Art professor awarded 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship April 11, 2022 Anna Sew Hoy is the area head of ceramics in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
Lara Cushing named to California state environmental panel April 11, 2022 The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health assistant professor will provide guidance to help the state monitor chemical exposure.
Take an ‘Imaginary Trip’ at the Fowler Museum April 11, 2022 Photographer Gosette Lubondo imagines herself in photographs from previous generations in the Congo’s colonial past.
April 11: Joseph DeRisi to give Mautner Memorial Lecture on Science and Public Health April 7, 2022 The UC San Francisco professor launched a COVID-19 testing facility at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub.
Safiya Noble receives NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award April 6, 2022 The co-founder of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry is the inaugural recipient of the honor.
In memoriam: Brian Roe, 41, director at UCLA Technology Development Group April 5, 2022 Roe led partnerships between UCLA and Amazon, and between Apple and the UCLA Depression Challenge.
Biologist Elaine Hsiao chosen for Innovators in Science Award April 5, 2022 The associate professor and her lab have made discoveries into how the gut microbiome influences the brain and behavior.
24 scientists and researchers receive awards from Technology Development Group April 4, 2022 The awards, up to $150,000 per project, support early stage research that lead to commercialization activities.
Jean-Luc Margot awarded SETI citizen science grant from the Planetary Society April 4, 2022 The professor of Earth, planetary and space sciences will lead a radio astronomy search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Fielding School of Public Health team receives state grant April 4, 2022 A team led by Vickie Mays and Ninez Ponce, professors of health policy and management, will focus on COVID-19 research.
Lindsay De Biase honored by McKnight Brain Research Foundation April 4, 2022 The assistant physiology professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine will receive a $750,000 grant for cognitive aging research.
Dr. Gregg Fonarow honored by the American Heart Association March 31, 2022 The interim chief of UCLA’s division of cardiology received the association’s highest volunteer award.
Check out ‘How Do You See This World?’ at the Fowler Museum March 30, 2022 Drop by the museum to take in nearly 80 paintings by Kwame Akoto, who owns the Almighty God Art Works studio.
In memoriam: Marina Goldovskaya, 80, teacher of documentary filmmaking March 30, 2022 The professor and award-winning filmmaker captured the decline of the Soviet Union in her movies.
Staff news: Chief information officer Lucy Avetisyan honored March 30, 2022 Avetisyan was recognized by the Tambellini Group, which created the awards to celebrate IT teams and leaders for their excellence.
In memoriam: Barbara Morrison, 72, jazz singer and UCLA voice teacher March 28, 2022 The vocalist, who taught at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, enjoyed teaching and giving back to the community.
Nancy Pike honored by international nursing society March 28, 2022 She will be inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing’s hall of fame.
UCLA poised to become a world leader in hip-hop studies March 28, 2022 Building on decades of scholarship, the new Hip Hop Initiative will highlight the local and global impact of this Black art form.
To fight diseases of aging, scientist makes aging itself the target March 24, 2022 Dr. Ming Guo wants to help “create a higher quality of life over a healthy life span.”
March 26: 12th annual Sketch to Screen Costume Design Panel March 23, 2022 Deborah Nadoolman Landis will be joined in conversation by six Academy Award-nominated costume designers.
Biophysicist Amy Rowat honored by the National Science Foundation March 23, 2022 The associate professor will receive funding to research cells as materials to help sustain food production.
Three professors to help guide National Museum of the American Latino March 23, 2022 Leisy Ábrego, Laura Gómez and Floridalma Boj López were named to the scholarly advisory committee for the new museum.
UCLA to provide free menstrual products on campus March 21, 2022 Complimentary pads and tampons will be available in campus restrooms starting April 4.
Frederick Zimmerman elected to National Academy of Social Insurance March 21, 2022 Zimmerman, a professor of health policy and management, will help boost public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security.
Dr. Carol Mangione to lead the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force March 18, 2022 The distinguished professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA will help lessen systemic racism.