awards and honors

Since 1999, UCLA can count 19 winners of the annual Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, which support exemplary students as they pursue graduate school.

UCLA cardiologist and molecular geneticist Dr. Stephen Young is renowned for his work on understanding mechanisms for human disease.

The Academic Senate and its Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity announced Thursday the recipients of the 2015-2016 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards.

Members of the academy include some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers and artists.

UCLA is tied for sixth in the number of honorees. In all, 178 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada received awards.

Professors Edward De Robertis and John Agnew join select group of UCLA's most accomplished scholars.

Sean Hecht, co-executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Evan Frankel Professor of Policy and Practice at UCLA School of Law, won the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award for environmental law.

UCLA Distinguished Professor Thom Mayne and lecturer Wil Carson have received 2016 Progressive Architecture (P/A) Awards from ARCHITECT, the journal of the American Institute of Architects.

'Recent advances in 3D printing of biomaterials' was the year's most frequently accessed study in the Journal of Biological Engineering.

The professor of human genetics and biological chemistry has been awarded the 2016 Edward Novitski Prize for his pioneering body of work in genetics.

Silva and Tetradis were selected as being among the most promising individuals to become leaders in dental and higher education.

The honor recognizes the professor of education and Asian American studies for notable and sustained research achievements.

The UCLA lecturer leads the Vietnamese language program and also prepares immigrant volunteers to teach Vietnamese in their communities.

Teresa Ibarra and Janice Shintaku were nominated by colleagues for the outstanding service they provide to alumni, donors, faculty, supporters and fellow staff members.

The professor and chair of the UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has made significant contributions to earthquake science.

The UCLA Alumni Association has paid tribute to the university's distinguished luminaries since 1946.

Professor Christine Borgman’s “Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World” has won the the 2016 PROSE Awards in the computing and information sciences category.

The Distinguished Professor and John Muir Memorial Chair of Geography has also been elected president of the American Association of Geographers.

The award is given for outstanding contributions in computer and information science and engineering.

An authority on synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry, Jung and has 60 patents and applications, including an FDA-approved drug that can slow or stop the progression of prostate cancer.

A professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Ponce's study found income inequality in the use of a technique to guide chemotherapy decisions in early-stage breast cancer.

Three outstanding young professors from UCLA are among 126 scientists and scholars to receive the prestigious honor from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Mangione will join a diverse group of national xperts working to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services.

UCLA awardees are Dino Di Carlo, a professor of bioengineering; Jonathan Hopkins, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; and Benjamin Williams, an associate professor of electrical engineering.

Leonard Kleinrock, Dan Goebel, Amit Sahai and Todd Millstein were honored at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science's 2015 awards dinner.