faculty news

UCLA is closely monitoring the outbreak of COVID-19 and departments are working closely with local, state and national officials.

During a gathering on campus, leaders past and present of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies commemorated 30 years of scholarship.

Sociologist Victor Agadjanian has worked as a Portuguese-Russian interpreter for Soviet medical missions in Africa and even underwent yearlong training as a witch doctor in Mozambique.

Representatives from UCLA Leadership and UCLA Health experts present facts about the disease.

Leaders made this decision to slow the spread of COVID-19 and in alignment with similar measures implemented by local and state governments.

“Teaching is all about the students. We must challenge them, support them, make them feel connected to the class and give them opportunities to do amazing things.”

This decision was made in accordance with the best guidance from public health officials about how to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Anne Rimoin and Gilbert Gee, both of the Fielding School of Public Health, addressed the commission, which advises and makes recommendations to the Los Angeles City Council.

Chancellor Gene Block sent a message to the campus community announcing that beginning March 11 in-person classes and finals would be conducted online where possible.

Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch have been surveying Americans to discover what drives voters.

Ellen DuBois’ “Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote” is timed to celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment

Dov Waxman says the the center should be known for world-class scholarship on Israel, and also known for its ability to bring different sides together.

The society is the premier organization of professional astronomers in North America.

Ellen Scott is working on a book about depictions of slavery in movies and a chronicle of Black female film critics.

Aradhna Tripati, founder of the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science at UCLA, and her dedication to inclusion have inspired donors’ support.

Mackenzie, professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, died Feb. 19. He was 94.

Kleinrock was awarded the campus’s highest honor for his contributions in providing the intellectual foundation for the modern technical age.

Sociology professor Abigal Saguy explores the history of this term, from the earliest days of the gay rights movement, to today, when it has been adopted by other movements.

Nobel, who is a plant physiological ecologist, is the world’s leading authority on the environmental biology of agaves and cacti.

Director of the UCLA Anxiety and Depression Research Center will deliver the 128th Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA on Feb. 19.

UCLA is tied for fifth in the number of professors honored this year as early-career scientists and scholars who are rising stars of science.

Voting will begin at Ackerman Union on Feb. 22 and conclude on Election Day, March 3. In addition, the Hammer Museum will be a vote center.

Murthy has been dean of UCLA Engineering since January 2016. She is the first woman to hold the position.

The first event, on Feb. 1, will feature presentations by three members of the California NanoSystems Institute.

Dr. William “Billy” Cunningham, professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and health policy and management in the Fielding School of Public Health, died Jan. 2.