Faculty Bulletin Board

Leonardo Scarabelli, a UCLA postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Professor Paul Weiss is among five winners of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists, presented for the best Ph.D. theses in the chemical sciences.

UCLA lecturer David Stein has been awarded the Maria Stewart Prize from the African American Intellectual History Society for the best journal article in black intellectual history written in 2015 or 2016.

Two faculty members have been awarded 2017 fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies. Out of nearly 1,200 applicants, only 71 fellows were selected.  

The grant will assist in the completion of research for Robert Chao Romero's current book project, “The Brown Church: Towards a Latina/o History and Theology of Liberation.”

Last month, postdoctoral researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA impressed judges with their scientific acumen, poise and ability to articulate the significance of their work at the 2017 Giannini Fellowship competition in Pebble Beach, California.

The honor recognizes exceptional young scientists who have demonstrated “the most creative talent,” according to the program.

An expert in pathology of the liver and one of the pioneers in establishing the nature of the liver cell, he has done research on the pathogenesis of alcoholic and liver disease, more specifically investigating the regulation of expression of RNA sequence genes in liver biopsies from patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis.

Weizhe Hong, an assistant professor of biological chemistry and neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named a 2017 Searle Scholar.

In an effort to move the needle forward to improve cancer detection techniques, the National Cancer Institute awarded $2.5 million to principal investigator Dr. David Wong, associate dean for research at the UCLA School of Dentistry.

UCLA history professor Carla Pestana, the holder of the Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World, has written a new book, "The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire," just published by Belknap Press-Harvard University.

Jessica Harris, a UCLA assistant professor in the division of higher education and organizational change, has been selected as one of five recipients of the 2017–19 Emerging Scholar Award from the American College Personnel Association-College Educators International.

Elisa Long and Hal Hershfield, two faculty members at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, are on Poets and Quants’ list of 2017’s 40 most outstanding M.B.A. professors under 40.

Aslı Bâli, UCLA professor of law and director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, has co-edited a book on how the drafters of constitutions have addressed religious tensions in 14 countries.

UCLA School of Law professor Kal Raustiala has been cited by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in a dissenting opinion in a copyright dispute.

UCLA’s postdoctoral scholars were recently honored for their important contributions to the university’s interrelated missions of research, teaching and public service at the 2017 Postdoctoral Scholars Reception and Awards Ceremony.

John Duncan, professor of Korean in UCLA’s Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, is presented with the Yongjae Award, established in 1995 to honor Yongjae Paek Nak-jun, a former minister of education during the Korean War.

UCLA Department of Architecture and Design lecturer, Wonne Ickx, along with curator and art critic Ruth Estévez, curated “Spaces without drama or surface is an illusion, but so is depth,” an exhibition on view at the Graham Foundation in Chicago.

Dr. Janet Pregler, director of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center, has been named a “Women of the Year” honoree by the Los Angeles County Commission for Women and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

Noriko Akatsuka, who established the foundation for the Asian linguistics program in the UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, passed away on Oct. 17, 2016, in Santa Monica at the age of 79.

Dr. Neal Baer, adjunct professor in the UCLA Department of Community Health Sciences and co-director of the Global Media Center for Social Impact, is a television writer and producer as well as pediatrician.

Ambivalent House, designed by Jason Payne, associate professor in the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, along with his design firm, Hirsuta, won the Arch Out Loud Hollywood design competition.

John Villasenor, professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, told a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday, March 15, that Congress might want to consider a deliberate approach to any attempts to legislate the use of unmanned aircraft.

Dean Ho, Ph.D., professor of oral biology and medicine and Co-Director of the Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology at the UCLA School of Dentistry has been named a Fulbright Scholar as part of the Core U.S. Scholar program.

Four UCLA faculty members are part of the institute’s 2017 class.

UCLA School of Law honored professors David Babbe and Skye Donald, posthumously, with the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching at a ceremony on March 8. Babbe and Donald have earned praise from students and colleagues for their work as instructors ...