Xintong Yuan, a chemical engineering doctoral student at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, is the first UCLA student to be selected to join the 2025 class for the global Schmidt Science Fellowship. (ucla.in/4i4VYBp)

Mason Porter, a UCLA professor of mathematics, has received the prestigious 2025 George Pólya Prize for Mathematical Exposition from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. (ucla.in/4jh6hTS)

The April 3, 2025, Legislative Assembly Notification of Actions is now available (ucla.in/3XWP6Pw).

Voting opens today at 12:00 p.m. for the next Vice Chair/Chair-Elect of the UCLA Academic Senate and for members of the Committee on Committees (ucla.in/4isBinm).

April 2025 UCLA Academic Senate Updates are now available. (ucla.in/44wDuqm)

A team led by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers received a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to use artificial intelligence to improve risk assessment for those suffering from diabetes and related complications. (ucla.in/4jevdMi)

UCLA sociology professor Stefan Timmermans was named a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for “The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels,” which he co-wrote with Pamela Prickett from the University of Amsterdam. (ucla.in/4jVYfjN)

Dr. Stephen Cederbaum, a longtime UCLA Health physician and renowned expert in genetic medicine, has been awarded the 2025 David L. Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award by the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine. (ucla.in/3GLGMfr)

The final meeting of the 2024–2025 Legislative Assembly will take place on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 2–4 p.m. The agenda is available now on the Legislative Assembly Agenda page. (ucla.in/3FaTlR4)

Asad Madni, a distinguished adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and two-time alumnus, was named an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his trailblazing work on the GyroChip. (ucla.in/3GOWGpL)

Aomar Boum, professor of anthropology and Near Eastern languages and cultures at UCLA, was inducted into the National Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco at a ceremony held April 24 in Rabat, Morocco. (ucla.in/42VLsbr)

Robert Gurval, a professor emeritus of classics, has been honored by UCLA with the 2025 Carole E. Goldberg Emeriti Service Award and a $1,000 prize. (ucla.in/3YMLOPj)

Dr. Nupur Agrawal, assistant professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been named a 2025 Macy Faculty Scholar. (ucla.in/43cracx)

The May 15, 2025, Legislative Assembly Notification of Actions is now available (ucla.in/435bhWz).

The Elections Commissioner has certified the results of the Academic Senate Spring 2025 Elections (ucla.in/4dtMOhk).

Judea Pearl, chancellor’s professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been elected to the United Kingdom’s Royal Society, widely recognized as one of the most prestigious scholarly societies in the world. (ucla.in/4mrWqx2)

Dr. Grace M. Aldrovandi, professor of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is the 2025 recipient of the Douglas K. Richardson Award for Perinatal and Pediatric Healthcare Research by the Society for Pediatric Research. (ucla.in/43XhJ2h)

Dr. Kara Calkins, professor of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been recognized with the Serge and Yvette Dadone Clinical Teaching Award for her contributions to clinical education and patient care. (ucla.in/4kJACLy)

May/June 2025 UCLA Academic Senate Updates are now available. (ucla.in/43PQTry)

Dr. Francisco Ramos-Gomez, professor and chair of pediatric dentistry and director of the UCLA Center for Children’s Oral Health, received the 2025 International Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research E.W. Borrow Memorial Award (ucla.in/45NQnx5).