awards and honors

Law professor and human rights expert E. Tendayi Achiume and acclaimed hydroclimatologist Park Williams are UCLA’s latest MacArthur Fellowship recipients.

The UCLA School of Law faculty member was recognized with the ‘genius grant’ for her impactful work on race, migration and international law.

An acclaimed hydroclimatologist, Williams was recognized for his research on climate change and its connection to drought and fires.

The couple’s philanthropic support and volunteer leadership have enriched UCLA for more than two decades.

Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt attended the year-end celebration of the health and well-being-focused initiative.

Each winning faculty member will receive $10,000 to create a new UCLA course in which students will collaborate with partners in the community.

The annual award honors a mid-career faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching, research and service.

The competition, organized by UCLA, Amazon and consulting firm Slalom, introduces students to new ways of using technology to address critical issues.

The graduating psychology student has been honored with a Dean’s Prize for Excellence in Research and Creativity.

Yousef Bozorgnia, Sharon Dolovich and Aaron Littman will receive Public Impact Research Awards at a June 2 ceremony.

The UCLA Awards ceremony will take place May 13 at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on campus.

UCLA’s newest honorees are Miguel García-Garibay, Leonid Kruglyak, Gary Segura and Min Zhou.

Professors Heather Maynard, Harryette Mullen and Daniel Treisman are among the 270 inductees for 2023.

The honored work ranges from a celebration of celebrates Black fashion in Los Angeles to a first-of-its-kind art restitution program.

The honorees are Michael Berry, Scott Cummings, Prineha Narang, Alex Purves and Michael Rothberg.

August Deer, whose research helped speed up a machine learning technique, is the only finalist from the Los Angeles area.

The honorees are Roger Wakimoto, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Kenneth Nagy, Yi Tang, Tommaso Treu, Christine Dunkel Schetter and Gary Orfield.

UCLA faculty and alumni took home honors for jazz album, opera recording and improvised jazz solo and musical theater album.

UCLA’s Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science chapter received award from the national organization.

Martha Gonzalez, who graduated from UCLA in 1999, reflects on her journey from Boyle Heights to 2022 MacArthur fellow.

The annual list compiled by Clarivate identifies scholars whose work has been referenced most often in studies published by other researchers.

The Kenyan entrepreneur and his company, Solar Freeze, receive a $100,000 prize for reducing food waste.

The program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, gives awardees the opportunity to study aspects of a society or societies.

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities recognizes school as an Innovation & Prosperity University for commitment to region, workforce.

Marinza Marzouk, Monica Soliman and Samuel Zamora were among only 16 students nationally chosen for the awards.