faculty news

Law professor Eugene Volokh writes in the L.A. Times that he thinks the University of California needs to remember the special place universities hold as forums for opposing ideas and open debate.

A gathering of the UCLA campus community will be held at noon Thursday, June 25, to honor the nine lives lost in the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh has invited members of the campus community to volunteer at the Special Olympics World Games, on campus July 25-Aug. 1.

Professor of art history Irene Bierman-McKinney, lauded by a colleague as 'one of the unsung intellectual forces of our field of Islamic art and architecture,' died on March 8, 2015.

Bestselling author and meditation teacher Pema Chödrön and Grammy-winning recording artist and Buddhist practitioner k.d. lang will provide guidance on how to live a well-balanced life at 8 p.m., Saturday, June 20 at UCLA's Royce Hall.

UCLA UniCamp will move to Lake Perris for Session 1, June 20-26, due to the 10,000-acre wildfire burning in the San Bernardino Mountains near Camp River Glen.

Urban planning policy analyst Joan Ling, an adjunct professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, takes part in a Zócalo Public Square discussion at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 23.

Social and civic entrepreneur Shawn Landres is serving as Civil Society Fellow in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs through the fall 2015 quarter.

MarySue Heilemann, associate professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, will present the 2015 National Institute of Nursing Research Lecture on June 24 at the National Institutes for Health.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive presents the television play "Black Monday" and an episode of "East Side/West Side" at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 19 at the Billy Wilder Theater.

Dr. James B. Atkinson has been named the interim associate vice chancellor and president of UCLA Hospital System. He serves in this role while the search for a replacement for Dr. David Feinberg continues.

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Wasserman Dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, has been selected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching until 2019.

A national leader in identifying dangerous chemical exposures and then applying the findings toward regulations to protect health, John Froines has spent his career pursuing both.

More than $220,000 was raised for the Donald and Pat Shoup Endowed Fellowship in Urban Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

The UCLA Hammer Museum screens 'What Tomorrow Brings,' the story of the first all-girls' school in a remote Afghan village, 7:30–9:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 17.

UCLA students go underground to the large, open spaces in UCLA’s parking structures to perfect their skills for competition and the pure love of performing.

A conversation with Cody Saleh, research and social media coordinator for the Center for Middle East Development at the UCLA International Institute.

Starting June 15, commuters should prepare for traffic delays at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue and also Strathmore Drive between Charles Young Drive West and Westwood Plaza.

Raphael Rose, associate director of UCLA’s Anxiety and Depression Research Center, has been awarded a grant from NASA for research to support the health of astronauts on deep space missions.

Save 30-60 percent on selected merchandise during the Fowler Museum Store’s Summer Sale, June 10-21.

Richard Meyer and Lawrence Rinder discuss the work of artist Joseph Holtzman 7:30-9:30 p.m., June 10 at the UCLA Hammer Museum.

UCLA adjunct professor Mark Gold has been appointed associate vice chancellor for environment and sustainability, effective July 1.

UCLA robotics expert Dennis Hong and a team of students competed with THOR, their humanoid robot, in a contest to build a robot that can go places too dangerous for humans.

The large-scale disaster drill ensures that UCLA medical professionals would be ready if needed.

David Roussève, a professor of choreography at UCLA, has been appointed interim dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, effective July 1, according to an announcement by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh.