Faculty + Staff Archive

The University of California Press has just published a new book, "The Environmental Legacy of the UC Natural Reserve System," that celebrates the UC Natural Reserve System (NRS) and describes the unique blend of conservation, field science and ...

Want to avoid long lines at the bank and needless trips to an ATM? Want full access to all the dollars in your UCLA paycheck on payday, instead of having to wait one day later? How would you like to receive your paycheck even if you’re ill or...

Dr. Leonard Apt, who co-developed an inexpensive and effective antiseptic eye drop that substantially decreased the incidence of blindness in children in developing countries, died in Santa Monica on Feb. 1 after a brief illness. He was 90. An ...

Locks of Love returns to campus Thursday, Feb. 7, offering free haircuts to people willing to donate 10 inches or more.

Ellen Roter Dirksen, 85, who researched the cell biology of cilia and their role in intercellular communication, died Jan, 5, 2013, in Sherman Oaks. Born in Lagow, Poland, she emigrated with her family to Panama and eventually Chicago. After receiving ...

Starting this spring, UCLA will add sand volleyball as a women’s intercollegiate sport, bringing the total number of intercollegiate athletic teams to 25 — 15 for women and 10 for men.   The team will be coached by UCLA Athletics...

The University of California's Center for Health Quality and Innovation has awarded fellowships to two UCLA physicians who are working on projects to improve the quality and value of care Dr. Robin Clarke, medical director for quality for the UCLA ...

The 134 students taking Ken Kragen’s inaugural Music Industry 106 class, "Stardom Strategies for Musicians," are primed to expect the unexpected. It started on the first day of class, taught by the longtime music industry...

Dr. Earl Freymiller, an eminent oral and maxillofacial surgeon and a professor at theUCLA School of Dentistry, is the inaugural holder of UCLA's Bob and Marion Wilson Endowed Chair. The endowed term chair — the eighth at the dental school — was ...

For fourth-year anthropology major Linnet Luna, readings and lectures in her "Gender and Language in Society" class on the social context of communication came to life at the Bresee Foundation, a nonprofit community organization a world apart from campus.

Since the Jan. 8 launch of the University of California’s Campus Climate Study, nearly 17 percent of UCLA's students, faculty and staff have completed the systemwide survey, a tool that's being used to learn about the campus community's...

Dr. Earl Freymiller is the inaugural holder of the chair, which honors longtime supporters Bob and Marion Wilson for their generosity to the dental school.

UCLA’s Royce Hall was the venue for Monday night’s debate between Los Angeles’ top five mayoral candidates (from left to right): City Councilmember Jan Perry, attorney and radio talk-show host Kevin James, City Councilmember Eric...

Patrick Adler, an urban planning graduate student, found his study featured on the NFL Network.With Super Bowl Sunday just days away and the media running football stories of all stripes, an intriguing piece of research by UCLA graduate...

Joe, Josie and their fellow Bruins turned out Monday on Collins Court for the fair launching UCLA's Healthy Campus Initiative. Above, the crowd joins in a free hula-hooping demo, where an instructor shared ways to use the toy in a fitness routine.

The latest film series being hosted by the UCLA Film and Television Archive sheds light on a revolution that shook the foundations of the moviemaking industry and changed it forever:  how movie studios made the transition from silent film to...

UCLA number-cruncher Robert Cox does the math on where students are flowing and – dare we say – finds the most popular majors on campus.

Nineteen enthusiastic members of UCLA Anderson’s first Global Executive MBA for the Americas program graduated on Jan. 23 in the school’s Korn Convocation Hall. The program, offered jointly by UCLA and the Universidad Adolfo...

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television warmly welcomed more than 400 guests to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with a reception, co-hosted with a leading entertainment news website, The Wrap. Dean Teri Schwartz...

Mary Woo, professor at the School of Nursing, has been selected to give the third National Institute of Nursing Research Director’s Lecture. The NINR Director’s Lecture is an annual event, designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH ...

UCLA Anderson School of Management graduate and longtime supporter Hans Hufschmid has donated $3 million to establish the Hans Hufschmid Chair in Management. The gift will set up an endowed fund to help provide ongoing support for the research and ...

Professor and best-selling author Jared Diamond discussing his latest book at Royce Hall. (Photos by Nina Zacuto)Professor of geography Jared Diamond has spent decades exploring traditional cultures around the globe, contemplating...