“UC leaders and I are advocating strongly for and collaborating with state and federal elected officials on the University’s mission and priorities, alongside our higher education partners across the nation,” Drake said.
In conjunction with the UC system, the campus is working on a variety of fronts to ensure that vulnerable Bruins can continue to learn, work and thrive.
Leamer’s contributions to economic research spanned more than five decades and multiple areas. “It is impossible to overstate his impact,” UCLA Anderson Dean Antonio Bernardo said.
Six faculty members have been named recipients of the award, which is among the most competitive and prestigious available to early-career researchers.