faculty news

Dr. Ira Kurtz, a UCLA professor of medicine, has received a $3 million gift from the Donald T. Sterling Foundation to fund research on the structural properties of key proteins in the kidney that affect its function in health and disease.

Dr. Gary Small, a professor of psychiatry at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and director of the UCLA Longevity Center, was appointed president-elect of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.

Song-Chun Zhu, UCLA professor of statistics and computer science, and Alan Yuille, UCLA professor of statistics, have won the 2013 PAMI Helmholtz Test-of-Time Award.

More than 900 staff, faculty, students and others took part in UCLA's inaugural True Bruin Move and Groove 5K on campus on March 30.

Deborah Nadoolman Landis has created a popular exhibition that illuminates the costume designer’s creative process as well as celebrates and explores costume design as a key component of cinema storytelling.

UC faculty and staff will soon receive an email asking them to complete a brief, voluntary survey about their disability status.

In an interview, UCLA Physics Professor David Saltzberg shares what it’s like working as thescience consultant on the hit CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.”

UCLA sociology professor John Heritage has been given the title of academician by the Academy of Social Sciences, an organization that promotes social science in the United Kingdom for public benefit.

An award-winning teacher, professor Neil Garg has managed to find new ways to reach the next generation of scientists taking his no-nonsense organic chemistry class.

More than 4,000 UCLA researchers, staff and student lab personnel picked up lab coats, eyewear and other protective gear during a weeklong event in the Pauley Pavilion Club Room.

The UC Office of the President issued a new policy that prohibits sexual harassment and sexual violence, provides support for victims and outlines training for faculty, staff and students.

Questions about copyright? The updated UC Copyright website makes it easier than ever for UC faculty, students and staff to get general guidance on the topic.

NASA's chief scientist for the International Space Station visited UCLA labs and talked to scientists about the potential for running experiments in zero gravity onboard the space station with the help of trained astronauts.

For the Academy Award-winning animated film "Frozen," two UCLA mathematicians joined a team of Disney software engineers to develop an algorithm based on the material point method to create simulations of how snow behaves under various conditions.

The Lemann Foundation of Brazil has renewed funding for faculty travel grants to visit top Brazilian universities and research institutions in 2014.

UCLA's TIE-INS Program, which places children of UCLA faculty and staff at public schools near campus, provides enrichment and intervention programs for the entire community.

Support local and responsible growers in the most delicious and healthy way possible by visiting the farmers market on Bruin Plaza on Wednesday from 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

Friedlander, a pioneering Holocaust historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, will donate a portion of his share of the $1 million award to UCLA.

Dr. Charles Brunicardi recently produced a debut album of his original folk/country music, "Where Sunset Meets the Beach," which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in music.

The UCLA professor of public health and psychiatry answered a few off-the-cuff questions in the Zocalo green room before a panel discussion on how Angelenos eat.

“I’ve always been interested in carrying out experiments to try to understand how things work,” said professor Richard Kaner, who knew from childhood that he wanted to become a scientist.

The proposal seeks to build on the increasing popularity of the Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies by converting it to a full academic department.

Professor John Villasenor, an electrical engineer in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Luskin School of Public Affairs, is a widely published writer on the intersection of technology and public policy.

José Luiz Passos — “Zé” to his friends and students — is one of the rising new stars of Brazilian literature. A professor of Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures at UCLA, Passos has published two novels...

Franklin D. Gilliam Jr., dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, recently responded to a few quirky questions in the informality of Zocalo's green room before participating in a panel last month in a "Thinking L.A." event co-sponsored by UCLA.