awards and honors

Awards will be presented June 8 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center.

Flint has been named a fellow of the society, a prestigious academy that includes some of the world’s most eminent scientists.

Johnson was elected in recognition of her “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

Graduate students Kyle McCloskey and Cary Simowitz and alumnus Sean McCord were recognized as during the 2019 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

UCLA’s Keith Holyoak takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying human intelligence, critical thinking and creativity.

Elisabeth Le Guin, Catherine Opie, Sylvan Oswald, and Lothar von Falkenhausen were selected for the honor.

Maj. Steve Kwon, Maj. Tyrone Vargas, Romeo Miguel and Victoria Sanelli received recognition from the U.S. Army Cadet Command for their bravery.

Nathan Mallipeddi was honored for his work helping students who stutter. David Nguyen was cited for his work helping transfer students go to graduate school.

Denis Chetverikov, Yongjie Hu and Aaswath Raman are among 126 early-career scientists and scholars from across the United States and Canada selected to receive fellowships.

Teresa McCarty and Sylvia Hurtado bring the number of UCLA education faculty who are academy members to 19.

The driving force behind the development of Herceptin will split a $1 million prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Sjöberg Foundation.

Q&A with Melissa Reider-Demer who was honored by the health care organization Press Ganey, which promotes clinical safety, patient experience and workforce engagement.

Dr. David Sabatini, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology biologist and associate director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, earned the 2018 Switzer Prize for his research into influences on cell growth.

Martin Luther King Jr. once hailed Lawson as the world’s leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.

A new report identifies researchers in 21 fields whose work was most often referenced by other papers from 2006 to 2016.

They are among 416 members so honored by the association for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Awards were honored by the Academic Senate at the Andrea L. Rich Night to Honor Teaching awards ceremony.

Weizhe Hong studies how animals exhibit a broad range of complex social interaction that are crucial to their survival and well-being.

A pioneer in her field, Dr. Linda Liau is only the second woman in the nation — and the first Asian-American woman — to chair an academic department of neurosurgery.

The distinguished professor of biological chemistry, who shares the honor with C. David Allis of Rockefeller University, was recognized for his groundbreaking research on gene expression.

California Preservation Foundation recognized the Clark for preserving its treasured aesthetic while upgrading for safety and accessibility.

Dan Fessler is being honored for his distinguished record of undergraduate teaching, research and university service.

The honoree, Dr. David Sabatini, an MIT biologist at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, will give a lecture at UCLA on December 13.

Hosea Nelson and Jose Rodriguez have been selected among 22 early career researchers for the awards which provides funding for work advancing human health.

Forbes ranks UCLA Health No. 43 in the nation among all industries; and Becker’s Healthcare lists it among the 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare for 2018.