Faculty + Staff

Dr. Owen Witte, director of UCLA's Broad Stem Cell Research Center and a professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, has been inducted into the American Association for Cancer Research.

Michael Dean, chair of vocal studies at UCLA and an internationally recognized bass-baritone, will perform a full concert of classic jazz and big band music at UCLA on Tuesday, April 22.

Newly appointed AVC Carol Bugé of UCLA Development will oversee donor relations, gift and data processing, fund management, development events, campaign operations, gift policy and resource and prospect management.

UCLA staff, faculty and students can now take advantage of discounts and incentives from 20 participating shops and restaurants, thanks to a new program created by the Westwood Village Improvement Association.

UCLA’s newest dining hall, Bruin Plate, has been recognized for sustainable food service in the 10th annual Higher Education Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards competition.

The efforts of Christine Littleton, UCLA vice provost of diversity and faculty development and professor of law and gender studies, and Susan Drange Lee, director of diversity and faculty development, are highlighted in a new book from the Association for Women in Science.

Behzad Razavi, UCLA professor of electrical engineering, has received the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education PSW Outstanding Teaching Award.

Tatsuo Itoh, UCLA professor of electrical engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors in recognition of his exceptional accomplishments in innovation and invention for the benefit of society.

UCLA life scientist Kirk Lohmueller is among 15 exceptional scientists nationwide to be selected as 2014 Searle Scholar.

Look no further for a sneak peek at the 2014-15 Bruin football team: UCLA Football will hold its annual Spring Showcase at Carson’s StubHub Center Saturday, April 26.

A team of community leaders and researchers from UCLA and RAND led by principal investigator Dr. Kenneth Wells has received the 2014 Joint Team Science Award for a 10-year project to improve depression care.

UCLA Professor Brenda Stevenson's "The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender and the Origins of the Los Angeles Riots" has been named the best book on race relations published in 2013.

UCLA is looking for volunteers to interpret Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, German, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Russian, Samoan and Spanish for the 2015 Special Olympics Invitational to be held in June 2014.

Vicki Steiner, a reference librarian at the UCLA School of Law Library, has been named the 2014 Librarian of the Year by the UCLA Division of the Librarians of the University of California.

The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA is launching a flat-rate $25 ticket price for all UCLA faculty and staff, effective immediately.

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will mark National Public Health Week 2014 with a series of student-organized events on campus as part of the American Public Health Association’s annual celebration of the role of public health and prevention.

Becoming a formal department would bolster UCLA's scholarship and opportunities in African American studies.

UCLA law professor Katherine Stone studies the erosion of the middle class and the changing nature of employment.

Professor Thomas Smith of the UCLA Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology will hold a lecture about the Center's efforts of conservation in Central Africa.

Each year, UCLA staff and faculty touch the lives of thousand of people through the annual campaign for the United Way of Greater Los Angeles.

UCLA staff members enhance their skills, advance their careers in year-long program from Campus Human Resources.

Applications for the 2014 Larry L. Sautter Award honoring innovation in information technology are now being accepted through May 16, 2014.

California Casualty, which offers preferred rates to UC employees, is lowering insurance rates for California homeowners and renters, effective April 1, 2014.

Margaret Jacob, Distinguished Professor of History, has published a new book, "The First Knowledge Economy: Human Capital and the European Economy, 1750-1850."  

UCLA professor Edward Alpers' new book, "The Indian Ocean in World History," explores the complex issues involved in cultural exchange in the Indian Ocean Rim region from the third millennium B.C.E. to the present day.