Students and faculty from the social welfare department in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs assist mothers and children seeking asylum in the United States.
The 24-hour marathon reading in the Powell Library courtyard will feature Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower.”
Paul Weiss, distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, received the 2019 Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Three faculty were elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and one professor was elected to the Association of American Physicians.
A team of UCLA-led researchers has received support from the National Institutes of Health to develop strategies for smoking cessation among high-risk, hospitalized patients.
The award honors emeriti professors for scholarly work or educational service performed, since retirement, in the fields of humanities or social sciences.
Judea Pearl, Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science at UCLA, was elected for his seminal contributions to causal inference in statistics and contributions to artificial intelligence.
Faculty and staff can still contribute to efforts to help end poverty in the greater Los Angeles region, focusing on housing, education and financial stability.
Heather Maynard, professor of organic chemistry, received the Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award for her contributions in interfacing synthetic and biological systems.