Faculty Bulletin Board

Four faculty members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected as Fellows of IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

The artist explores both personal and political issues on themes such as class, gender and race.

Dr. Ronald Mito, professor of clinical dentistry and executive associate dean for academic programs and personnel at the UCLA School of Dentistry, was awarded the 2016 Dr. Arthur A. Dugoni Faculty Award by the California Dental Association.

The Society of Multivariate Behavioral Research has awarded UCLA professor emeritus of computer science Judea Pearl the 2017 Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate Research.

The UCLA neurosurgeon received the William G. Lennox Award from the American Epilepsy Society.

Distinguished Professor Michelle Craske has been named the 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology,  a premier organization for academic clinical psychology. 

Sherie Morrison is the recipient of the 2016 Immunology,  Inflammation,  Infection and Transplantation Excellence in Research Award, established to honor individuals who have made seminal contributions to basic and translational immunology.

Chih-Ming Ho, a UCLA distinguished research professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and of bioengineering, was recently elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

UCLA Anderson has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, a U.S Navy veteran.

A Distinguished Professor of Linguistics, Schuh died Nov. 8 after an illness of several months. He was an outstanding member of the department in teaching, research and service.

Education profession Alison Bailey and researchers with Center X’s Northeast Region office will receive $2.37 million over five years from the National Professional Development program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education.

Professor Andrea Ghez, who holds the Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Chair in Astrophysics, has been selected to receive the Sven Berggren Prize of 2017 by Sweden’s Royal Physiographic Society.

Michael Berry 's translation of the novel, "To Live," has been selected for the National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read initiative. Berry is a professor in Asian languages and cultures.

The award recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member who has demonstrated leadership in addressing inequities in medical education and health care.

The late professor of Spanish and Portuguese is being honored at the UCLA Faculty Center.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television established the graduate student fellowship in honor of the late faculty member.

Kent Wong recently received the Excellence in Law and Justice Award from the Chinese American Museum in recognition of his advocacy on behalf of students and workers.

Ford's new book, "Natural Interests: The Contest over Environment in Modern France," was published by Harvard University Press.

Rebeca Méndez, a professor of design media arts, has been recognized with a humanitarian award in honor of her pro-bono work helping to rebrand the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women.

Cheng will provide strategic and tactical leadership to technology efforts to support UCLA Health Sciences.

The assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering will apply the $360,000 award to research on nanoscale architectures and ultrafast energy diagnostics.

The Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is recognized for his leadership and scientific contributions for future fusion power plants.

Dean emerita of the Fielding School of Public Health, Rosenstock is being recognized for her distinguished contributions in public health.

Andrea Bertozzi, Subramanian Iyer, Jianwei 'John' Miao, Pietro Musumeci and Mason Porter are recognized for 'exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise.'

Widely admired for her excellent teaching and extraordinary student mentorship, Donald died on Oct. 16 at the age of 43.