awards and honors

Boeing Company’s retired chairman, CEO and president W. James McNerney Jr. is as the 10th recipient of the John Wooden Global Leadership Award.

A wellness specialist in integrative nutrition, Katzin works with cancer patients at the Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology.

Mona Jarrahi is being recognized for her work researching terahertz-based imaging technologies.

Cheng will provide strategic and tactical leadership to technology efforts to support UCLA Health Sciences.

The assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering will apply the $360,000 award to research on nanoscale architectures and ultrafast energy diagnostics.

The Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is recognized for his leadership and scientific contributions for future fusion power plants.

Dean emerita of the Fielding School of Public Health, Rosenstock is being recognized for her distinguished contributions in public health.

Andrea Bertozzi, Subramanian Iyer, Jianwei 'John' Miao, Pietro Musumeci and Mason Porter are recognized for 'exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise.'

Stevenson is a renowned scholar in the history of slavery, particularly enslaved women, in the United States and throughout the Atlantic World.

The appointments of Dr. Kelsey Martin and Dr. Anne L. Coleman honor achievements and service in medicine and health care.

Dr. Claire Baldauf, Dr. Marjorie-Anne Guerra and Dr. Manal Habib are fellows at the Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA.

The Norman Sprague Professor of Biological Chemistry at the School of Medicine gives the UCLA Faculty Research Lecture on Oct. 13.

The World Arts and Cultures professor is renowned worldwide for his innovative treatments of classical material.

Findings from a study by urban planning faculty Michael Lens and Paavo Monkkonen is included in the Housing Development Toolkit.

The UCLA professor emeritus, who directed the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, was honored with two others for designing and developing molecular machines.

The American Academy of Pediatrics award recognizes Klitzner for his work on behalf of children with special health care needs.

UCLA's Dr. Roger Detels is recognized for his contributions to controlling HIV/AIDS in China.

Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Awards are given to recognize "the research, innovators, scientists and students who've made the world a little better this year."

For his remarkable body of work, Gerry Laviña has been named the 2016 Social Worker of the Year by the California chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

The UCLA professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering was honored for his outstanding contributions in the design, modelling, control, and realization of mechatronic systems.

The UCLA chapter of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science will be recognized with two awards from the largest multicultural and multidisciplinary STEM diversity organization in the nation.

A professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, Hall was recognized for his work in climate modeling to ascertain the Earth's sensitivity to increases in greenhouse gas emissions.

The Distinguished Professor of Computer Science is recognized for his pioneering contribution to the early days of wireless packet networks.

Sant, an associate professor and Henry Samueli Fellow in civil and environmental engineering, has developed a new building material that, unlike concrete, doesn't emit greenhouse gases during its production

An assistant professor of gender studies and African American studies, Haley received the 2016 Sara A. Whaley Prize for her new book, 'No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity.'