Faculty Bulletin Board

Dr. Janet Pregler, director of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center, has been named a “Women of the Year” honoree by the Los Angeles County Commission for Women and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

Noriko Akatsuka, who established the foundation for the Asian linguistics program in the UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, passed away on Oct. 17, 2016, in Santa Monica at the age of 79.

Dr. Neal Baer, adjunct professor in the UCLA Department of Community Health Sciences and co-director of the Global Media Center for Social Impact, is a television writer and producer as well as pediatrician.

Ambivalent House, designed by Jason Payne, associate professor in the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, along with his design firm, Hirsuta, won the Arch Out Loud Hollywood design competition.

John Villasenor, professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, told a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday, March 15, that Congress might want to consider a deliberate approach to any attempts to legislate the use of unmanned aircraft.

Dean Ho, Ph.D., professor of oral biology and medicine and Co-Director of the Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology at the UCLA School of Dentistry has been named a Fulbright Scholar as part of the Core U.S. Scholar program.

Four UCLA faculty members are part of the institute’s 2017 class.

UCLA School of Law honored professors David Babbe and Skye Donald, posthumously, with the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching at a ceremony on March 8. Babbe and Donald have earned praise from students and colleagues for their work as instructors ...

March 10 marked the official publication of UCLA history professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s latest book, “Europe’s India: Words, People, Empires, 1500–1800.”

Four UCLA architecture and urban design faculty and three alumni have been invited to participate in the Chicago Architecture Biennial, which will run from Sept. 16, 2017, to Jan. 7, 2018.

Following the retirement of UCLA Associate Dean Carlos Grijalva, professors Susan Ettner and Norma Mendoza-Denton have been appointed associate deans in the Graduate Division.

Dr. Anthony Aldave — UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute faculty member, professor and Walton Li chair in cornea and uveitis — became the fourth surgeon in the world to implant 200 Boston keratoprotheses.

UCLA Department of Ophthalmology faculty members were recognized for several different types of achievements, from humanitarian service to mentorship and significant contributions to the profession.

Stephanie Seidlits, an assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received the NSF's highest honor for faculty members at the start of their careers.

A professor of advanced prosthodontics and bioengineering at the UCLA School of Dentistry has received second-phase funding for his research on a project for the Center for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue and Organ Regeneration.

Jonathan Hopkins, Mona Jarrahi, Daniel Kamei and Ajit Mal were four faculty members who were honored at an annual awards dinner.

As part of Desert X, a contemporary art exhibition in Palm Springs, UCLA art professor Jennifer Bolande provides a cinematic experience for passersby animated by driving along the Gene Autry Trail.

UCLA professor and vice chair of the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences Alex Hall will be honored as an innovator in climate change research by Climate Resolve, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit.

UCLA professor of radiological sciences Michael McNitt-Gray has agreed to serve as the new assistant vice chancellor for radiation safety.

The UCLA Academic Personnel Office announced the recipients of the Unit 18 professional development awards. The annual awards support the professional growth and pedagogical initiatives of lecturers, officially known as Unit 18.

UCLA Professor of Education Tyrone Howard has been selected as one of 14 2017 AERA Fellows by the American Educational Research Association.

Assistant adjunct professor of ethnomusicology and renowned tabla player Abhiman Kaushal was featured on White Sun’s Grammy award winning album “White Sun II.”

Kimberlé Crenshaw is a distinguished professor of law at both the UCLA School of Law and Columbia University Law School.

Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter, UCLA adjunct professor of music and a member of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Board of Trustees, is one of this year’s recipients of Sweden’s Polar Music Prize, considered by many to be the "Nobel Prize" of music.

UCLA professor emeritus Christopher Ehret has been working as a primary adviser on the PBS series, "The Great Civilizations of Africa," produced by Henry Louis Gates Jr.