faculty news

Su Yin Mak, an internationally known music theorist and a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, has joined the UCLA music department as a visiting scholar.

Whether you’ve been a victim of identity theft or not, it’s good to know that, if you’re enrolled in ARAG, the UC-sponsored legal plan, you have identity theft services available to you.

The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library will be closed to the public starting April 1, to complete a seismic retrofit of the building as well as some interior renovations. 

Professor Linda Sarna, who holds the Lulu Wolf Hassenplug Chair in the UCLA School of Nursing, has been appointed interim dean of the School of Nursing and will continue leading the nursing school through June 30, 2017. 

An update of BruinCard software will take place during UCLA's Spring Break, when there will be a rolling blackout from March 19-23, during which BruinCard users will not be able to use the card for deposits or financial transactions.

Join the UCLA Film and Television Archive's senior newsreel preservationist Blaine Bartell for a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and more through Hearst newsreels and footage of the era.

University of California employee contributions to the UC Retirement Plan will not increase for 2015, UC leadership recently announced.

Luz Herrera, assistant dean for clinical education, experiential learning and public service at UCLA School of Law, has been selected to receive the Hispanic National Bar Foundation’s Academic Leadership Award.

Jason Torres-Rangel, chair of the English department at UCLA Community School, has been named an Inspirational Teacher of 2015 by United Way of Greater Los Angeles.

Visit the UCLA Hammer Museum on Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. for 'How to Change the World,' a discussion of how participatory art projects cause cultural shifts.

UCLA professor of education Robert Teranishi has been nominated by President Obama to the National Board for Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education.

Michael Emmerich, an associate professor of Japanese at UCLA, has translated the work of the late Japanese author Yasushi Inoue and opened readers' eyes to his compelling stories.

UCLA education professor Carlos Alberto Torres addressed the diplomatic corps of the United Nations on March 6 organized by UNESCO.

Alex Korb, a postdoctoral researcher at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, has published the book, 'The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time.'

On March 11, the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability is hosting the “Green Building Symposium on Resiliency: Managing Energy, Water, and Seismic Risk, Implications for Property Owners."

'Private Property,' the controversial directorial debut of Leslie Stevens, screens on March 13 as part of the UCLA Festival of Preservation.

UCLA professor Stephanie Pincetl, an expert in urban sustainability, has been named to the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission.

Academic achievement, college aspirations and employment potential are all enhanced for those who are fluent in more than one language, according to UCLA's Patricia Gándara, a research professor of education.

UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections curator Peggy Alexander presents highlights from UCLA’s Gene Roddenberry Star Trek Collection on Wednesday, March 11, noon-1 p.m.

UCLA neurosurgeon Dr. Isaac Yang will receive the prestigious National Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence from the American Medical Student Association.

UCLA art history lecturer Gregory Harwell talks about the art, religion and influence of Dutch Renaissance painter Hieronymous Bosch on March 5, 12 p.m., 306 Royce Hall.

On Saturday, March 7, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m., on-campus families of UCLA faculty, staff and students get first dibs on coveted spots in UCLA Recreation's popular summer camps.

Diane de Anda, UCLA professor emerita of social welfare, embarked on a new career as an author of children's books after her retirement.

Melnitz Movies, a program of the UCLA Graduate Student Association, presents a free preview of 'The Iron Ministry,' a new documentary film by director J.P. Sniadecki, on Friday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. at the James Bridges Theater.

Contributions to the UC Retirement Plan will not increase in July, as they have in the past few years. Because of reforms recommended by the Post-Employment Benefits Task Force and approved by the regents in 2010, employer and employee contributions now cover the annual cost of the plan.