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Issam Najm, adjunct associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, was recently elected to the George Warren Fuller Society.

The debut novel of Justin Torres, assistant professor of English at UCLA, has been translated into 15 languages and was recently adapted into a film of the same name.

Shushan Karapetian received the Russ Campbell Young Scholar Award in Heritage Language Education.

Uri McMillan, associate professor of English and African American studies, was awarded a faculty research grant from the UC Consortium for Black Studies in California.

Chand Viswanathan, a distinguished professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, died on March 12. He was 88.

UCLA Anderson’s Elisa Long, informed by personal experience, parses data to help those mulling mastectomy and gynecological surgeries to reduce cancer risk.

The Hammer Museum at UCLA will host screenings of “Charlottesville: Race and Terror” and “The Great White Hoax.”

Allison Carruth, associate professor of English, has been awarded $15,000 from the UCLA Arts Initiative “Campus as Canvas” grant.

Kendall, who taught in UCLA's department of ethnomusicology for 30 years, led one of the nation’s only programs dedicated to the scientific study of music.

It will support international programs, students studying abroad and faculty conducting international research.

The national Clinical Research Forum has selected a study led by Dr. Jeffrey Saver to receive a Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award for 2018.

Dr. Kenneth Wells, has received the award for his career of contributions to mental health.

Dr. Richard Shemin has been elected to the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors as a Surgical Specialty Society.

Hugo Hopenhayn was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his proposal “Innovations, Innovators and Knowledge Transfer.”

The UCLA Staff Assembly and Campus Human Resources will host a forum to discuss what was learned from the survey.

The grants support curricular experimentation and development and instructional improvement of undergraduate offerings.

The award, established in 2015, recognizes UCLA emeriti for exemplary service to the university and their department.

William Clark, Rita Effros and Judea Pearl are being recognized for contributions in their fields since retirement and for serving as examples of intellectual achievement.

Nate Moore, co-executive producer of the blockbuster, “Black Panther,” will join UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Tom Nunan in conversation.

Ankur Mehta, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UCLA, aims to make robots as pervasive as computers are today.

The Hammer Museum at UCLA is hosting “The Flux,” a screening series of short films and music videos from around the world.

UCLA assistant professor of public policy Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld authors a how-to guide on using social media data.

UCLA chemistry professor helped develop Erleada, which was recently approved by the FDA for treating an especially lethal form of prostate cancer.

The money from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation will establish the Hearst Theater Lab Initiative.

“Downdrift,” by Johanna Drucker, highlights how human behaviors threaten life on Earth.