Faculty + Staff

For UCLA staff members interested in earning an M.B.A., UCLA Anderson School of Management is hosting a lunchtime information session on Thursday, Nov. 20.

Professor Chon Noriega, director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, is being recognized for excellence in community service by MALDEF, the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization.

UCLA's Chase Child Life Program at Mattel Children’s Hospital invites donations to its annual toy drive through Dec. 17.

With an office full of antique projectors known as “magic lanterns” and a conviction to retell media history, Erkki Huhtamo has pioneered the field of media archaeology.

UCLA professor Barbara Kruger of the department of art has been selected by the J. Paul Getty Museum to work with hundreds of students from LAUSD Title I high schools on a collaborative project titled, “Whose Values?”

More than 4,000 parents of UCLA undergraduates — many of them the newest Bruins on campus — spent a fun-filled weekend with their children, experiencing the best of UCLA.

The UCLA Administrative Management Group invites UCLA professional staff to expand their networks and gain professional development skills.

Dr. A. Eugene Washington, vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine, will receive the David E. Rogers Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges on Nov. 8 in Chicago.

Kelly Schmader, UCLA assistant vice chancellor for facilities management, served 28 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps.

Young patients at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA dressed up in Halloween costumes and went trick-or-treating through the hospital's hallways today (Oct. 31).

If also approved by two Academic Senate bodies, the proposal would require all College undergraduates to complete a course focused on diversity.

UCLA officials went downtown on Wednesday to recognize campus programs that serve communities throughout Los Angeles County and, together with volunteer ambassadors, met with local officials to discuss UCLA's public service efforts in each of their respective districts.

The app was developed to better serve magazine readers in the digital age and bring them the very best of UCLA arts, athletics, entertainment and discovery.

If you’re enrolled in UC’s Supplemental Disability plan and have a 7-day or 30-day waiting period, you’ll be paying a higher premium in 2015. But you can lessen the impact of rising rates by selecting a longer waiting period.

UC Human Resources is making available four new videos in English and Spanish to help you understand the basics about your medical benefits.

UCLA education professor Sylvia Hurtado’s research on the effect of campus climate on student academic progress as well as on student and faculty retention has caught the attention of many in higher education.

The UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program hope to increase the diversity of faculty by attracting high-caliber researchers and providing them with the professional development training and opportunities to help them compete for highly selective tenure-track positions.

Bruce Whiteman, librarian emeritus of UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and a Canadian poet and writer, returns to the Clark to read from his work on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 4 p.m.

UCLA professor Peter Narins has been elected president of the International Society for Neuroethology. Narins is a distinguished professor of integrative biology and physiology, as well as ecology and evolutionary.

UCLA professor of history Janice Reiff, immediate past chair of UCLA's Academic Senate, will serve as the 2014-15 senate–administration liaison for online education.

UCLA Campus Human Resources is presenting Open Enrollment information sessions for faculty and staff, Nov. 3-21.

Kathleen McGarry, professor and chair of UCLA's department of economics, has been named a 2014-15 visiting scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's oldest and most recognized academic honor society.

Rejeana Mathis, 2014-25 president of UCLA Staff Assembly, has led hundreds of staff and faculty in dozens of classes, workshops and retreats in her role as a management development coordinator with Campus Human Resources.

Suzanne Shu, an associate professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, made the shift from electrical engineer to decision-making expert

Lynn Vavreck, UCLA professor of political science and communication studies, speaks on “The Midterm Elections: Turnout, Undecided Voters, and those Ads you Love to Hate" on Thursday, Oct. 23, 3 - 4:30 p.m. at UCLA's Young Research Library, Conference Room 11360.