Today’s action is part of a broader effort to maintain financially sustainable...

Deborah Nadoolman Landis, a professor who teaches costume design at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and founding director of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design, has been named one of the first-time governors for the Motion ...

John Ullmen, who lecutres on leadership at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, co-wrote "Real Influence: Persuade Without Pushing and Gain Without Giving In," a book about the psychological aspects of persuading and also being persuaded. The book ...

UCLA’s Graduate Division expanded the child-care benefit this month, increasing the number of grad students who can get reimbursed up to $2,400 yearly for day care. It's one of several family-friendly programs the division offers.

The UCLA Health System's hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica have been named to U.S. News and World Report's most exclusive rankings list: the Best Hospitals 2013–14 Honor Roll. UCLA was ranked No. 5 in the country and No. 1 in both California and ...

To honor the 2013 NCAA champion UCLA Bruins baseball team, the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame has a new display commemorating the Bruins' amazing season. The display case is just off the lobby. Visitors can see the championship trophy, copies of...

The Hammer Museum's current exhibition, "Richard Artschwager!," presents 150 sculptures, paintings and drawings that showcase the extraordinary breadth of subject matter and form of Artschwager's practice. Organized by the Whitney...

The University of California Regents’ presidential search committee has nominated U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to serve as the 20th president of the system. If approved by the full Board of Regents on July 18,...

It’s a dilemma that many college students would envy. UCLA students have a seemingly endless list of courses to choose from to satisfy requirements or electives — from global pop music and interracial dynamics to sex and from...

Engineering professor Rajit Gadh at one of his 'living lab' research sites in a UCLA parking lot. When we think of a lab, we might imagine scientists in white coats and goggles pouring chemicals into vats or technicians in clean suits putting...

Daniel Neuman, professor of ethnomusicology, former dean of the School of the Arts and Architecture and former executive vice chancellor and provost, has been named the interim director of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the 2013-14 academic ...

UCLA Fleet and Transit has launched a more convenient BruinCar vehicle rental service featuring a self-service 24/7 vehicle pick-up and drop-off system at a new on-campus location in Parking Structure 8, Level 2 (south side) at 555...

Susan Slyomovics, professor of anthropology and Near Eastern languages and cultures, is the recipient of a EURIAS fellowship to the Collegium de Lyon, France, for the academic year 2013-14 The EURIAS Fellowship Programme is an initiative of NetIAS ...

Dr. David H. Solomon, who led a major expansion of the UCLA Department of Medicine, died July 9. He was 90.

Solomon, who created UCLA's geriatrics program and was the first board-certified endocrinologist in Los Angeles, died July 9 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 90.

  UCLA Arts supporter and UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music principle donor Herb Alpert was awarded the National Medal of Arts Award by President Obama on July 11 for his lifetime contributions to the arts. Alpert is best known as the trumpet...

If approved by the full Board of Regents on July 18, the Secretary of Homeland Security will leave the Obama Administration to lead the university system.

Susanna Hecht, professor of urban planning at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, has been selected to receive the Carl O. Sauer Award, given annually by the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. It is given to "leading authorities" for "a ...

Much of the world’s attention is now focused on what’s taking place in a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela, that country’s national hero and beloved freedom fighter, lies critically ill.   Nearly 20...