Computer scientist Aditya Grover receives early career AI award July 9, 2025 The professor is being honored by the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence for his contributions to AI.
Anne Rimoin honored by Society for Epidemiologic Research July 7, 2025 She received the Roger Detels Distinguished Researcher Award in infectious disease epidemiology.
Aparna Sridhar honored with Kaiser-Permanente Award for Excellence in Teaching July 7, 2025 The distinction recognizes exceptional educators who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to medical student education.
Erica Oberman recognized for contributions to clinical education July 7, 2025 The Serge and Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award recognizes sustained excellence in clinical and classroom teaching.
No-Hee Park, former dental school dean, releases autobiography July 3, 2025 The book traces the distinguished professor’s five-decade career in higher education and his journey from South Korea to the U.S.
Michael Berry’s translations make contemporary Chinese fiction accessible to Americans July 2, 2025 UCLA professor chooses text that an AI platform almost certainly could not translate.
Richard Shemin receives 2025 Sherman Mellinkoff Faculty Award June 27, 2025 He is being honored for his exceptional dedication to the doctor-patient relationship and to medical education.
Dr. Francisco Ramos-Gomez receives 2025 Borrow Memorial Award June 27, 2025 The international honor recognizes leadership in preventive oral health.
Justin McManus to lead UCLA Marching Band June 17, 2025 McManus will serve as an assistant professor of music and director of athletic bands and associate director of bands.
Ariel West joins UCLA Film & Television Archive as 2025 artist-in-residence June 17, 2025 West will develop a film on Los Angeles’ oil-driven history, mixing archival footage with new material.
Vanessa Casha earns early career prize for Huntington’s disease research June 10, 2025 The prize is awarded to an early-career researcher “whose work reflects the highest caliber of excellence, diligence and creative thinking.”
Kara Calkins honored with Serge and Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award June 3, 2025 The professor is being recognized for her sustained commitment to medical education and contributions to patient care.
Grace Aldrovandi receives lifetime achievement award for pediatric research June 3, 2025 She was honored with the 2025 Douglas K. Richardson Award for Perinatal and Pediatric Healthcare Research.
Robert Reiss named 2025 Honored Hero by Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation May 29, 2025 The physician has been a longtime advocate of the foundation, which will hold its Los Angeles Take Steps walk on June 8.
Judea Pearl elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society May 22, 2025 He was recognized for his fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence, particularly his pioneering work in causal reasoning.
UCLA’s Curtis Center receives grant from The Broad Foundation to expand K–12 math program May 16, 2025 The grant allows the Curtis Center for Mathematics and Teaching to expand a math enrichment program in L.A. middle schools.
Nupur Agrawal named a 2025 Macy Faculty Scholar May 14, 2025 The assistant professor is one of five educators from across the country selected by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
Classics professor Robert Gurval receives emeriti service award May 13, 2025 The professor emeritus, who retired from active teaching in 2019, leads a Fiat Lux seminar on UCLA’s history and architecture.
Aomar Boum inducted into the National Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco May 13, 2025 Boum’s research has centered on the complexities of religious and ethnic minorities in North Africa.
Asad Madni elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh May 8, 2025 Madni is joined by Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, as one of the two honorary fellows.
Yuzhang Li receives early career award for research and teaching May 6, 2025 The chemical and biomolecular engineering professor was honored with a 2025 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
Stephen Cederbaum honored with lifetime achievement award in medical genetics April 30, 2025 The physician-scientist, who joined UCLA in 1971, was recognized by the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine.
Stefan Timmermans honored as J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize finalist April 25, 2025 The sociology professor was recognized for his 2024 book on people at risk of being “unclaimed” after death.
UCLA Fielding School-led team awarded $2.1 million NIH grant for diabetes research April 18, 2025 The funding will go toward using artificial intelligence to improve risk assessment for those suffering from diabetes and related complications.
Bioengineer Jun Chen awarded top honor for early-career scientist in materials research April 16, 2025 Chen was given the 2025 Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award by the Materials Research Society.