awards and honors

UCLA professor Demetri Terzopoulos has been named a Royal Academy Fellow for his work to unify the fields of computer vision and computer graphics.

With the worldwide celebration of Earth Day taking place this week in more than 190 countries, a number of organizations have taken note of UCLA’s commitment to sustainability and environmental excellence.

With two deans and six additional faculty members elected, UCLA is home to more 2014 fellows than any other public university in the country.

UCLA political scientist Miriam A. Golden and UCLA historian Robin D.G. Kelley will use their 2014 fellowships to complete book projects.

UCLA law professor Katherine Stone studies the erosion of the middle class and the changing nature of employment.

Friedlander, a pioneering Holocaust historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, will donate a portion of his share of the $1 million award to UCLA.

The UCLA Department of Head and Neck Surgery presented 2014 Luminary Awards Wednesday to honorees at an inaugural event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Professor and department chair Dr. Gerald Berke and singer...

James Liao was recognized by the academy for his work using a variety of sources -- carbon dioxide, sugars and proteins -- to produce more efficient biofuels.

Jarrahi is among 102 scientists and engineers to receive this year's award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on researchers in the early stages of their careers.

A Nobel laureate; leading-edge scientists, scholars and doctors; national champion athletes; and selfless philanthropists were among the multitude of True Bruins who played pivotal roles in making 2013 a remarkable year for UCLA. For this unofficial...

Staffer honored for her work to build and reform health care systems abroad Salpy Akaragian, co-founder of the Armenian International Medical Fund (AIM Fund) and director of UCLA’s international nursing programs and nurse credentialing, was...

UCLA student screenwriter Barnett Brettler won a $50,000 prize from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for his script’s realistic depictions of science.

Lloyd S. Shapley, a professor emeritus of economics and mathematics at UCLA, has been awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He shares the award with Harvard University economist Alvin E. Roth.