Faculty Bulletin Board

The UCLA Law professor has published more than 50 law journal articles in a variety of fields.

The gift will provide up to $6,500 a year for research in the population sciences.

The beliefs and practices of magic were part of philosophy and science for centuries.

Ornitz was a pioneer in establishing the brain-based nature of autism.

UCLA researchers have won a $1 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop lightweight, portable and cost-effective imaging devices that can quantify and characterize nano-size objects.

Leon Letwin, a UCLA law professor and social justice activist who defended the rights of Angela Davis, among others, and advocated to increase enrollment of blacks and Latinos in Los Angeles-area law schools, died July 13 in State College, Pennsylvania.

Robert A. and Elizabeth Ligon Bjork, UCLA professors of psychology, have been jointly selected to receive the Association for Psychological Science’s 2016 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, the association’s highest honor.

J. David Neelin, UCLA professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Hyundai Hope On Wheels and Los Angeles area Hyundai dealers awarded Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA a $250,000 Hyundai Scholar Grant for pediatric cancer research.

Lynn is an innovator in using digital technology to redefine architectural design and fabrication.

The legendary jazz guitarist is recognized as an international ambassador for the art form.

Bescher a leader in developing new, longer-lasting concrete materials for construction projects

He develops miniaturized systems for use in basic biology, medical diagnostics, material fabrication and cellular engineering

Peggy Fong, UCLA professor and vice chair of the ecology and evolutionary biology department, has won the William A. Niering Outstanding Educator Award from the Coastal Estuarine Research Federation.

The Okawa Foundation awarded UCLA professor of computer science Miryung Kim a research grant of $84,000 to support her research project titled “Toward Interactive Debugging of Big Data Analytics.” 

UCLA Operation Mend was honored with a 2015 Newman's Own Award and $50,000 grant during a ceremony at the Pentagon on Sept. 2.

Soraya de Chadarevian, a professor in the UCLA Department of History and the Institute for Society and Genetics, has been awarded an NSF grant to explore the history of genetics research.

The American Bar Foundation has named Dean Emerita Rachel Moran, the Michael J. Connell distinguished professor of law at UCLA School of Law, as the Inaugural William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law for 2015-16.

The UC Office of the President has awarded a multi-campus research programs and initiatives grant of $1.07 million over four years to establish the Consortium for Black Studies in California.

The State Bar of California honored the UCLA Williams Institute's Los Angeles HIV Law and Policy Project with a Pro Bono Service Award.

Professor Stephen Smale has been appointed as the inaugural vice dean for research in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, beginning Oct. 1.

Eric Scerri, a lecturer in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is featured in the PBS documentary 'The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements, which premieres Wednesday, Aug. 19. 

UCLA faculty are invited to apply for a newly established $25,000 Faculty Climate Action Champion Award.

Karen A. Grimley has been appointed the new chief nursing executive for UCLA Health and assistant dean in the UCLA School of Nursing.

A team of engineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, in partnership with Southern California Edison, has received a $1.62 million grant to build a hybrid energy storage system.