faculty news

With two deans and six additional faculty members elected, UCLA is home to more 2014 fellows than any other public university in the country.

The 17th annual City of Angels Fun Ride on May 4 offers a tour of more than 65 scenic, cultural and historic landmarks throughout L.A.

UCLA political scientist Miriam A. Golden and UCLA historian Robin D.G. Kelley will use their 2014 fellowships to complete book projects.

A Los Angeles Marathon runner whose heart stopped during the race met his rescuers, including a team from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was given specialized care that's available at only a few hospitals in the country.

Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H*" screens at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater on Saturday, April 26 as part of a retrospective of the director's work presented by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Dr. Owen Witte, director of UCLA's Broad Stem Cell Research Center and a professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, has been inducted into the American Association for Cancer Research.

Michael Dean, chair of vocal studies at UCLA and an internationally recognized bass-baritone, will perform a full concert of classic jazz and big band music at UCLA on Tuesday, April 22.

UCLA staff, faculty and students can now take advantage of discounts and incentives from 20 participating shops and restaurants, thanks to a new program created by the Westwood Village Improvement Association.

The efforts of Christine Littleton, UCLA vice provost of diversity and faculty development and professor of law and gender studies, and Susan Drange Lee, director of diversity and faculty development, are highlighted in a new book from the Association for Women in Science.

Behzad Razavi, UCLA professor of electrical engineering, has received the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education PSW Outstanding Teaching Award.

Tatsuo Itoh, UCLA professor of electrical engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors in recognition of his exceptional accomplishments in innovation and invention for the benefit of society.

UCLA life scientist Kirk Lohmueller is among 15 exceptional scientists nationwide to be selected as 2014 Searle Scholar.

Look no further for a sneak peek at the 2014-15 Bruin football team: UCLA Football will hold its annual Spring Showcase at Carson’s StubHub Center Saturday, April 26.

A team of community leaders and researchers from UCLA and RAND led by principal investigator Dr. Kenneth Wells has received the 2014 Joint Team Science Award for a 10-year project to improve depression care.

UCLA Professor Brenda Stevenson's "The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender and the Origins of the Los Angeles Riots" has been named the best book on race relations published in 2013.

The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA is launching a flat-rate $25 ticket price for all UCLA faculty and staff, effective immediately.

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health will mark National Public Health Week 2014 with a series of student-organized events on campus as part of the American Public Health Association’s annual celebration of the role of public health and prevention.

Becoming a formal department would bolster UCLA's scholarship and opportunities in African American studies.

UCLA law professor Katherine Stone studies the erosion of the middle class and the changing nature of employment.

Professor Thomas Smith of the UCLA Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology will hold a lecture about the Center's efforts of conservation in Central Africa.

Each year, UCLA staff and faculty touch the lives of thousand of people through the annual campaign for the United Way of Greater Los Angeles.

Applications for the 2014 Larry L. Sautter Award honoring innovation in information technology are now being accepted through May 16, 2014.

California Casualty, which offers preferred rates to UC employees, is lowering insurance rates for California homeowners and renters, effective April 1, 2014.

Margaret Jacob, Distinguished Professor of History, has published a new book, "The First Knowledge Economy: Human Capital and the European Economy, 1750-1850."  

UCLA associate professor Katsuya Hirano's new book, "The Politics of Dialogic Imagination: Power and Popular Culture in Early Modern Japan," explores the evolution of Japan's radical transformation.