Faculty + Staff

UCLA professor of architecture and urban design Sylvia Lavin's 'Everything Loose Will Land' explores the dynamic intersection of architecture and the visual arts in Los Angeles during the 1970s. The exhibit is at the Graham Foundation in Chicago.

Professor Peter Sellars of UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance has won the 2014 Polar Music Prize, has been named 2014-15 director-in-residence of the English National Opera and will be honored by the New York Park Avenue Armory this fall.

Join Kristy Edmunds, artistic and executive director of the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA for Arts Exchange on Monday, May 12, 5 p.m. in the Royce Hall West Lobby for conversation about collaborations between the center and campus colleagues.

David Heber, UCLA professor emeritus of medicine and founding director of the UCLA Center for Nutrition, was inducted into the 2014 Class of Fellows of the American Society for Human Nutrition.

UC Walks comes to UCLA on May 21 from 12-1 p.m. on Wilson Plaza.

The UCLA Hammer Museum hosts a discussion with novelist and UCLA professor Mona Simpson and screenwriter/director David O. Russell, May 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Make gifts for mom at 'Kids in the Courtyard: A Mother's Day of Earthly Delights' on Sunday, May 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. in UCLA's Fowler Museum courtyard.

UCLA professor emeritus Howard Suber has played a pivotal role in the creation of key programs in UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television, including the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Producer's Program, which has helped launched many a Hollywood career.

Candidates for the State Senate's 26th district, which represents UCLA, will take part in a forum on May 16 at 6 p.m. at Korn Convocation Hall.

"Lyrics From Lockdown: One Man. One Mic. 40 Characters" by acclaimed actor, author and hip-hop artist Bryonn Bain premieres at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall on Tuesday, May 6, 8 p.m.

Kathleen L. Komar, UCLA professor of comparative literature, will receive the 2014 Oliver Johnson Award for Distinguished Leadership from the UC Academic Council and the Assembly of the Academic Senate.

Sarah Stein, UCLA professor of history, has published a new book about the marginalization of Jewish communities in southern Algeria by French authorities.

UCLA professor of bioengineering, electrical engineering and surgery Dr. Warren Grundfest has been named the winner of the Pierre Galletti Award by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Mark Garmaise, a professor of finance in the UCLA Anderson School of Management, will take up the post of dean of the MBA program, effective July 1, 2014.

Dr. James D. Cherry, a UCLA scientist who researches pediatric infectious diseases, is also an avid outdoorsman who, at age 83, routinely shuns groomed runs to ski remote backcountry slopes.

Judea Pearl, a UCLA faculty member since 1969, was honored for his 'distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

K.A.M.P. will connect kids and artists at the Hammer museum on May 18.

Robert Gilbert is the new director of budget and financial planning for UCLA Housing & Hospitality Services.

UCLA's Kyrie Bass is the new director of organizational planning, performance and development for UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services.

'Urban Tumbleweed' — the latest book by award-winning poet and UCLA English professor Harryette Mullen — combines two of her most enjoyable activities that she wanted to do more of: walk and write poetry.

UCLA physicians Dr. Mario Deng and Dr. Martin Cadeiras are partnering with students of UCLA and Marymount High School to create an art therapy program to help patients receiving heart failure treatment.

UCLA professor Demetri Terzopoulos has been named a Royal Academy Fellow for his work to unify the fields of computer vision and computer graphics.

Mark Peterson, UCLA professor of public policy, political science and law, will become chair of the Public Policy Department at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs on July 1, 2014.

The Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching has selected the 2014 recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award. They join a very select group of UCLA’s finest teachers.

"Issei: The First Generation," a film documenting the struggles and triumphs of first-generation Japanese Americans, will be screened on May 8 from 4-6 p.m. in UCLA's Broad Art Center.