Carlo Medina to lead UC-wide Southern Regional Library Facility, UCLA Library Unified Access Services June 29, 2023 Dual role intersects provision of research materials to campus and academic communities across the University of California system.
Amander Clark to start as president of International Society for Stem Cell Research June 29, 2023 The professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology has been a member of the organization for nearly 20 years.
Andrew Goldstein receives grant from Department of Defense June 23, 2023 The professor will seek better treatments for prostate cancer by studying how metabolism changes after hormone therapy.
Exploring the fraught nature of memory and comparison June 22, 2023 Professor Michael Rothberg, a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, examines how people and societies recall traumatic historical events.
UCLA Magazine, Alumni Affairs, School of Medicine win CASE Circle of Excellence Awards June 22, 2023 The annual global competition honors innovation and impact in education-related publishing and other fields.
Chemist Anastassia Alexandrova receives 2023 Gold Shield Faculty Prize June 22, 2023 The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service.
Alissa Park named dean of UCLA Samueli School of Engineering June 20, 2023 An expert on carbon capture and conversion technology, she is currently chair of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia University.
Celebrating Alfred Herrera and UCLA’s Center for Community College Partnerships June 20, 2023 The retiring founder and director looks back on the sea change he sparked in his 42 years of campus service.
Ambre Bertholet named 2023 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences June 16, 2023 The professor, who will receive four years of funding, plans to study how mitochondria can be steered toward generating heat.
Anastassia Alexandrova wins 2023 Brown Investigator Award June 16, 2023 The theoretical chemist, who will get up to $2 million over five years, is the first UCLA professor to receive the honor.
Aomar Boum receives gold medal for graphic novel about Holocaust June 15, 2023 The historical fiction work by the UCLA professor and illustrator Nadjib Berber was honored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Dr. Theodore Moore receives grant from Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation June 15, 2023 The professor will conduct research trials in children with relapsed cancer and study new ways to treat incurable brain tumors.
UCLA psychiatrist adapts memoir about overcoming mental illness into opera June 14, 2023 Dr. Kenneth Wells’ composition is his second one based on a professor’s lifelong struggle with schizophrenia.
Students aren’t the only ones graduating this commencement season June 12, 2023 UCLA employee Christopher Bower tells us how professional development programs can help staff forge their future.
UCLA’s work on housing issues takes center stage at mayoral summit June 6, 2023 Chancellor Gene Block was honored by the Los Angeles Business Council for leading the campus’s commitment to student housing.
Dr. Steven Dubinett named dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA June 5, 2023 A leader in translational medicine and member of the UCLA faculty since 1988, he has served as interim dean since September 2021.
Dr. Cecilia Canales selected for National Academy of Medicine program June 2, 2023 The professor’s research focus includes studying factors that contribute to postoperative neurocognitive disorders in minority elders.
Q&A: ‘Creative and consistent, fierce and flamboyant’ May 31, 2023 Professors Jolie Chea and Loubna Qutami discuss how the field of Asian American studies is evolving.
Q&A: Hal Hershfield on finding harmony with your future self May 25, 2023 The UCLA Anderson professor’s new book aims to help people “make tomorrow better today.”
UCLA Library awards grants to 10 School of Music projects May 24, 2023 Funds to support commissions, performances, recordings, residencies and research for contemporary music.
UCLA honors 3 professors whose research has benefited society May 24, 2023 Yousef Bozorgnia, Sharon Dolovich and Aaron Littman will receive Public Impact Research Awards at a June 2 ceremony.
Bringing migrant and refugee stories – and connections – to light May 22, 2023 Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi teaches a course that looks at how and why their memory is silenced, and how cultural memory can push back against state-imposed forgetting.
UCLA researchers awarded grant from National Cancer Institute May 22, 2023 They will develop a noninvasive imaging tool to study how deadly brain tumors benefit from targeted therapies.
Courtney Hoffner and Sangeeta Pal named 2023 UCLA Librarians of the Year May 18, 2023 Hoffner is being honored for her role in redesigning the UCLA Library website; Pal is being recognized for helping streamline library operations.
CAP UCLA names Edgar Miramontes executive and artistic director May 18, 2023 Miramontes, a UCLA alumnus, comes to CAP UCLA from REDCAT, where he has served as deputy executive director and curator since 2019.