faculty news

A festival celebrating the films, cuisine, fashion, popular and classical music artists, and graphic art of Russia, the Ukraine and the Baltics will kick off Friday, Dec. 9, at UCLA. 

The artist explores both personal and political issues on themes such as class, gender and race.

The UCLA neurosurgeon received the William G. Lennox Award from the American Epilepsy Society.

The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA has been chosen to receive the 2016 Special Merit Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

Dr. Kevin Shannon founded the summer camp for kids with heart disease.

Millions of lives could be saved by lifting the policy's ban on donations from gay and bisexual men, a UCLA Williams Institute study shows.

Running 13.1 miles may seem like a daunting task to many people. But for heart transplant recipient Tony Flores, it was pure joy to finish the Revel Canyon City Half Marathon in Azusa on Nov. 12.

Visitors to the new UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center will be assisted by a robot concierge built by UCLA engineering students.

The associate dean at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs brings administrative and planning expertise and vast experience as an academic leader to her new position.

The award, established in 1974, honors outstanding biomedical research related to health and disease that has contributed to the substance of medicine.

The award recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member who has demonstrated leadership in addressing inequities in medical education and health care.

Benjamin Williams, associate professor of electrical engineering, studies terahertz electromagnetic waves, which can 'see through' fog, wood, masonry and more.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $415,000 to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to support a six-week summer program for incoming college sophomores, juniors and community college students who are interested in health professions.

The late professor of Spanish and Portuguese is being honored at the UCLA Faculty Center.

Learn from experts on geographic information systems (GIS) and take part in a 'Mapathon' at UCLA's Charles Young Research Library.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television established the graduate student fellowship in honor of the late faculty member.

Join a webinar with Dr. Alon Avidan, director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center. Participant questions welcome.

The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation recently honored four UCLA scientists for their transformative work in schizophrenia with 2016 outstanding achievement prizes, among the most prestigious given in the field of psychiatric research.

Linda Sarna, an internationally recognized scholar in promoting the role of nursing in tobacco control and oncology research focused on patients with lung cancer, has been appointed dean of the UCLA School of Nursing.  

An assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, Gallien explores the dynamic processes that create our coastlines.

Mona Jarrahi is being recognized for her work researching terahertz-based imaging technologies.

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Department of Theater has announced its upcoming Mainstage theater season for the academic year 2016-17, which includes "Carrie the Musical," an adaptation of the popular Stephen King novel "Carrie."

Cheng will provide strategic and tactical leadership to technology efforts to support UCLA Health Sciences.

The assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering will apply the $360,000 award to research on nanoscale architectures and ultrafast energy diagnostics.

The exhibition, "Clay Sculpture by Six Ethiopian Israeli Artists," opens tonight at Powell Library's east rotunda with a reception from 5-7 p.m. featuring Ethiopian food.