Kai-Wei Chang, Pavel Galashin, Ravi Netravali and Harold Pimentel are among the new class of young researchers recognized for their scientific achievements.
The distinguished professor of biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine was recognized for his contributions to scientific understanding of evolutionary developmental biology.
Nandita Garud, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has been named an Allen Distinguished Investigator by the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group.
UCLA School of Law will present its inaugural Black History Month lecture with Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, associate professor of history at Smith College.
Chang-Jin Kim, the Volgenau Professor of Engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received the 2021 Robert Bosch Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems Award.
Kimberly Clausing, the Eric M. Zolt Professor of Tax Law and Policy, has joined the Biden administration as a deputy assistant secretary at the Treasury Department.
Mike Schur, creator of ‘Parks and Recreation’ and ‘The Good Place,’ joins philosophy professor Pamela Hieronymi to speak about civic engagement in teen media.
Garg’s laboratory will receive $2.8 million over five years to support his research on exploiting unconventional building blocks in chemical synthesis.
Editors Ibram Kendi and Keisha Blain discuss “Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019” and the importance of community history.
Glenn Reinman won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Association for Computing Machinery International Symposium on Microarchitecture’s MICRO Test of Time Award.
Nasim Annabi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been recognized with the Young Investigator Award from the Society for Biomaterials.
Sudipto Banerjee, professor and chair of the biostatistics department at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will lead the International Society for Bayesian Analysis.
The Asian Pacific Islander Faculty Staff Association will hold a celebration of the Lunar New Year on Thursday, February 11, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. via Zoom.
Pearl’s research will focus on transforming data science from its current paradigm, “data fitting,” to one that leads to robust and useful data interpretation.