Faculty Bulletin Board

UCLA has been selected as one of eight members of the I-Corps Hub that will scale the National Science Foundation’s National Innovation Network.

The six scientists hope a deeper understanding of induced pluripotent stem cells will pave the way to more advanced therapies for injury and disease.

Wang, an assistant professor of mathematics, received the award which is presented to exceptional young women mathematicians.

A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Wirz is leading the modeling and integration team.

Laurent Pilon and Wilbur Marner have been honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Shorter received $50,000 from the California Community Foundation to facilitate work on his Archive of Healing.

The foreign minister’s commendations are awarded to individuals and groups acknowledge their contribution to the promotion of friendship between Japan and other countries.

Van Valkenburgh has received the 2021 Romer-Simpson Medal from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology for lifetime achievement.

Two scientists from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received the three-year award from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Narins has been honored by the Acoustical Society of America. This is only the fourth silver medal ever given by the society in animal bioacoustics.

Weiss, an expert in nanoscience, is the first UCLA faculty member to receive the honor from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Lin, assistant professor of art at UCLA, is having her work “Seeping, Rotting, Resting, Weeping” displayed at the Walker Art Center.

Blumenstein has received the 2020 Richard Buchholz conservation behavior award from the Animal Behavior Society Conservation Committee.

Nair, associate professor of art history, is a 2021-2022 recipient of a research excellence award from the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.

Chenfanfu Jiang, assistant professor of mathematics, and his research team won the award for their paper about a morphing hybrid aerial vehicle.

Garud, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has been named a UCLA Hellman fellow and honored by Scialog.

The unique projects are led by researchers in materials science, engineering, information technology, environmental sustainability, and life and biomedical sciences.

Kim, professor of theater, film and television, has been invited to show her virtual reality film “Tearless” which is about the the mistreatment of Korean “comfort women.”

The fellowship is awarded to members who have made exceptional contributions to the field and have provided volunteer service to the society.

The new program will be funded by a $410,000 gift from Farhad Fred Ebrahimi and Mary Wilkie Ebrahimi.

Fu, professor atmospheric and oceanic sciences, has been selected to receive the society’s award for outstanding achievement in biometeorology.

Ng, assistant professor of clinical psychology in the UCLA College, has received an outstanding contribution to trauma psychology by an early career psychologist award.

Brannon, has received a 2021 early career psychologists achievement award from the association.

Menjívar specializes in immigration, gender, family dynamics, social networks, religious institutions and broad conceptualizations of violence.

Aparna Bhaduri, Laura DeNardo and Yi-Rong Peng have received Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards.