Kevin Njabo left Cameroon 15 years ago to pursue teaching and research in environmental science at UCLA. Njabo, an assistant adjunct professor of environmental health sciences, helped establish UCLA’s partnership with the Congo Basin Institute, in which he serves as the Africa director of the Center for Tropical Research. UCLA and the International Institute of […]
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center ranked seventh best hospital in U.S.
The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center was ranked as the seventh best hospital in the nation in an annual Best Hospitals ranking released earlier this month by the U.S. News & World Report. UCLA was ranked No. 1 in Los Angeles and No. 2 in California. The new ranking dropped Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center […]
Horace Mann UCLA Community School adds ninth-grade class
About 40 students started high school as the inaugural ninth-grade class at the Horace Mann UCLA Community School last week. Horace Mann, which originally taught only sixth to eight grade, added the ninth-grade class as part of a February agreement between the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the Los Angeles Unified […]
Former Anderson School of Management dean remembered for great impact
Harold Williams helped the Anderson School of Management develop an internationally recognized reputation and emphasized human interaction in the school’s curriculum. Williams, a former dean of the School of Management from 1970 to 1977, died July 30 in his Santa Ynez home at the age of 89. Faculty at the School of Management remember him […]
UC job applications to no longer require disclosure of past convictions
The University of California announced that starting in October it will no longer ask prospective employees to indicate on their job application whether they have been convicted of a crime. The policy change follows advocacy efforts by the Underground Scholars Initiative, which supports formerly incarcerated students throughout the UC. Before the change in hiring policy, those […]
Student creates guidebooks exploring colleges from inside perspective
Aaron Yih was relaxing in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden when a campus tour passing by gave him the idea for a new business. Yih, a rising fourth-year Design | Media Arts student, launched College Visit Co. this month, which sells e-book college visit guides written with current students’ perspectives and opinions to help […]
Heather Roberge appointed as new chair of architecture department
The UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design appointed a new chair this month. On July 1 , Heather Roberge succeeded Neil Denari, who was appointed as interim chair last year to replace Hitoshi Abe, the department’s chair from 2007 to 2016. Roberge was most recently an associate professor and interim vice chair of the […]