Kinderman has been named inaugural holder of the Leo M. Klein and Elaine Krown Klein Chair in Performance Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Andrea Ghez, who demonstrated the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, received the honor during Oxford’s annual Encaenia ceremony.
Harold Torrence, associate professor of linguistics in the UCLA College, became enamored of linguistics as an undergraduate at the University of Georgia.
Dr. Henry Takei, distinguished clinical professor of periodontics at UCLA, was recently awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
Ann Jeffrey is assistant vice chancellor and chief of staff at UC Berkeley, and incoming staff advisor to the University of California Board of Regents.
The California Climate Expedition — led by climate scientist Alex Hall — grants riders the chance to experience climate change impacts from Oakland to Los Angeles.
Weizhe Hong, an assistant professor of biological chemistry and neurobiology at UCLA, will receive a three-year grant of $225,000 to advance his research.
The exhibition is the first American survey of one of the United Kingdom’s most influential artists, whose work subverts traditional notions of gender, sexuality and identity.