faculty news

UCLA professor Suk-Young Kim tells Zócalo about the suffering of the North Korean people and what she wishes President Trump knew about the country’s people.

In recognition of a life filled with accolades and dedicated to mentoring future leaders, he was awarded UCLA’s highest honor.

Researchers and scientists on list are those whose studies were among the top 1 percent most referenced in their field.

A new book co-authored by UCLA professor of urban planning Chris Tilly challenges the “myth of inevitability” for poor working conditions in America’s largest employment sector.

Dr. Ichiro Nishimura, Dr. Joaquin Fuster and Dr. Otoniel Martinez-Maza are among the 396 who will be honored in February 2018.

John Duncan reveals how he became interested in the countries, what he wants the president to understand about North Korea, and why he’s passed on opportunities to visit.

Claude Hulet, emeritus professor who shaped the growth of Portuguese studies at UCLA, died August 22. He was 96.

An early-career experience shaped Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl’s work investigating why some diseases behave differently in females and males.

UCLA professors and alumni share their approaches to innovation at the magazine’s annual festival that brings together leaders in entertainment, technology and business.

UCLA is hosting “Be Alert Bruins Day” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 8, which includes a special stationary car that simulates the dangers of driving while distracted.

Dr. Andrew D. Dixon, who was dean from 1973 until 1980 and who made innovation a priority, died from cancer in September. He was 91.

International Education Week will showcase UCLA’s programs and resources available to students.

The report maps out specific strategies for mitigating disparities in care, and for breaking away from the predominantly one-size-fits-all approaches for preventing and treating cancer.

The surveys were completed by more than 4,700 employees and retirees in UC-sponsored non-Medicare plans.

Andrew Wissmiller, UCLA associate vice chancellor for information technology services, shares how to enroll, why UCLA is using it and where to get assistance.

Professor Abel Valenzuela will be responsible for implementing recommendations of a UCLA advisory council and for informing the campus community about important policy changes.

Renee Tajima-Peña’s award-winning documentary “No Más Bebés” tells the story of how these women were sterilized without their consent or under extreme duress from doctors.

Psychologist Patricia Greenfield’s “Weaving Generations Together” is on display at Powell Library through Dec. 15.

The recipients of UCLA’s highest honor for teaching, the Distinguished Teaching Awards, were honored by the Academic Senate at a ceremony at the Chancellor’s residence on Oct. 11.

Shoup, the distinguished professor of urban planning and internationally renownded guru of parking, received Distinguished Educator Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Michael Green, UCLA professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, will deliver the 123rd Faculty Research Lecture about a topic that has fascinated him for decades.

Elaine Hsiao, assistant professor of integrative biology and physiology, and Hosea Nelson, UCLA assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, are among 18 winners.

UCLA history professor Kelly Lytle Hernández’s Million Dollar Hoods project that maps the costs of incarceration in Los Angeles is now housed at the center.

Ivanov a world-renowned linguist, Indo-Europeanist, anthropologist and literary scholar was a member of the UCLA community for the past quarter-century.

Open enrollment begins at 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 26 and will end at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 21.