Faculty + Staff

The Hammer Museum at UCLA will host a panel discussion about the Jan. 6 events and the aftermath.

The virtual event will help individuals who are looking to become much more physically active and nutritionally mindful.

Dolinko, who was remembered by colleagues for his intelligence, wit and generosity, was also a UCLA alumnus who served as editor-in-chief of the UCLA Law Review.

Hosea Nelson, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received the 2020 Novartis Early Career Award.

HaDuong will become the fourth director in the organization’s 55-year history and the first woman and person of color to lead the film archive.

The foundation’s gift will support the center’s research and programs, which are focused on the harm that vulnerable communities face from internet technologies.

Jonathan Stewart, professor of civil and environmental engineering, will provide guidance on the seismic design, performance ratings and rehabilitation of facilities.

The Council on Research’s Bridge Research Grant will provide up to $2,500 during 2021–22.

Ellen Sletten, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been awarded $1 million from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Weiss, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, bioengineering, and materials science and engineering, has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellow.

Moshe Buchinsky’s work is largely in applied econometrics and labor, developing and estimating structural models using microdata.

McCarthy, associate professor of design media arts at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, is showing her new work at the Chronus Art Center in Shanghai.

Harris, assistant professor of education, has received the Early Career Award for her overall body of work at UCLA.

The Heartline Study clinical trial will test whether heart monitoring features on the Apple Watch, used in combination with an iPhone app, can reduce the risk of stroke.

UCLA’s Ghez won for the prize for physics and UC Berkeley’s Doudna won for chemistry. UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily A. Carter moderated.

UCLA leadership, faculty, staff and students displayed the resiliency, creativity and ingenuity that embody our values.

Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez won a Nobel Prize, we were the No. 1 public university again, faculty carried on with important research and students continued to achieve the amazing.

Dr. Jeremie Calais, assistant professor of nuclear medicine and theranostics in the department of molecular and medical pharmacology, has been named a 2020 Young Investigator.

Dr. Marc Hayashi, health sciences assistant clinical professor, has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Alumni and Friends Presidential Endowed Chair at the UCLA School of Dentistry.

Classrooms created artwork that was presented during the ‘10 Questions’ program.

UCLA will close for its annual winter break from Saturday, Dec. 19, to Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.

Jia-Ming Liu, associate dean for academic personnel at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named a 2020 Yushan Scholar by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.

Rong Fu, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, and Gregory Okin, professor of geography, have been selected as 2020 American Geophysical Union fellows.

Todd Millstein, professor of computer science, recently won distinguished paper awards at three Association for Computing Machinery conferences.

Luke Yarbrough, associate professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, is a runner-up for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize.