Faculty + Staff Archive

Richard Roll, UCLA Anderson’s Joel Fried Chair in Applied Finance, has been awarded the 2012 Harry M. Markowitz Award by the Journal of Investment Management and New Frontier Advisors. Roll and his co-author, Moshe Levy of the Jerusalem School of ...

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) recently announced that Eva Baker, a distinguished professor at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, will receive this year’s E.F. Lindquist Award at its annual meeting in ...

Professor Brad Shaffer received a three-year, $631,284 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Evolutionary Genetics program to track the spread of non-native tiger salamanders among the endangered native California tiger salamander ...

Preparations are underway at UCLA’s Royce Hall where Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will deliver his final State of the City address. His speech, scheduled for 5 p.m. tonight, will highlight his efforts in public safety,...

There are now more than 7 billion people on Earth, a number that is expected to soar over the next dozen years to 8 billion. How will we feed so many people?   Already, more than a billion people go hungry every day. With population growth...

Roberto Peccei, particle theorist and former UCLA vice chancellor for research, is one of the this year's recipients of the  J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics.    The Sakurai prize, presented by the American Physical Society, honors ...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Dr. Daniel Geschwind, professor of neurology, psychiatry and genetics, and director of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment, a five-year, $10 million grant to continue his research on the ...

“Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You,” a new book by Dr. Marc Schoen, assistant clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, which argues that humans need to temper their evolutionary survival instinct in order to ...

The University of California is currently reviewing proposals for its 2014 medical plans solicited from both current and new medical plan vendors. This comprehensive review is intended to lower costs and provide employees with...

Derrick Mims (from the left), district director for California Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles, presents a certificate of recognition from the state to John Mack, the 2013 Thurgood Marshall honoree. Mack also received a plaque...

"I thought undergraduates who never served should have some idea what it's like so they can think about veterans' issues in a more nuanced way," psychology major Andrew Nicholls says.

Carole Goldberg, vice chancellor of academic personnel and a nationally recognized authority in federal Indian and tribal law, has been selected by the Native American Bar Association and Federal Bar Association Selection Committee to receive the ...

The School of Dentistry has been awarded funding of more than $11 million from the Los Angeles–based child advocacy and grant-making organization First 5 LA to expand access to dental care in Los Angeles. The funds will establish the UCLA–First 5 LA ...

Deaf entertainer CJ Jones, a musician, comedian and motivational speaker, is bringing his one-man show to campus April 16, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at De Neve Plaza Room B. Sponsored by UCLA Office of Residential Life and hosted by the...

Vice Chancellor of Academic Personnel Carole Goldberg will be honored at Hillel at UCLA's Annual Gala 2013 Wednesday, April 24, at the Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel. Goldberg has been actively involved in Hillel since her earliest days as a UCLA ...

Stanley LauUCLA's Asian American Studies Center has received a gift of $100,000 from UCLA alumnus Stanley Lau to establish the Stanley Kwok Lau and Dora Wong Lau Endowment for Chinese American Studies. This gift builds upon a research scholarship ...

When students graduate, they can choose to stay connected to their school by joining the alumni association. But what about retired staff and faculty who wish to remain affiliated with their institutions? What options do they have?   For UCLA...

A scene from CAP UCLA’s “Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish’: A Hal Willner Project.” Just in time for National Poetry Month (April), the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA) and the UCLA Library...

"Kiss Solo" video and audio installation by Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly. Students in UCLA’s Department of Art exhibit sculpture, video and new genres in the second of four final showcases by 2013 M.F.A. candidates. Artists include A’alia...

Jorja Leap, adjunct associate professor of social welfare at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs and a well-known gang expert, has recently been tapped to bring her expertise to assist officials at three different levels — Los Angeles; the State of ...

Open Projector Night returns to the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater on Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. This unique, short-film festival features original films and videos of all genres created by independent filmmakers — which can include you, if...

Marjorie Crear, 66, lives alone and suffers from hypertension and diabetes with complications. She is recovering from a recent stroke and a heart attack. The Los Angeles resident shows up often in the UCLA Emergency Department and has been...

A new entrepreneur-in-residence program (EIR) launched at UCLA this month comes to the aid of campus inventors by bringing in experienced entrepreneurs to provide guidance and advice.