awards and honors

Xerox chairman and CEO Ursula Burns received the 2015 John Wooden Global Leadership Award from the UCLA Anderson School of Management Tuesday before an audience of nearly 500 invited guests gathered at the Beverly Wilshire.

The voluntary credentialing program for hospitals recognizes excellence in professional nursing practice.

The Williams Institute received the Clarity Award this month from the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues  and the National LGBTQ Task Force.

The astrophysicist is being honored by the UK academy for her 'acclaimed discoveries ... on the motions and nature of the stars orbiting the black hole in the centre of our Galaxy.'

Cathryn Leff, patient liaison/analyst at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, has been appointed to the board of directors of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

The UCLA Administrative Management Group is recognizing Raellen Man, Michael Heafey and La Shonda Coleman as the recipients of the organization's annual leadership awards.

UCLA Hitch Suites was lauded at the 45th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards presentation. The awards recognize the best design projects in Los Angeles County from the past year.

The American Society of Human Genetics has named UCLA researcher Leonid Kruglyak the 2015 recipient of the Curt Stern Award for outstanding scientific achievements in human genetics early in his career.

UCLA Residential Life’s Sustainable Living Community and the Education for Sustainable Living Program at UCLA have won awards given to honor innovation at UC and CSU campuses.

'Re:Work,' a radio show produced by the UCLA Labor Center to highlight the contributions of workers in America, has won a national Gracie Award for Outstanding Portrait/Biography in the category for local, public and student radio and television.

A new event created by the Ozcan Research Group of UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science showcased an impressive array of biomedical engineering technology research.

The son of migrant farm workers and recently retired creative writing professor is the first Latino to be chosen as nation’s poet laureate.

Computer science pioneer Judea Pearl will address artificial intelligence applications to medical diagnoses when he delivers the keynote address at a conference for the Society for Epidemiologic Research.

From promoting literacy to studying the role of religion in rehabilitation, the Astin Civic Engagement Scholars program encourages students and faculty to leverage teaching and research in the name of service to the public.

Throughout his career in educational research, Louis Gomez, chair and professor of education and information studies, has sought to improve the life chances of students with a focus on improving educational innovations.

For their commitment to community service, graduating seniors Rina Kim and Amir Hakimi, and medical student and Ph.D. candidate Gianmarco Raddi were each given one of the most prestigious honors UCLA bestows upon students.

UCLA staff members Margaret Govea and Octavio Olvera will receive the 2015 Chancellor's Excellence in Service Award.

Richard Creese has spent 31 years teaching UCLA students to write. Now the author of eight unpublished novels is the embodiment of the lesson that persistence pays off.

UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck is one of 32 winners nationwide of a new annual fellowship program from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Four UCLA professors have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Four UCLA faculty members are among a distinguished group of 175 of scholars, artists and scientists from the United States and Canada to receive 2015 Guggenheim Fellowships.

Erika Green Swafford, a writer on one of the hottest new crime shows, found her UCLA degree helped her land a position on the creative side of the entertainment industry.

UCLA French and Francophone professor Alain Mabanckou is one of 10 authors worldwide who have been selected as finalists for this year’s Man Booker International Prize.

The award will support the Teaching Schools Initiative, which has been based at the UCLA Community School and will be expanding to other sites.

Luz Herrera, assistant dean for clinical education, experiential learning and public service at UCLA School of Law, has been selected to receive the Hispanic National Bar Foundation’s Academic Leadership Award.