Faculty + Staff

UCLA architecture professor Georgina Huljich and her team at P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S have won two design awards for Jujuy Redux, a mid-rise apartment building in Rosario, Argentina.

Christopher Tang, professor of decisions, operations and technology management and the Edward W. Carter Chair in Business Administration in the UCLA Anderson School, has been named a Distinguished Fellow of the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society.

Professor Thomas M. Phillip at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies has been awarded the Spencer Foundation’s Midcareer Fellowship.

Academic achievement, college aspirations and employment potential are all enhanced for those who are fluent in more than one language, according to UCLA's Patricia Gándara, a research professor of education.

UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections curator Peggy Alexander presents highlights from UCLA’s Gene Roddenberry Star Trek Collection on Wednesday, March 11, noon-1 p.m.

Kendall Houk, UCLA’s Saul Winstein Professor of Organic Chemistry, has reached a milestone in his distinguished career: his 1,000th research publication.

UCLA neurosurgeon Dr. Isaac Yang will receive the prestigious National Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence from the American Medical Student Association.

UCLA art history lecturer Gregory Harwell talks about the art, religion and influence of Dutch Renaissance painter Hieronymous Bosch on March 5, 12 p.m., 306 Royce Hall.

Five community health projects led by UCLA's Dr. Bowen Chung, Dr. Maria Garcia, Dr. Gilberto Granados, Audra Langley and Dr. Jyoti Puvvula were selected to receive $20,000 each in funding.

On Saturday, March 7, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m., on-campus families of UCLA faculty, staff and students get first dibs on coveted spots in UCLA Recreation's popular summer camps.

Law professor emeritus Gary Blasi has received the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award for his work in the public interest.

Diane de Anda, UCLA professor emerita of social welfare, embarked on a new career as an author of children's books after her retirement.

Angel investors Scott and Cyan Banister have given $125,000 to support UCLA School of Law’s First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic.

Patrick Allard, UCLA assistant professor of environmental health sciences, has been awarded the 2015 International ToxScholar Grant from the Society of Toxicology.

Nurit Katz, UCLA’s inaugural sustainability officer, took the post of new executive officer of UCLA Facilities Management on Feb. 1.

Melnitz Movies, a program of the UCLA Graduate Student Association, presents a free preview of 'The Iron Ministry,' a new documentary film by director J.P. Sniadecki, on Friday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. at the James Bridges Theater.

Contributions to the UC Retirement Plan will not increase in July, as they have in the past few years. Because of reforms recommended by the Post-Employment Benefits Task Force and approved by the regents in 2010, employer and employee contributions now cover the annual cost of the plan.

Donna Coyne, associate director of admissions at UC Santa Barbara, reflects on her two-year term, ending July 1, as staff advisor to the UC Regents.

The book 'Immigration Outside the Law,' by UCLA School of Law professor Hiroshi Motomura, has won the Association of American Publishers 2015 Professional and Scholarly Excellence Award in the Law and Legal Studies category.

Smadar Naoz, assistant professor in the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been selected to receive a 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Only 36 percent of commuters drive alone, according to UCLA’s annual State of the Commute report.

UC chief investment officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher manages the UC pension, endowment, short-term and total-return investment pools.

Hilal Elver, the newly appointed United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, will participate in two UCLA School of Law events.

UCLA sociology professor Judith Seltzer has been appointed to the National Research Council’s Standing Committee on Reengineering Census Operations.

Paintings by Silke Otto-Knapp are being showcased in the exhibition 'Land Lies in Water' at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada through July 19.