faculty news

The prominent cancer researcher is honored for his invention of the breast cancer drug Herceptin.

UCLA’s Dan Froot’s goal is to to have everyone start thinking about income disparity and the systems that conspire to create food insecurity.

Kang, who was the first person to serve in this role for the university, will return to his faculty position July 1, 2020.

Schachner describes how he “accidentally” got into the field and his goals for the program.

Q&A with John Agnew, distinguished professor of geography and Italian at UCLA, who was awarded the Vautrin Lud Prize.

“Through Positive Eyes,” which runs Sept. 15 through Feb. 16, 2020, aims to help end the stigma around HIV/AIDS and empower people who are living with the virus.

Don Suggs, who after graduating with three degrees from UCLA taught painting and drawing in the art department for 31 years, has died.

Peers and former students celebrated UCLA’s Gregory Schopen, who ‘has transformed our understanding of Buddhism more than any other scholar.’

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs launches international outreach to identify strategies to empower women and children.

Susannah Rodríguez Drissi’s “A Latin Poet’s Guide to the Cosmos” offers insights into the nature of language and identity, as well as the relationship between sound and meaning.

Associate dean for information studies Anne Gilliland sees parallels between post-conflict Croatia and Bosnia and efforts to preserve heritage in her native country.

The educator, prolific author and blogger provided extensive guidance to policymakers. He died July 21 at the age of 68.

Exhibition will include approximately 80 paintings and 50 works on paper drawn from the Hammer’s own holdings as well as from public and private collections.

Sarah T. Roberts profiles the hidden workforce that monitors objectionable material on the internet, often to its own detriment

Adriana Galván and Dr. Shafali Jeste have been honored for their “exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.”

Q&A with Miriam Posner, assistant professor of information studies and digital humanities, on the growth of museums putting more of their collections online.

UCLA’s Monica Smith tracks the ways metropolitan hubs in different parts of the world emerged unrelated to one another, but in similar forms.

UCLA School of Law’s soccer expert, Steven Bank, weighs in on the legal issues facing the beautiful game.

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.

Langer was a long-time faculty member and administrator at UCLA who went on to establish a college-readiness program for underprivileged youth.

Harold Torrence, associate professor of linguistics in the UCLA College, became enamored of linguistics as an undergraduate at the University of Georgia.

Q&A with the newly appointed director of cancer population genetics at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Position in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music brings expertise in Afro Latin jazz performance, composition and activism.

The California Climate Expedition — led by climate scientist Alex Hall — grants riders the chance to experience climate change impacts from Oakland to Los Angeles.

Electrical infrastructure upgrades by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will mean lane closures near campus.