Faculty Bulletin Board

Dr. Harold Hargis, a well-known UCLA professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery, died on Nov. 17 at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 90.

LeGuin won the Kinkeldey Prize for her book, 'The Tonadilla in Performance: Lyric Comedy in Enlightenment Spain.'

Paul Barber, UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has partnered with the California Science Center and GRAMMY-winning singer Jack Johnson to bring global attention to the Coral Triangle.

The award to Dr. Antoni Ribas recognizes his groundbreaking research developing new immunotherapies that utilize the human body's own natural defenses to fight cancer.

Dr. David Shackelford, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center member and assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCLA, has been awarded a Research Career Development Award by STOP CANCER.

The chair was established by the late Jonathan Postel’s friends and family to honor his achievements and contributions to the development of the Internet.

George Bohanon of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music was recognized by the Los Angeles Jazz Society with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

A $570,000 grant will allow a team led by Edward Leamer of the UCLA Anderson School of Management to study the effects of a higher minimum wage by evaluating the ordinance in Los Angeles.

Judea Pearl, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence and a professor at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, will receive the Dickson Prize in Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

MALDEF, the nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization, recently honored UCLA psychologist Cynthia Telles, director of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Spanish­-speaking Psychosocial Clinic, at MALDEF's 2015 Los Angeles Awards Gala held Thursday.

UCLA history professor Juan Gómez-Quiñones’ new book is called “Theorizing on the Mexican Revolution: Interpretations by Historians and Chroniclers.”

Horowitz, co-executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, has been appointed to the executive committee of the California State Bar’s environment law section. 

Jean-François Blanchette recently published a new book, "Regulating the Cloud," that takes both a social and technical look at the cloud's role in everyday life.

American Academy of Pediatrics gives $4.1 million to help more families nationwide manage their health needs.

The UCLA eye surgeon will be only the third woman to present the lecture for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Adjunct professor of electrical engineering is recognized for extraordinary research contributions to the NASA lab.

The UCLA Semel Institute professor studies links between stress, inflammation, depression and cancer.

The UCLA professor's research centers on improving the performance and usability of systems that process Big Data.

Jason Cong and Ameet Talwalkar are on faculty at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

L.A.’s new contemporary art museum showcases the works of Barbara Kruger, Lari Pittman and Charles Ray.

The UCLA associate professor's research and scholarship have made an influential contribution to cancer control.

UCLA's Julia Burtenshaw talks about working with ancient Colombian ceramics.

The professor of chemistry, biochemistry, materials science and engineering is recognized for exceptional achievement in materials research.

UCLA's George Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology will speak on issues of Indigenous education.

The UCLA professor also holds the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Chair in Israel Studies.