faculty news

Glen MacDonald, formerly the director of UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, is the first holder of a new chair named after legendary conservationist John Muir. Mark Gold is now acting director of IoES.

Emily Scivoletto will join the UCLA School of Law as dean of students on Aug. 14, coming from the University of San Diego School of Law.

A group of 47 eminent scientists who met in the laboratories of UCLA paleobiologist J. William Schopf produced two remarkable books documenting the earliest history of the Earth. Thirty-five of them will reunite at UCLA for a July 22-24 conference.

Water researchers from UCLA, the Natural History Museum and elsewhere are helping the region understand issues, history and possible solutions related to the drought. A discussion series featuring panels of experts begins July 10.

Kligman is a renowned expert on Jewish music, from sacred liturgical traditions to contemporary popular music. He joined the UCLA faculty July 1.

The mood on campus changes over the summer. It's hard to put it into words, so let's try it with photos.

The campus is one of six U.S. institutions chosen by the NIH to join the agency's efforts to tackle the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and develop ways to diagnose rare genetic disorders.

Aydogan Ozcan and Tracy Johnson have been named Howard Hughes Medical Institute professors in recognition of their breakthrough research and innovative approaches to undergraduate education.

Michael Intriligator, a professor of economics, political science and public policy at UCLA who played an influential role in the establishment of the School of Public Affairs, died on June 23 after a three-year battle with melanoma. 

Brian Taylor, director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies and Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies as well as a professor of urban planning, talks about getting stuck in traffic and the day he received three parking tickets in Zocalo's green room.

The new prize, established by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Russian tech billionaire Yuri Milner, recognizes scholars who have made major advances in the field of math.

The agreement between Patrick Harran and the Los Angeles County DA will result in a dismissal of all charges in connection with a campus lab accident that took the life of a staff research associate.

Professor Brenda Stevenson, a scholar who looks into issues of gender, family and community during the slavery era, recalls her own family history and connections to slavery. Her work has earned her the 2014 Gold Shield Faculty Prize.

UCLA faculty and graduate students with research interests in Mexico will soon be benefiting from a closer relationship with that country, its government and institutions.

Robert Steinberg, UCLA professor emeritus of mathematics, died on May 25. He was 92.

Getting into Neil Garg's course "was like ‘The Hunger Games,'" said one student. "I know people who waited two years to get in. People have celebratory dances when they learn they’re enrolled."

UCLA professor Mike Rose of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies discusses his book, 'The Mind at Work,' which was recently re-published as a 10th anniversary edition.

Professor Donald Neuen, longtime director of choral conducting and choral studies at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, led his final concert on June 7 at Royce Hall.

Sarna, who holds the Lulu Wolf Hassenplug Chair, will serve a one-year term while Dean Courtney Lyder is on leave.

Employee contributions to the University of California retirement plan will increase on July 1, 2014.

The 'Code for the Mission' contest seeks faculty, staff and students to create apps exploring the liberal arts, tackling health care problems and closing the education gap.

Their Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is leading a very personal fight to find treatments and extend lives — including that of their son.

UC President Janet Napolitano orders flags at all UC facilities to be lowered to half-staff to honor the memories of the victims of Friday's tragic events in Isla Vista.

Taylor Bazley, a UCLA senior, grew up in a poor neighborhood in San Diego. So when he was admitted to UCLA, Bazley knew it would change his life.

Amy Rowat, an assistant professor in UCLA's Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, believes food can be a powerful way to communicate science to a broad audience.