awards and honors

Channing Dungey, visiting assistant professor in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and an alumna,  has been named the president of the ABC Entertainment Group.

Raghu Meka, an assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.

Jane Margolis, senior researcher at UCLA’s Center X, has been named one of nine “White House Champions of Change for Computer Science Education” for her work in computer science education for women and students of color.

Adriana Galván will receive the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, which honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology.

The Alan B. Slifka Foundation has awarded a grant to Noah Federman, member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and associate professor of pediatric hematology/oncology.

The new UNESCO chair was officially announced at a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of UNESCO and featured Director-General Irina Bokova.

Seana Shiffrin, professor of philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice, will be honored with the 2016 Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching, given annually to a professor who has made an outstanding commitment to teaching.

The Assistant Vice Chancellor, Campus Life, is honored for 'incredible achievements in the field of collegiate recreation.'

The annual award recognizes a mid-career faculty who has demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment in undergraduate teaching and research.

In terms of number of faculty named, UCLA ranks 10th among all universities and research institutions worldwide and sixth in the U.S.

UCLA Alumni Association is accepting nominations through Jan. 6, 2016.

Harran was honored for building new chemical compounds that are used to drive scientific research; Black for his study of genetic regulation at the RNA level.

Garg is known for emphasizing the creativity and problem-solving that organic chemistry requires and its relevance in students’ lives.

Paul Barber, UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has partnered with the California Science Center and GRAMMY-winning singer Jack Johnson to bring global attention to the Coral Triangle.

The award to Dr. Antoni Ribas recognizes his groundbreaking research developing new immunotherapies that utilize the human body's own natural defenses to fight cancer.

Dr. David Shackelford, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center member and assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCLA, has been awarded a Research Career Development Award by STOP CANCER.

The chair was established by the late Jonathan Postel’s friends and family to honor his achievements and contributions to the development of the Internet.

George Bohanon of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music was recognized by the Los Angeles Jazz Society with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Judea Pearl, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence and a professor at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, will receive the Dickson Prize in Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

MALDEF, the nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization, recently honored UCLA psychologist Cynthia Telles, director of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Spanish­-speaking Psychosocial Clinic, at MALDEF's 2015 Los Angeles Awards Gala held Thursday.

Jean-François Blanchette recently published a new book, "Regulating the Cloud," that takes both a social and technical look at the cloud's role in everyday life.

Jason Cong and Ameet Talwalkar are on faculty at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.

The UCLA clinical professor of periodontics was recognized for his contributions to international education programs.

Daniel Ybarra, a medical student and graduate student in public health, has become one of UCLA’s first Tillman Scholars, which assists student veterans and their spouses with their education.

When UCLA history professor J. Arch Getty presents “Dead Man Talking: Lenin's Body and Russian Politics,” the UCLA Academic Senate’s 119th Faculty Research Lecture on Oct. 19, he will be speaking from a deep well of scholarship in Russian history.