Author Archives: Adam Foxman

The liver is the largest glandular organ in the body. It performs more than 400 functions each day: It makes bile, aids in digestion, makes proteins, and stores vitamins, fats and sugars. Ronald Busuttil has built a career around it, performing thousands of transplants, and like the busy organ, at UCLA he is responsible for […]

Editor’s note: This is first in a three part series about compensation and salaries at UCLA. Part two will run Tuesday. For months, executive compensation has been the phrase on the minds of the University of California’s leaders and on the lips of lawmakers. Criticism of the UC’s compensation policy surfaced in November, after a […]

When Andrew Bokarius began working at a neuroscience laboratory this summer, the thought of retirement was distant. Bokarius took the job to get research experience and explore what it would be like to work in a research lab. But a career ““ the kind that would hopefully come with retirement benefits ““ was still something […]

After being put on paid administrative leave for more than two months during an investigation into his role in a controversial hiring decision, Winston Doby will return to his position as Vice President of Student Affairs with reduced authority, University of California officials announced Monday. The decision comes after an internal audit found that Doby […]

David Saxon, who came to UCLA in 1947 to teach nuclear physics, and in more than five decades that followed became an iconic figure in the University of California system, died Thursday at the UCLA Medical Center after a long illness. He was 85. During a career at the University of California which spanned 58 […]

David Saxon, a UCLA professor who rose to the top position in the University of California system, died today. He was 85. Saxon, whose university career spanned more than four decades, died at UCLA Medical Center today after a long illness. He came to UCLA in 1947 to teach theoretical nuclear physics, and later served […]

The video feed was jerky and the sound was sometimes low, but for Luisa Martínez, it was an experience to be remembered. Martínez, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was one of about 15 members of the UCLA Community who came to the Anderson School of Management Friday to participate in a video conference with Felipe […]