Xiaoyu “Rayne” Zheng’s award is from program designed to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers who will work on defense and national security.
Jason De León, UCLA professor of anthropology and Chicana and Chicano studies, received a 2017 MacArthur Foundation fellowship for his interdisciplinary approach.
Katherine In-Young Lee’sbook received the Béla Bartók Award for Outstanding Ethnomusicology from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Beth Klein has been named recipient of the M. Hildred Blewett Fellowship, which enables women to return to physics research careers after career interruption.
UC employees can begin making changes to their health plans at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31. The open enrollment period will close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 26.