Search

Weizhe Hong, an assistant professor of biological chemistry and neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named a 2017 Searle Scholar.

Kathleen Salvaty oversees UC’s ongoing efforts to effectively prevent and respond to sexual violence and sexual harassment, which includes education, investigation, adjudication and sanctioning in cases involving students, faculty and staff.

UCLA will mark World Health Day on April 7, commemorating the founding of the World Health Organization, with a wide spectrum of activities on campus focused on Depression: Let’s Talk.

Jason Furman delivers the annual Arnold C. Harberger Distinguished Lecture on Economic Development and will speak on the critical role of the Council of Economic Advisers and what may lie ahead for the U.S. and global economies.

Presentations will discuss challenges, solutions and innovations for a better future in countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Europe.

On Wednesday, April  5 from 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. at the UCLA Law School in room 1457, the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies hosts a viewing of “Hummus! The Movie” followed by a hummus tasting.

“The New Criminal Justice Thinking,” which UCLA’s Sharon Dolovich edited with professor Alexandra Natapoff of Loyola Law School, includes 14 essays by scholars, sociologists and criminologists who train their eyes on the system’s hidden corners.

In an effort to move the needle forward to improve cancer detection techniques, the National Cancer Institute awarded $2.5 million to principal investigator Dr. David Wong, associate dean for research at the UCLA School of Dentistry.

The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library has been awarded $261,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to describe and digitize annotated printed books from the hand-press era (ca. 1455–1830).

UCLA School of Law is joining the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Los Angeles Police Department and two other law schools to help establish a policy for the release of body camera footage by the police department.

California Professor of the Year Neil Garg, who has been getting large numbers of UCLA students to love organic chemistry for years, has been selected as one of three finalists for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.

UCLA history professor Carla Pestana, the holder of the Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World, has written a new book, "The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire," just published by Belknap Press-Harvard University.

UCLA Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Youlonda Copeland-Morgan traveled to Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress on how to improve federal student aid to better meet the needs of today’s students.

A new undergraduate minor in international migration studies will aim to give students an appreciation of international migration, drawing on a broad array of disciplines and methodological approaches.

Jessica Harris, a UCLA assistant professor in the division of higher education and organizational change, has been selected as one of five recipients of the 2017–19 Emerging Scholar Award from the American College Personnel Association-College Educators International.

Elisa Long and Hal Hershfield, two faculty members at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, are on Poets and Quants’ list of 2017’s 40 most outstanding M.B.A. professors under 40.

Aslı Bâli, UCLA professor of law and director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, has co-edited a book on how the drafters of constitutions have addressed religious tensions in 14 countries.

Mark Sawyer, 45, died March 26 in Los Angeles. He was a professor in the UCLA departments of African American Studies and Political Science.

Approximately 100 UCLA faculty members who were once first-generation college students are participating in a new effort to offer support and encouragement to current first-generation UCLA students as well as prospective students.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive is partnering with China Onscreen to present China-related film programming year-round at the Billy Wilder Theater.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive presents three nights of double features in its film series: "In Transit: Refugees on Film," highlighting the cinematic stories of lost souls from different parts of the world.

Ramesh Srinivasan, an associate professor of information studies, has studied revolutions in Egypt and Kyrgyzstan and the role of digital media in supporting indigenous communities.

A planned interruption for BruinCard services due to annual maintenance will take place all day Tuesday, March 28.

A team from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health ran in the L.A. Marathon and Charity Relay on Sunday, March 19, and raised nearly $25,000 in support of student summer fieldwork. 

In response to questions about how to respond if immigration enforcement actions occur on university property, UC has answered some of these frequently asked questions.