Faculty Bulletin Board

McManus will serve as an assistant professor of music and director of athletic bands and associate director of bands. 

West will develop a film on Los Angeles’ oil-driven history, mixing archival footage with new material.

The prize is awarded to an early-career researcher “whose work reflects the highest caliber of excellence, diligence and creative thinking.”

The professor is being recognized for her sustained commitment to medical education and contributions to patient care.

She was honored with the 2025 Douglas K. Richardson Award for Perinatal and Pediatric Healthcare Research.

The physician has been a longtime advocate of the foundation, which will hold its Los Angeles Take Steps walk on June 8.

He was recognized for his fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence, particularly his pioneering work in causal reasoning.

The grant allows the Curtis Center for Mathematics and Teaching to expand a math enrichment program in L.A. middle schools.

The assistant professor is one of five educators from across the country selected by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.

The professor emeritus, who retired from active teaching in 2019, leads a Fiat Lux seminar on UCLA’s history and architecture.

Boum’s research has centered on the complexities of religious and ethnic minorities in North Africa.

Madni is joined by Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, as one of the two honorary fellows.

The chemical and biomolecular engineering professor was honored with a 2025 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

The physician-scientist, who joined UCLA in 1971, was recognized by the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine.

The sociology professor was recognized for his 2024 book on people at risk of being “unclaimed” after death.

The funding will go toward using artificial intelligence to improve risk assessment for those suffering from diabetes and related complications. 

Chen was given the 2025 Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award by the Materials Research Society.

The award honors outstanding innovations in the field of computer science.

He is being recognized for his fundamental contributions to improving the automation and customization of computing systems.

His group aims to discover small molecules for pills that can target and dissolve alpha-synuclein fibrils, which kill neurons.

He was selected for his ability to communicate mathematics effectively and his review articles on networks, complex systems and dynamics.

Xintong Yuan, a chemical engineering doctoral student, has been selected to join the 2025 class of next-generation researchers.

The UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies executive director was honored for his contributions to food policy and sustainable food systems.

The honor is only given out every other year, and is one of the most prestigious in the legal academy.

He is being honored for his discoveries that have helped reshape the treatment of leukemia, lymphoma and other cancers.