Faculty + Staff Archive

The society is the premier organization of professional astronomers in North America.

Ellen Scott is working on a book about depictions of slavery in movies and a chronicle of Black female film critics.

Aradhna Tripati, founder of the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science at UCLA, and her dedication to inclusion have inspired donors’ support.

Mackenzie, professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, died Feb. 19. He was 94.

Adams was one of four people named as a Bonita C. Jacobs Transfer Champion–Catalyst by the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students.

Wondering how to take the next step in your career at the University of California? Here are tips for how to build your performance-based plan.

The Sklar fellowship will provide three students each year with at least $10,000 each to participate in projects that combine technology, the arts and community development.

UCLA paleobiologist’s pursuit to uncover Earth’s earliest record of life has spanned 60 years and counting.

In this Q&A, Robert Calash discusses future trends in wine, why the restaurant has wine in kegs and the intricate steps in pouring wine.

With the presidential primaries now underway, the museum will be providing the public with fun opportunities to keep up with politics and current events.

Akhil Gupta, professor of anthropology in the UCLA College, studies questions of transnational capitalism, infrastructure and corruption.

Nobel, who is a plant physiological ecologist, is the world’s leading authority on the environmental biology of agaves and cacti.

Director of the UCLA Anxiety and Depression Research Center will deliver the 128th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA on Feb. 19.

UCLA is tied for fifth in the number of professors honored this year as early-career scientists and scholars who are rising stars of science.

Dr. Helen Lavretsky was honored by the American College of Psychiatrists, American Psychiatric Association and the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will be hosting a presentation of the musical innovations of Paul Robeson, famed international star of stage and screen.

Voting will begin at Ackerman Union on Feb. 22 and conclude on Election Day, March 3. In addition, the Hammer Museum will be a vote center.

The researchers received the 2019 Pyke Johnson Award from the Transportation Research Board for their paper on the mobility needs of aging adults.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Computer Society has awarded its 2020 Computer Pioneer Award to Demetri Terzopoulos.

Michela Giorcelli, assistant professor of economics at UCLA, has been named a winner of a 2020 Excellence Award in Global Economics Affair by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Ramesh Srinivasan was honored for “Beyond the Valley: How Innovators around the World Are Overcoming Inequality and Creating the Technologies of Tomorrow.”

Sanjay Subrahmanyam, the Irving and Jean Stone Professor of Social Sciences, has been honored by the International Committee of Historical Sciences.

The event features walks, prizes and free health screenings for registered participants.

The festival, hosted by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is a celebration of diversity through music.

Murthy has been dean of UCLA Engineering since January 2016. She is the first woman to hold the position.