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The researchers received the 2019 Pyke Johnson Award from the Transportation Research Board for their paper on the mobility needs of aging adults.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Computer Society has awarded its 2020 Computer Pioneer Award to Demetri Terzopoulos.

Michela Giorcelli, assistant professor of economics at UCLA, has been named a winner of a 2020 Excellence Award in Global Economics Affair by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Ramesh Srinivasan was honored for “Beyond the Valley: How Innovators around the World Are Overcoming Inequality and Creating the Technologies of Tomorrow.”

Sanjay Subrahmanyam, the Irving and Jean Stone Professor of Social Sciences, has been honored by the International Committee of Historical Sciences.

The event features walks, prizes and free health screenings for registered participants.

The festival, hosted by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is a celebration of diversity through music.

Academic librarians from across the nation will participate in a three-week session in July featuring lectures, panels, workshops and field trips.

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Murthy has been dean of UCLA Engineering since January 2016. She is the first woman to hold the position.

The experiments, led by Professor Amander Clark, revealed a detailed timeline for when germ cells form.

The patch significantly prolonged survival and reduced the growth of tumors in mice.

Ifill is the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

The award is intended to advance projects toward specific milestones, enabling these technologies to be licensed to an existing company or startup.

The research shows indications that the film industry is starting to get the message that diversity sells.

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Solutions to lower health risks for students and faculty include stretch breaks and more open classrooms.

The UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center’s restaurant and lounge will celebrate with a special three-course menu.

The panel, moderated by UCLA’s Deborah Nadoolman Landis, features nominees Mark Bridges, Jacqueline Durran, Christopher Peterson, Arianne Phillips, Sandy Powell and Mayes Rubeo.

Among the events are research workshops, lectures and film screenings, including a retrospective tribute to John Sayles.

Research brief: The drug is made up of compounds produced by plants, including curcumin. Curcumin has been tested to help fight multiple cancers because it is an antioxidant that reduces swelling and inflammation.

Research brief: The Medicaid expansions have improved health-related financial risk protection for low-income adults, which was one of the primary goals of the Affordable Care Act.

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The gift, from alumna Alicia Miñana and her husband, Rob Lovelace, establishes a hub that will engage scholars, community organizations, practitioners and lawmakers.