Faculty + Staff

Video: UCLA's professor of near eastern languages and cultures walks and talks about archaeology, ancient Egypt and more.

National Institutes of Health has awarded a network of 80 hospitals and ambulance agencies $830,000.

Scott, who comes to UCLA from UC Riverside, has been appointed associate university librarian for collection management and scholarly communication.

Dr. Nicholas Nickols, assistant professor of radiation oncology, has received the 2017 VALOR Young Investigator Award by the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Nancy Wayne and the UC Center for Laboratory Safety were honored by the Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association.

The free tickets can be picked up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. between Monday, July 24, and Friday, Aug. 4, at eight locations.

Kevin Njabo to speak in Tanzania about the Congo Basin Institute and a hopeful vision for Africa’s future.

The Wasserman Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies will be a keynote speaker at the International Baccalaureate conference in Orlando, Florida.

They received the Best Practice Award for Innovative Waste Reduction at the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference.

The chair honors a UCLA professor who is an accomplished researcher, teacher and mentor to future engineering leaders.

Staff Assembly is asking people to help out for 30-minute shifts, ensuring plenty of time to still enjoy the picnic.

The Hammer Forum will host a discussion with experts on the assisted suicide law that allows doctors to prescribe aid-in-dying medication.

Roberge, who has been on faculty since 2002, is the principal designer and founder of the building design company Murmur: Architecture and Environments.

The Meteorite Lecture Series presents a lecture from professor David Paige.

Jonathan Stewart, professor and chair of the civil and environmental engineering department, gave a talk on the seismic threats to California’s water transport.

Weiss, distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry and materials science and engineering, has been elected as one of two new international fellows.

The two-time national coach of the year led UCLA to five NCAA championships and seven conference titles.

The council of doctors, researchers and other professionals will bolster the program’s ability to serve schools through sharing a current research and accumulated experience.

Dr. Patricia Ganz, of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, assumed the editorial leadership of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on July 1.

Michelle Caswell has been named one of the recipients of the 2017 Fellows’ Ernst Posner Award.

Sean Young’s book, “Stick With It: A Scientifically Proven Process for Changing Your Life — for Good,” uses decades of research to give people effective tools for altering habits.

Ozan Jaquette will use the $70,000 fellowship from the National Academy of Education and the Spencer Foundation to support his research on the off-campus recruitment patterns of public research universities.

Randall Akee is the 2016-17 recipient of the C. Doris and Toshio Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize in Asian American Studies at UCLA.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive kicks off its “Golden Age of Television Writers on the Big Screen” series with this 1970s masterpiece.

The series is part of the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative, which was envisioned and funded by philanthropists Terry and Jane Semel.