Faculty Bulletin Board

Kim, professor of theater, film and television, has been invited to show her virtual reality film “Tearless” which is about the the mistreatment of Korean “comfort women.”

The fellowship is awarded to members who have made exceptional contributions to the field and have provided volunteer service to the society.

The new program will be funded by a $410,000 gift from Farhad Fred Ebrahimi and Mary Wilkie Ebrahimi.

Fu, professor atmospheric and oceanic sciences, has been selected to receive the society’s award for outstanding achievement in biometeorology.

Ng, assistant professor of clinical psychology in the UCLA College, has received an outstanding contribution to trauma psychology by an early career psychologist award.

Brannon, has received a 2021 early career psychologists achievement award from the association.

Menjívar specializes in immigration, gender, family dynamics, social networks, religious institutions and broad conceptualizations of violence.

Aparna Bhaduri, Laura DeNardo and Yi-Rong Peng have received Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards.

Castillo joins the second New Voices cohort as one of 22 experts to inform the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Kivelson received the honor from the American Physical Society her contributions to the field of plasma physics.

The $10,000 research grants will allow professors develop new undergraduate research courses in which students partner with community organizations.

Thomas Dumitrescu is one of the founding principal investigators of the Simons Collaboration on Global Categorical Symmetries.

The funding continues support for paid student internships at community archives.

Miriam Marlier, Kai-Wei Chang and Cho-Jui Hsieh each received $60,000 in funding from Google’s new program.

The director of cancer population genetics at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center is being honored by the International Gynecologic Cancer Society.

The program was established by the Hellman Family Foundation to support the research of promising assistant professors.

The center’s faculty and staff were part of a successful campaign to encourage Los Angeles leaders to invest in educational opportunities for K-12 indigenous students.

These awards aim to advance artificial intelligence research to solve real-world problems.

On July 1st, he took over as lead editor of Theoretical Economics after spending four years as co-editor.

The five-year grant will go toward the training and career development of dentist-scientists and oral health researchers.

He is the founder and president of Water Quality & Treatment Solutions, a consulting firm that heavily involves research in its core work.

The late professor was awarded for his work to ensure that every person has the resources to age well.

The choreographer has served on the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance faculty since 2006.

She was recognized for her contributions to the promotion of Hellenic culture.

The Symantec Term Professor of Computer Science was awarded for his research on secure program obfuscation.