Faculty + Staff Archive

Not many people can say they cross a mountain range on their way to work — not on their own steam, anyway. But Annelie Rugg gets to campus from the West San Fernando Valley most days by bicycle.

Investigators botched their interviews of hundreds of children in the 1980s McMartin Preschool abuse case, critics charge.In 1983, a Manhattan Beach mother pressed police charges against McMartin Preschool teacher Ray Buckey, alleging he had...

Dr. J. Thomas Rosenthal, chief medical officer for UCLA Health System, and the UCLA Mobile Clinic Project, were honored by the Los Angeles Business Journal with its 2013 Healthcare Leadership Awards at an April 18 luncheon at the Millennium Biltmore ...

On the faculty at UCLA since 1987, social welfare associate professor Alfreda Iglehart has circled the globe as a marathoner, completing runs in Beijing, Bangkok and Iceland. Rio de Janeiro is where she will be this year. She started...

Even while America experiences a recovery of sorts from the recent recessionary period, Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith, author of a new book, "Who Stole the American Dream?", says there is no cure in sight for the growing inequality...

The UCLA Hammer Museum has been awarded $100,000 to set up a pop-up village of local artisanal shops and galleries in the struggling Westwood Village area.   The money for Arts ReStore LA: Westwood comes from the Goldhirsh Foundation, which, as...

Lené Levy-Storms, social welfare professor at UCLA's Luskin Scool of Public Affairs, has received a grant from the Archstone Foundation, an affiliate of the American Public Health Association, to conduct a study: "Creating Caring Connections: An ...

The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) has announced that Dr. Cun-Yu Wang, professor and chair of the Department of Oral Biology and Medicine and associate dean for graduate studies at the School of Dentistry at UCLA, is the ...

Laura Abrams, associate professor of social welfare at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, has been awarded a three-year grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to evaluate their transition of foster youth in Los Angeles and New York City. The ...

Norris. C. Hundley, Jr., a professor emeritus of history who was widely known for his work on western water rights, died April 28 in a Santa Barbara long-term care facility after a protracted battle with Lewy body dementia. He was 77 Hundley's ...

"In the Shadow" was the Czech Republic’s 2012 entry into the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Film category. The noir thriller about corruption during the Communist regime of the 1950s will be shown on June 3 at the UCLA Film & Television...

James Gibson has been named assistant vice chancellor, environment, health and safety. The title change for Gibson, who also serves as the executive director of the UC Center for Laboratory Safety and is an adjunct assistant professor in the Fielding ...

Three UCLA emeriti professors have been selected to receive the 2013 Dickson Emeritus/a Professorship Award, which is given each year in recognition of continuing scholarship, teaching and service at UCLA after retirement. The award, which includes a ...

Chancellor Gene Block and UCLA staff members gathered today for 10 minutes of exercise to honor Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and advocate for health equity and proponent of "Instant Recess."

Approximately 150 staff and faculty, including Chancellor Gene Block and his staff, took an Instant Recess break and exercised this afternoon (May 7) in the Center for Health Sciences plaza as a tribute to Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, a public...

A hotter future is projected for the Southwestern United States, and the anticipated threats unique to the region are detailed in a landmark report released May 2, with contributions from two experts at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and ...

Robert P. Liberman, distinguished professor of the UCLA Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral  Sciences, was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Spanish Colegio de Psicologos on March 22 in Vallalodid, Spain.  The award was given for his ...

Bruins have an opportunity to be part of a nationwide tribute to Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, who died April 23 after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. More than 50 organizations across the country will participate at 1 p.m. Tuesday in...

UCLA researchers and their partners across Los Angeles County have been awarded an $11 million grant to fund research on community-based interventions to reduce the higher rates of stroke and death from stroke among disadvantaged Hispanics, African ...

Teresa Hildebrand (left), UCLA Health System sustainability programs manager, and Patti Oliver, director of nutrition.UCLA Health System facilities were honored with sustainability awards presented in April at CleanMed, the global conference for ...

A veteran recently back from a two-year deployment in Iraq, Michelle was struggling with PTSD and memory loss due to a combat-related traumatic brain injury while raising her three kids alone and in the midst of a custody battle with her abusive...

Extroverts draw us in with their energy and enthusiasm, but they can disappoint when it comes to teamwork.Your department is interviewing candidates for a team to launch an ambitious new project. Among them is Darren, an energetic, confident...

Acclaimed photographer David Hume Kennerly will discuss photography during times of crisis and upheaval Wednesday on May 1 at noon at the Fowler Museum. In 1972 Kennerly won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his work documenting...

In October of 1957, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley announced that he was moving the storied franchise to Los Angeles. Historians have since debated O'Malley's motives — including his frustration over not being able to build a new...

Archaeology supporters and their family members have a lot to look forward to as UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology celebrates its 40th anniversary at its annual open house, a 16-year tradition for the...