Teresa Ibarra and Janice Shintaku were nominated by colleagues for the outstanding service they provide to alumni, donors, faculty, supporters and fellow staff members.
The animals, which are related to spiders and scorpions, “look terrifying, but are actually delicate, timid and afraid of you,” says UCLA doctoral candidate Kenneth Chapin.
The new building material called CO2NCRETE would be made from carbon captured from power plant smokestacks potentially eliminating a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions.
The annual award recognizes researchers, innovators and inventors from around the world for their achievements and contributions to science and technology.
Shapley, widely considered a father of game theory, was professor emeritus of economics and mathematics and shared the 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Math high school teacher Anthony Yom, who earned two master's degrees from the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, urges his students to aim high and to help each other.
The two-time UCLA graduate, a member of the UCLA Anderson Campaign Committee, built what was once a small fixed income boutique into a global asset management firm with more than $4.6 trillion in assets.
Laurence D. Fink, chairman, CEO of BlackRock, Inc. and the newest recipient of the UCLA Medal, talked about how China will have to transform its society to keep its economy moving forward.
Professor Roshan Bastani of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health is the director of the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity and the UCLA Center for Prevention Research.
Aerospace engineering graduate student Gary Li won first place last week at UCLA Grad Slam, a campuswide competition where graduate students give three-minute presentations on their research.
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television pays tribute to the trailblazing film and television producer, April 1-27 at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater.
Three physicians write about how a determination to breast feed pushed even them to ignore their own advice for new mothers that breastfeeding at all costs might not be the right choice.
A detailed examination of assets and debts by researchers from UCLA, Duke and The New School showed that some racial and ethnic minority populations are extremely vulnerable to even short-term financial disruptions.
The award is given annually 'for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles.'
With Daylight Saving Time coming up this weekend, Dr. Alon Avidan, director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center, has some suggestions for staff and faculty on the best ways to adjust to the time change.