Kinderman has been named inaugural holder of the Leo M. Klein and Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Andrea Ghez, who demonstrated the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, received the honor during Oxford’s annual Encaenia ceremony.
The gift will help bridge the so-called “valley of death” in laboratory research, when lack of funding prevents promising discoveries from reaching clinical trials.
Harold Torrence, associate professor of linguistics in the UCLA College, became enamored of linguistics as an undergraduate at the University of Georgia.
Vanessa Warri is working to make sure people from marginalized and oppressed groups have a voice in the research and policies that affect their communities.
Dr. Henry Takei, distinguished clinical professor of periodontics at UCLA, was recently awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
Center will bring together academic researchers, students and health care executives and practitioners to explore critical issues in the management of health care organizations.
Levine, who is vice chancellor for academic personnel, will provide leadership on campus-wide policy, planning, initiatives and operations from July 1 through Aug. 31.