faculty news

Faculty and staff can still contribute to efforts to help end poverty in the greater Los Angeles region, focusing on housing, education and financial stability.

In just 100 years, UCLA has grown into a world-class center of learning, research and health care.

The funds will support a phase 1 clinical trial of a treatment for advanced sarcomas and other cancers.

The External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee, launched by J.R. DeShazo, will advise the Environmental Protection Agency on the benefits and costs of its policies.

Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, who will be on “60 Minutes” April 21, continues to seek insight from the statues and for the living descendants of their makers.

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

Ziva Cooper, of the UCLA Cannabis Research Institute, will direct interdisciplinary teams of scholars with specialties in medicine, public health, policy, science and law.

Karst, an influential scholar, teacher and longtime faculty member who had a profound effect in shaping UCLA School of Law, died April 9. He was 89.

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

Wolpert, who published more than a dozen scholarly books, is revered for his contributions to literature and the history of South Asia.

Biegel focused his scholarship and teaching on the intersection of technology, privacy and disability rights in both K-12 and higher education.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is honoring A.J. Racy for his 40 years of teaching. International scholars, alumni, students and faculty will explore the topic of music and ecstasy during the conference.

UCLA is asking the Bruin community to contribute to the annual campaign to support services and programs that help the most vulnerable people in Los Angeles County.

Climate change won’t solve itself, but all Bruins can make changes and help UCLA beat the other University of California campuses.

Jamison, distinguished professor and of Asian languages and cultures and also Indo-European studies, will deliver UCLA’s 126th Faculty Research Lecture Wednesday, April 3.

The express shuttle will run from two stops in Long Beach to three stops in Westwood.

In her latest book, UCLA’s Kara Cooney notes how a ruler’s gender matters far less than whose agendas are served.

Shane Campbell-Staton says “superheroes give us the opportunity to discuss where the science meets the fiction, and how scientific innovation influences our lives.”

A Q&A with Danijela Cabric of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering on the legendary actress’s less-known role as inventor of a frequency hopping technology.

The emeritus professor of social welfare was an influential author and a trusted mentor of UCLA Luskin students for more than three decades.

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

With the book “Chocolate Cities,” UCLA professor Marcus Hunter seeks to incite new understanding of black life in America.

The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs’ Latin American Cities Initiative brings urban planning students, educators and practitioners into a multinational conversation.

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.