Chancellor Gene Block and Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, vice provost for enrollment management, took part in a panel discussion on the future of higher education at the National Press Club in Washington.
Dr. Antoni Ribas, professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, will assume the presidency in 2020.
Jamison, distinguished professor and of Asian languages and cultures and also Indo-European studies, will deliver UCLA’s 126th Faculty Research Lecture Wednesday, April 3.
Jane Shen-Miller, a senior scientist with UCLA’s Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, has been awarded life membership in the society.
Engineers and medical professionals together won an award from the UCLA innovation fund for their work in advancing efforts to image structures of the eye using lasers.
The program was created to help staff become prepared to move into leadership positions by fostering career development and building professional networks.
The prize is a $25,000 award that will be given annually to honor a cultural practitioner who has significantly contributed to the advancement, and care of artists in society.
Danijela Cabric, professor of electrical engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, recently shared the best paper award at the IEEE International Conference.