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Helga Leitner, professor of geography at UCLA, received the 2019 Distinguished Scholarship Honors from the American Association of Geographers for her research and contributions to the field.

Ciprian Manolescu was recognized by the American Mathematical Society for his paper that was published in one of the society’s primary research journals.

Jennifer Poulakidas, who earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology with specialization in business and administration from UCLA in 1989, will begin her role April 1.

Margaret Kivelson is receiving the award “for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in understanding planetary magnetospheres.”

Charlene Villaseñor Black will use the funds to study the 21 missions and create a new field of studies that will incorporate Native American and Chicano perspectives.

Dr. Kelsey Martin’s role on the state committee reflects UCLA Health’s broader commitment to the emerging field.

UCLA’s Aydin Babakhani has won a Bell Labs Prize for his work on new devices that could open the door to the imaging of our world in new ways.

The professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs challenges her students and lawmakers to rethink homelessness.

Lawrence Zipursky, distinguished professor of biological chemistry in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, will be honored with the 19th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize,

Political scientist Danielle Clealand will speak about her book about race in Cuba.

Peipei Ping, professor of physiology, medicine and bioinformatics at UCLA, was named co-recipient of the 2018 Clinical and Translational Proteomics Award.

UCLA’s Kevan Harris has won the Nikki Keddie Book Award and the Middle East Political Economy Book Prize for “A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran.”

Frederick Zimmerman will become president of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences.

UCLA’s Onyebuchi Arah has been awarded an Honorary Skou Professorship from Aarhus University in Denmark.

The Eisner Foundation will support Generation Xchange, TimeOut@UCLA, and the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program.

“Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965–2016,” which closes Jan. 6, features more than 270 works of drawing, photography, multimedia installations, sculptures and more.

Dr. Linda Liau, UCLA professor of neurosurgery, has been awarded the Abhijit Guha Award for her pioneering work on treating brain tumors.

Dr. Reza Ardehali, Dr. Siavash Kurdistani and Dr. Maureen Su have joined one of the oldest and most esteemed nonprofit honor societies of physician-scientists.

Legal scholars on Zócalo/UCLA Downtown panel see corporations and defendants gaining protection, while reproductive rights and affirmative action wither.

Thomas Belin, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, delivered the Lowell Reed Lectureship during the association’s annual meeting.

Shapiro was an associate professor with appointments in the psychology department and the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Margaret Kivelson, professor of earth, planetary and space physics in the UCLA College, was honored for a lifetime of achievements in planetary and space sciences.

Jimenez Lai was recognized for his design studio “Bureau Spectacular.”

Oliver Hankinson, distinguished research professor of environmental health sciences at UCLA, has been named recipient of the 2019 Society of Toxicology Education Award.

The exhibition, which showcases the histories of invention and technical sophistication of African blacksmiths, is on display at the Fowler Museum until Dec. 30.