awards and honors

Eight young UCLA professors are among 118 scientists and scholars selected today to receive the awards.

The honorees are Nicholas Blurton-Jones, Joseph Loo, Rafail Ostrovsky and William Sandoval.

Professors continued helping us better understand our world with their research, students kept excelling and UCLA showed how it helps make Los Angeles a world-class city.

The UCLA physician and film producer was honored for his humanitarian efforts, including his work to secure recognition of the Armenian genocide.

The list is compiled based on research citations from 2010 to 2020.

The awardees will conduct research in Japan, Ghana, Ethiopia, Morocco, Rwanda, Spain, France, Mexico and the Philippines.

Dr. Helena Hansen, Dr. Keith Norris and Dr. Peter Tontonoz were honored.

The Stanford professor and two colleagues were honored for demonstrating “what conclusions about cause and effect can be drawn from natural experiments.”

The neuroscientist, a 1990 graduate, helped answer a fundamental question about how the nervous system senses temperature and touch.

Working at the intersection of race, technology and justice, Noble is set to launch an empowerment nonprofit called the Equity Engine.

The celebrated leader in philanthropy and advancing social causes was also the founding chair of the center’s board of advisors. 

The episode, called “Coal Mining in South Africa,” explores issues related to environmental injustice, unemployment and poverty.

Barbara Fuchs will be joined by Spanish President Pedro Sánchez at an event on July 22.

The couple was recognized for their advocacy, community service and support of UCLA Health’s mobile stroke care unit.

The institute aims to give African scientists and researchers proper facilities and support for their work.

Galván was selected based on her record of research and her contributions to teaching, mentoring and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

Chancellor Block and actor Kal Penn will welcome attendees to the May 26 event.

Her interview with musician Gene Cipriano honored by Los Angeles Press Club.

Projects will be featured on the GO ARTS UCLA online platform, launched today.

The virtual awards ceremony will be livestreamed on May 22.

Kenneth Lange has written four advanced textbooks and published more than 200 scientific papers in the areas of genetic epidemiology, population genetics and other subjects.

The academy is one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies.

Researchers led by Gaurav Sant developed technology to turn carbon dioxide into concrete.

UCLA had more faculty honored than any other university.

How the fourth woman to win the prize in physics found the answer to a mystery in the stars.