faculty news

Gary Gates is the Williams Institute’s inaugural Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar and Research Director. This critical position at the Williams Institute was made possible by leadership gifts totaling almost $3 million by generous donors.

A new UC Online Information Center launched by the University of California Office of the President allows the public to easily learn about a host of UC topics.

Elaine Lowry Brye discusses her book, 'Be Safe, Love Mom: A Military Mom's Stories of Courage, Comfort, and Surviving Life on the Home Front,' at UCLA on May 4.

Join the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology for its 18th annual open house, 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 2.

'Tales,' co-writer/director Rakhshan Banietemad’s return to fiction filmmaking, screens at UCLA on April 25.

UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck is one of 32 winners nationwide of a new annual fellowship program from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Four UCLA professors have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Launched in 2013, the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative will celebrate its successes and honor individuals who have helped to promote health in many different ways across the campus.

Attend lectures, see a ‘green chef’ competition or appreciate art in celebration of Earth Day.

See a free sneak preview of the film, "Far from the Madding Crowd," on Thursday, April 30, at UCLA James Bridges Theater.

The UCLA Academic Senate has named associate professor Paul Barber and professor Dwayne Simmons as joint recipients of the 2014-2015 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.

The American Planning Association has named 'parking guru' Donald Shoup, UCLA professor of urban planning, as the recipient of its 2015 National Planning Pioneer Award.

Marcus Sedgwick, an award-winning young adult fiction author, will deliver the Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture at UCLA on April 26.

UCLA professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein launches her newest book, "Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950," on April 21 in the UCLA Faculty Center.

A coalition of students, faculty and staff is a hosting an April 23 forum to encourage dialogue on campus climate and diversity-related issues.  The program will include facilitated discussions addressing issues such as bias response, student ...

UCLA faculty, staff and students are invited to enter the second annual ‘Code for the Mission’ competition to develop mobile applications promoting UCLA’s mission of education, research and service.

The UCLA Hammer Museum’s annual Kids’ Art Museum Project on May 17 is a one-of-a-kind fundraising event imagined by artists that provides extraordinary experiences for kids and their families.

Step forward to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's lifesaving work by joining the “Out of the Darkness” campus walk at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 18 at UCLA's Drake Stadium.

A Q&A with Robert Foster, UCLA Anderson School of Management adjunct professor of decisions, operations and technology management and director of the Global Access Program.

Feature film ‘Dear White People’ — dubbed an ‘Advanced Course in Diversity ’ in a New York Times review — will be presented at 7 p.m., April 29 at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater.

Sriram Kosuri, UCLA assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was honored today as a 2015 Searle Scholar, which recognizes young scientists for their contributions to chemical and biological research.

The policy takes effect for freshmen entering the UCLA College this fall and transfer students entering in fall 2017. More than 100 existing courses already meet the requirement.

UCLA sociology professor emeritus David Lopez has been appointed inaugural UCLA faculty retirement liaison.

Four UCLA faculty members are among a distinguished group of 175 of scholars, artists and scientists from the United States and Canada to receive 2015 Guggenheim Fellowships.

UCLA bioengineering professor Dean Ho has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.