Faculty + Staff

Two UCLA emeriti professors, pediatric surgeon Dr. Eric Fonkalsrud and Howard Suber of the School of Theater, Film and Television, have been selected to receive the 2014 Dickson Award, one of the highest awards given to emeriti faculty at UCLA.

The UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology offers a rare look at its labs, archives and excavations during an open house on Saturday, May 10 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Drummer John Densmore, a founding member of “The Doors,” will discuss his new book, 'The Doors Unhinged,' at UCLA on May 15 in a Bunche Center Authors' Series Lecture.

The UCLA Volunteer Center's One Bus, One Cause project performs three community service projects this weekend.

Visit Bruin Plaza from 2:30-6:30 on Wednesday, April 30 for one of the last farmers markets of the school year.

David Lloyd Johnston, Canada's governor general, will speak at UCLA about how the United States and Canada can promote innovation across disciplines and across borders.　

Eight UCLA faculty members are among the newest class elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers.

UCLA social scientists Miriam A. Golden and Robin D.G. Kelley are among an esteemed group of 178 of scholars, artists and scientists from the United States and Canada to receive 2014 Guggenheim Fellowships.

UCLA's assistant vice provost of graduate studies, Samuel Bersola, has been named an American Council on Education fellow.

UCLA's 36th Sylvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti Arts and Crafts Exhibition takes place on on May 20, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the California Room of the UCLA Faculty Center.

Deborah Nadoolman Landis, a professor in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, has received the Costume Designer/Technologist Award from the Costume Society of America.

Sarah Haley, UCLA assistant professor of gender studies, has been awarded a Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation for 2014-15.

Elizabeth Thomas, professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, was elected as Fellow in the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses.

After nearly 40 years of living, learning and working on campus, Angela Marciano and Dan Les, the unofficial "super couple" of UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services, are retiring.

UCLA Egyptologist Kathlyn Cooney will share her work on Egyptian funeral practices on May 12 with UCLA staff and faculty.

Dean Judy Olian of the UCLA Anderson School of Management joined other leaders of top business schools for a meeting with White House senior advisers on April 16 to discuss best practices for the 21st-century workplace.

With two deans and six additional faculty members elected, UCLA is home to more 2014 fellows than any other public university in the country.

UCLA's Steve Rand has been a driving force behind the complex logistics of parking and traffic for more than 30 years, including the 1984 Olympics and the evacuation of campus during the 1992 L.A. riots.

The 17th annual City of Angels Fun Ride on May 4 offers a tour of more than 65 scenic, cultural and historic landmarks throughout L.A.

UCLA political scientist Miriam A. Golden and UCLA historian Robin D.G. Kelley will use their 2014 fellowships to complete book projects.

A Los Angeles Marathon runner whose heart stopped during the race met his rescuers, including a team from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was given specialized care that's available at only a few hospitals in the country.

Harry Winston, Inc., recently announced a $1 million pledge to the UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute to establish the Harry Winston Fellowships.

UC President Janet Napolitano held a webchat with university staff about salary increases, career development and other issues of concern on April 16. Includes video.

Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H*" screens at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater on Saturday, April 26 as part of a retrospective of the director's work presented by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

John D’Amico, a principal project manager in UCLA Capital Programs, has been elected mayor of West Hollywood.