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Thomas Minor, 64, a professor in the departments of psychology and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, died from bladder cancer Monday, March 27, in Burbank, California, with his family at his bedside.

Robert Cooper, associate professor of education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, has been selected by social justice leadership committee to receive the Teacher of the Year Award.

UCLA Transportation is launching its annual Be Alert Bruins driver safety campaign. This year, the focus is on utility cart safety on the UCLA campus. According to UCLA’s vehicle loss data, 13 incidents have occurred since 2011.

Each year, the committee honors one undergraduate student, graduate student, staff and up to four faculty members for their contributions to furthering a diverse, impartial and inclusive environment at UCLA.

As part of its “Open Mind” lecture series, the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior will host award-winning author, journalist and mental health specialist Maia Szalavitz.

Margaret Peters, who joined UCLA in fall 2016 with a joint appointment to the department of political science and the UCLA International Institute, will release a new book with the University of Princeton Press in May.

The Broadway musical “Spring Awakening” was produced by Los Angeles-based Deaf West Theatre, which has been performing theatrical productions for 26 years.

The Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Language project, co-directed by UCLA Near Eastern Languages and Cultures professor, Robert Englund, is now funded as part of Trans-Atlantic Platform’s Digging into Data challenge and grant program.

Leonardo Scarabelli, a UCLA postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Professor Paul Weiss is among five winners of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists, presented for the best Ph.D. theses in the chemical sciences.

“Stigma — Lead the Change,” presented in partnership with the nonprofit organization Bring Change 2 Mind, will include presentations from three internationally known mental health experts, who will explore the current challenges and opportunities within the community, on college campuses and beyond.

Stupid F#@king Bird” is a play about a young director and a young actor raging against an older generation of artists.

UCLA lecturer David Stein has been awarded the Maria Stewart Prize from the African American Intellectual History Society for the best journal article in black intellectual history written in 2015 or 2016.

Two faculty members have been awarded 2017 fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies. Out of nearly 1,200 applicants, only 71 fellows were selected.  

Hiroshi Motomura, Michelle Huneven and Aydogan Ozcan were selected for the distinguished prizes that go to scholars, artists and scientists in the United States and Canada.

The grant will assist in the completion of research for Robert Chao Romero's current book project, “The Brown Church: Towards a Latina/o History and Theology of Liberation.”

Arnold “Arne” Scheibel, a renowned neuroanatomist whose passion for teaching and for understanding the workings of the human brain inspired generations of students and helped shape the neuroscience community at UCLA, died Monday, April 3, in Oakland.

Last month, postdoctoral researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA impressed judges with their scientific acumen, poise and ability to articulate the significance of their work at the 2017 Giannini Fellowship competition in Pebble Beach, California.

Jerry Nickelsburg did a lighthearted interview in the Zócalo green room about fish soup in Myanmar, Ernest Hemingway and the extravagance of scuba diving.

The three-year effort will be funded with a grant from the Open Philanthropy Foundation.

Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and elected representative from Georgia's 5th District, will deliver the fifth annual Winston C. Doby Distinguished Lecture and receive the UCLA Medal, the university's highest honor.

The honor recognizes exceptional young scientists who have demonstrated “the most creative talent,” according to the program.

An expert in pathology of the liver and one of the pioneers in establishing the nature of the liver cell, he has done research on the pathogenesis of alcoholic and liver disease, more specifically investigating the regulation of expression of RNA sequence genes in liver biopsies from patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis.

Weizhe Hong, an assistant professor of biological chemistry and neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named a 2017 Searle Scholar.

Kathleen Salvaty oversees UC’s ongoing efforts to effectively prevent and respond to sexual violence and sexual harassment, which includes education, investigation, adjudication and sanctioning in cases involving students, faculty and staff.

UCLA will mark World Health Day on April 7, commemorating the founding of the World Health Organization, with a wide spectrum of activities on campus focused on Depression: Let’s Talk.