faculty news

UCLA electrical engineering professor Tatsuo Itoh received an honorary doctorate from the Universit Autònoma de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.

The University of California is streamlining the menu of investment funds available to employees through the UC Retirement Savings Program (RSP) — 403(b), 457(b), and Defined Contribution Plans.

Patricia Kerrigan, a cognitive intervention specialist at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, will receive the Nan Songer Distinguished Member Award from APHOES, a professional organization in her field.

When Karen Griffiths lost her 2-year-old son to leukemia in 1980, it opened her eyes to the compassionate role of pediatric nurses — a role she fills today at UCLA.

UCLA law professor Khaled Abou El Fadl lectures on 'ISIS and the Enslavement and Trafficking of Women' on Thursday, April 9, 6-8 p.m. at UCLA Law.

Powerhouse vocalist Vickilyn Reynolds belts out crowd-pleasing jazz, blues and gospel numbers in her one-woman musical, “Hattie...What I Need You to Know,” at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall on Saturday, 8 p.m., April 11 and Sunday, 2 p.m., April 12.

Ragini Gill has been appointed new director of the UCLA Emeriti/Retirees Relations Center, as of May 4. Gill has been serving UCLA Health since 2006 as a retirement and benefits counselor as well as program manager for staff health and wellness. 

Hear from UCLA sleep experts, take a nap, practice mindful meditation and more during the UCLA Sleep Well Campaign, Monday-Friday, April 6-10.

A 2001 book by UCLA political science professor Michael Chwe — “Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge” (Princeton University Press) —  has been chosen as the seventh selection for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s book club.

Kang spoke with UCLA Newsroom’s Eric Greene about his background and his goals for the new position.

Jerry Kang, a faculty member since 1995, has drawn praise from fellow professors for his commitment to fairness and his leadership skills.

Activist and documentary filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom screens 'The Mask You Live In' at 7 p.m., April 16, at UCLA's Kaufman Hall.

William E. Moerner, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will present a public lecture at UCLA April 6.

Dr. Dennis Slamon, director of the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program and director of clinical and translational research at the Jonsson Cancer Center, will appear in a three-part, six-hour series on PBS, "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies."

Faculty across campus will vote on a proposal that would require all undergraduate students in the UCLA College to complete a course focused on diversity.

If you’re wondering whether you’ll have the money you need when you’re ready to retire, UC’s Retirement Review, featuring your personalized retirement readiness score, is just the tool to help you.

Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month in April with a series of free events presented by UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.

On the UCLA campus, a conference, a film series and a new opera commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.

UCLA French and Francophone professor Alain Mabanckou is one of 10 authors worldwide who have been selected as finalists for this year’s Man Booker International Prize.

UCLA Recreation's Bruin MoveMail sends out twice-a-day emails to get deskbound faculty and staff out of their office chairs and into better health.

Students from the UCLA Lab School recently learned about the creative process of K.G. Campbell, the award-winning author and illustrator of “Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters” and “The Mermaid and the Shoe.” The event was presented by UCLA Writing Programs,

Love of punk music and a passion for activism inspire a UCLA musicology professor who studies the nuclear legacy of the Marshall Islands and plays guitar in a band.

UCLA history professor Joan Waugh, a leading authority on the American Civil War and the legacy of Ulysses S. Grant, will give a free lecture on April 9, the 150th anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox.

This year marks the 20th year that Michael Dukakis, the former governor of Massachusetts and 1988 presidential hopeful, has been teaching at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Joan Ling, an adjunct professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, was recently named “Woman of the Year” in Los Angeles County’s Third District.