Faculty + Staff

Join UCLA's Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden in celebrating the opening of its new La Kretz Entrance on Monday, June 2, noon.

The University of California is changing the eligibility rules for retiree health benefits to simplify administration and respond to employee concerns.

Volunteer for the fifth annual Westwood Organized Meaningful Project (WOMP) on Saturday, May 31, in a day of community improvement projects in Westwood Village and the North Village.

Dr. Samuel Skootsky, chief medical officer for UCLA Health System and adjunct professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine, along with UCLA's Project SEARCH recently received 2014 Healthcare Leadership Awards from the Los Angeles Business Journal.

Celebrity chef Charles Chen will teach UCLA staff, faculty and students how to prepare delicious and healthy meals.

Twenty-seven UCLA assistant professors have received the Faculty Career Development Award, which provides research support at a critical time in the pre-tenure stage. Awards are made in the form of summer ninths or lump-sum research grants of $5,000 to $10,000.

Robert Kaplan, professor emeritus of health policy and management at the Fielding School of Public Health, has been named chief science officer at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an organization under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

More than 600 people attended the 7th annual Dealing for Duchenne celebrity poker tournament and silent auction, raising $650,000 for the Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at UCLA.

UCLA will offer free hands-only CPR training on June 5 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center.

Behzad Razavi, UCLA professor of electrical engineering, and UCLA postdoctoral scholar Hegong Wei have received the 2013 IEEE CICC Best Paper Award.

Carol Bakhos, associate professor of late Antique Judaism and Jewish studies, has published her latest book, 'The Family of Abraham: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Interpretations,' with Harvard University Press.

Susan Slyomovics, UCLA professor of anthropology and Near Eastern languages and cultures, has published a new book, 'How to Accept German Reparations.'

UCLA psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Siegel discusses his latest book 'Brainstorm: The Power and the Purpose of the Teenage Brain' tonight, June 3, 7 p.m. in Covel Commons.

UC President Janet Napolitano orders flags at all UC facilities to be lowered to half-staff to honor the memories of the victims of Friday's tragic events in Isla Vista.

Authors Donald Antrim and Karl Ove Knausgaard will lecture on 'The Alternative Uses of Real Life in Fiction & Memoir' at UCLA's Hammer Museum on May 29.

Aydogan Ozcan, professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named a finalist for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.

Chih-Ming Ho of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been elected a distinguished Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

The 28th annual JazzReggae Festival comes to campus this Memorial Day weekend. The two-day festival — Jam Day on Sunday, May 25, and Reggae Day on Monday, May 26 — will feature artists such as Ky-Mani Marley, Snoop Dogg, Aloe Blacc and Black Uhuru.

Over Memorial Day weekend, the UCLA community will host two events to show appreciation for soldiers and veterans.

Melnitz Movies will screen 'Night Moves' on Thursday, May 22, 7:30 p.m. at the James Bridges Theater. The fifth feature film by acclaimed filmmaker Kelly Reichardt stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard.

Bruins can enjoy summer baseball for a great price: UCLA staff, faculty, alumni, students and family members can purchase tickets for L.A. Dodgers games through September for up to 30 percent off.

Rachel Moran, dean of the UCLA School of Law, has been appointed to the newly formed American Bar Association Task Force on the Financing of Legal Education.

Daniel Posner, UCLA professor of political science, has been awarded a grant from the Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance of the United States International Agency for Development.

David Jentsch, UCLA professor of psychiatry and psychology, and Dario Ringach, professor of neurobiology and psychology, have received the 2014 Biomedical Research Leadership Award from the California Biomedical Research Association.

UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television will screen 'National Treasure' at the James Bridges Theater on May 21, when the school honors the film's screenwriters, alumni Cormac and Marianne Wibberley.