Faculty Bulletin Board

E. Tendayi Achiume is one of only 15 scholars selected from several hundred nominees across all academic disciplines, including medicine, social sciences and the arts.

The donation from Stop Cancer will provide funds to support cancer research, education and treatment.

Kuo-Nan Liou, distinguished professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at UCLA, is being recognized for his contributions to the development of science and technology in China.

A book co-authored by Ismail Poonawala has been selected for an award at the 25th World Award for Book of the Year in Iran.

Dr. Maie St. John studies mechanisms of tumor progression and metastasis, works to find new cancer targets.

The American Association of Geographers recognized three faculty members for their “outstanding contributions to the advancement or welfare of the geography profession.”

Subramanian Iyer, Henry Samueli, Alan Willson, Jr. and Eli Yablonovitch will be formally inducted into the academy in April.

Danijela Cabric, has been elected a 2018–2019 distinguished lecturer by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Communication Society at UCLA.

Dr. Zev Wainberg has been awarded the 2018 Fishman Family Seed Grant.

Dr. No-Hee Park was recognized for his contribution to society and the STEM fields.

The J. Lawrence Smith Medal is awarded by the Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

Air travel mitigation fees will be placed into a fund, which will then be made available annually to the campus to finance university projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Dr. Mario Deng, a professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at UCLA, has been is one of the magazine’s 27 cardiologists recognized as an exemplary physician.

Miguel García-Garibay spoke at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science’s annual STEM conference.

Mark Mack and his firm won the AIA Nebraska Excellence in Architecture Merit Award for 2017 for their work on the Kaneko Museum.

Fraser, whose work is associated with institutional critique, feminist practice, group relations, project-based art and context art takes over from Hirsch Perlman.

UCLA professor of medicine honored by the California chapter of the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl, who directs UCLA’s multiple sclerosis program, has been selected as the recipient of an award from the Berlin Institute of Health.

Professors Lara Ray and Carrie Bearden were honored by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology at its annual meeting.

Jill Waterman, co-developer of UCLA TIES for Families, received the Adoption Excellence Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Mitchell Spearrin, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award.

Catherine Opie delivered the 2017 Walter Annenberg Lecture at the Whitney Museum of American Art and also was recently named to the board of directors for the Mike Kelly Foundation.

Edward L. Wright, a professor who holds UCLA’s David Saxon Presidential Chair in Physics, shared in the prize, which honors major insights into the deepest questions of the universe.

UCLA professor Sarah Haley’s book has been recognized by the American Historical Association and the American Studies Association.

UCLA students won more awards than any other university at the recent Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.