Ambre Bertholet named 2023 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences June 16, 2023 The professor, who will receive four years of funding, plans to study how mitochondria can be steered toward generating heat.
Anastassia Alexandrova wins 2023 Brown Investigator Award June 16, 2023 The theoretical chemist, who will get up to $2 million over five years, is the first UCLA professor to receive the honor.
Aomar Boum receives gold medal for graphic novel about Holocaust June 15, 2023 The historical fiction work by the UCLA professor and illustrator Nadjib Berber was honored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Dr. Theodore Moore receives grant from Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation June 15, 2023 The professor will conduct research trials in children with relapsed cancer and study new ways to treat incurable brain tumors.
UCLA psychiatrist adapts memoir about overcoming mental illness into opera June 14, 2023 Dr. Kenneth Wells’ composition is his second one based on a professor’s lifelong struggle with schizophrenia.
Students aren’t the only ones graduating this commencement season June 12, 2023 UCLA employee Christopher Bower tells us how professional development programs can help staff forge their future.
UCLA’s work on housing issues takes center stage at mayoral summit June 6, 2023 Chancellor Gene Block was honored by the Los Angeles Business Council for leading the campus’s commitment to student housing.
Dr. Steven Dubinett named dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA June 5, 2023 A leader in translational medicine and member of the UCLA faculty since 1988, he has served as interim dean since September 2021.
Dr. Cecilia Canales selected for National Academy of Medicine program June 2, 2023 The professor’s research focus includes studying factors that contribute to postoperative neurocognitive disorders in minority elders.
Q&A: ‘Creative and consistent, fierce and flamboyant’ May 31, 2023 Professors Jolie Chea and Loubna Qutami discuss how the field of Asian American studies is evolving.
Q&A: Hal Hershfield on finding harmony with your future self May 25, 2023 The UCLA Anderson professor’s new book aims to help people “make tomorrow better today.”
UCLA Library awards grants to 10 School of Music projects May 24, 2023 Funds to support commissions, performances, recordings, residencies and research for contemporary music.
UCLA honors 3 professors whose research has benefited society May 24, 2023 Yousef Bozorgnia, Sharon Dolovich and Aaron Littman will receive Public Impact Research Awards at a June 2 ceremony.
Bringing migrant and refugee stories – and connections – to light May 22, 2023 Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi teaches a course that looks at how and why their memory is silenced, and how cultural memory can push back against state-imposed forgetting.
UCLA researchers awarded grant from National Cancer Institute May 22, 2023 They will develop a noninvasive imaging tool to study how deadly brain tumors benefit from targeted therapies.
Courtney Hoffner and Sangeeta Pal named 2023 UCLA Librarians of the Year May 18, 2023 Hoffner is being honored for her role in redesigning the UCLA Library website; Pal is being recognized for helping streamline library operations.
CAP UCLA names Edgar Miramontes executive and artistic director May 18, 2023 Miramontes, a UCLA alumnus, comes to CAP UCLA from REDCAT, where he has served as deputy executive director and curator since 2019.
May 25: ‘Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power’ screening and talk May 17, 2023 Nina Menkes’ documentary about the sexual politics of cinematic shot design will be followed by a discussion with film industry experts.
Kristopher Kersey receives 2023 Millard Meiss Publication Grant May 16, 2023 The award will support the professor’s book, “Facing Images: Problems of Modernity in Japanese Art.”
Dr. Carolyn Crandall named chair of American College of Physicians committee May 16, 2023 The professor, whose research focuses on osteoporosis and menopause, will help develop evidence-based clinical guidelines.
Shannon Speed honored by students to deliver My Last Lecture May 10, 2023 The professor, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, is the first woman of color and non-STEM person to be recognized with the award.
Staff news: Administrative Management Group names 2023 award recipients May 4, 2023 Lisa Koerbling, Todd LeGassick and David Serrano were honored for the pursuit of excellence in their careers.
Ninez Ponce featured at White House event for AANHPI Heritage Month May 4, 2023 The director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research discussed how to ensure Pacific Islander data is included in state surveys.
4 faculty members inducted into National Academy of Sciences for 2023 May 3, 2023 UCLA’s newest honorees are Miguel García-Garibay, Leonid Kruglyak, Gary Segura and Min Zhou.
Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl receives grant to discover neuroprotective treatments for MS May 1, 2023 The $7.3 million award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will support the professor’s research.