faculty news

Professor Neal Stulberg, director of orchestral studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, will serve as the new chair of the department of music for three years, starting July 1.

A new full-service optometry clinic opens at UCLA's Ackerman Student Union on Tuesday, July 1.

The new prize, established by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Russian tech billionaire Yuri Milner, recognizes scholars who have made major advances in the field of math.

The agreement between Patrick Harran and the Los Angeles County DA will result in a dismissal of all charges in connection with a campus lab accident that took the life of a staff research associate.

Head to UCLA's Hammer Museum on Thursday, July 3, 7:30 p.m., to see "Maradona," a documentary about Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.

Head to UCLA's Hammer Museum to catch eight live broadcasts of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil June 28 through July 13, plus 'Maradona," a documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, on July 9.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive series, "Robert Altman: A Retrospective," will run through June 29 at the Billy Wilder Theater.

Professor Brenda Stevenson, a scholar who looks into issues of gender, family and community during the slavery era, recalls her own family history and connections to slavery. Her work has earned her the 2014 Gold Shield Faculty Prize.

Grammy-nominated vocalist, composer and arranger Perla Batalla will sing at UCLA's Fowler Museum on Sunday, June 22, 3:30 pm.

Timothy Rice, professor of ethnomusicology and director of the department of music, has published a new book, 'Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction.'

The University of California has become the first major higher education institution in the country to clearly define digital privacy both for individuals and the university as a whole, and to establish guiding principles and a framework to address these issues.

UCLA faculty and graduate students with research interests in Mexico will soon be benefiting from a closer relationship with that country, its government and institutions.

Head to UCLA's Hammer Museum tonight, June 16, to celebrate James Joyce’s 'Ulysses' at the Hammer's fifth annual Bloomsday.

To help University of California employees continue to meet their retirement and financial goals, the UC Insurance Company Contract (ICC) Fund will be merged with the UC Savings Fund, effective June 30.

UCLA experts in geriatric medicine, elder law and other fields help prepare you for the daunting task of caring for an elderly family member, June 20.

Robert Steinberg, UCLA professor emeritus of mathematics, died on May 25. He was 92.

Getting into Neil Garg's course "was like ‘The Hunger Games,'" said one student. "I know people who waited two years to get in. People have celebratory dances when they learn they’re enrolled."

If you park in UCLA Parking Structure 4, 7  or 8, you may have noticed the elevator doors urging you to take the stairs, a clever message from UCLA Transportation.

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Dean Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., Luskin Senior Fellow and L.A. Times editor-at-large Jim Newton assess Mayor Eric Garcetti’s first year in office in the 'Thinking L.A.' UCLA/Zocalo Public Square event.

UCLA professor Mike Rose of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies discusses his book, 'The Mind at Work,' which was recently re-published as a 10th anniversary edition.

UCLA's Fowler Museum will screen 'Narco Cultura,' a documentary about folk saints and the drug war in Mexico and the U.S., on Thursday, June 12 at 7 p.m.

Professor Donald Neuen, longtime director of choral conducting and choral studies at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, led his final concert on June 7 at Royce Hall.

Sarna, who holds the Lulu Wolf Hassenplug Chair, will serve a one-year term while Dean Courtney Lyder is on leave.

Employee contributions to the University of California retirement plan will increase on July 1, 2014.

Eileen Scallen, associate dean for curriculum and academic affairs and adjunct professor of law at the UCLA School of Law, has published 'Working Together in Law: Teamwork and Small Group Skill for Legal Professionals,' which looks at group dynamics and cooperation.