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September 30, 2009 - “Laura Aguilar: Life, the Body, Her Perspective” The Chicano Studies Research Center cordially invites you to a screening of this film. Thursday, October 8, 2009

September 30, 2009 - 2010 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty are Announced
Deadline: November 25 2009, Click here for Application, Visit the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

September 29, 2009 - Two Jonsson Cancer Center Researchers Win NIH New Innovator Awards

September 29, 2009 - Sylvia Lavin, professor of Arts and Architecture, received award for Excellence in Education.

September 28, 2009 - UCLA historian Lynn Hunt Wins Award for Online Resource

September 23, 2009 - Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Applications due in November.

September 23, 2009 - Back to School: The Dream Act National Day of Action — Faculty and Staff Forum, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, Haines Hall 144

September 18, 2009 - UCLA Center for Study of Women Celebrates 25th Anniversary.

September 5, 2009 - Joan Selverstone Valentine Wins American Chemical Society Award.

September 4, 2009 - Victoria Sork named dean of Division of Life Sciences at UCLA .

August 31, 2009 - “Responding to Distressed and Distressing Students” Thursday, October 29, 2009, 2PM - 4PM, A UCLA Counseling Center Professional Development workshop.

August 4, 2009 - UCLA's Global Professor Min Zhou Appointed to Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair.

July 1, 2009 - Senate Vice Chair Robin Garrell Wins Gold Shield Faculty Prize.

June 19, 2009 - Nursing Dean Courtney Lyder Shatters Stereotypes. Courtney Lyder was 5 years old when his family departed their native Trinidad and Tobago to seek...

June 1, 2009 - Congratulations to Janice Reiff , Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Mark Bela Santos Moldwin, Roger Detels, Susan Plann, Yung-Ya Lin for winning the 2009 Distinguished Teaching Award…

May 22, 2009 - Don Nakanishi: A lifelong lesson in embracing diversity. Don Nakanishi, a scholar of race and ethnic studies for the last 40 years, didn't have to go far from where he grew up to find his first primer on the subject of race…

May 18, 2009 - Announcing the TIE-INS Initiative (Together In Education In Neighborhood Schools). This opportunity for faculty and staff will enable a limited number of children of UCLA employees to attend three public schools near our campus.

May 18, 2009 - Racial Diversity Matters: The Impact of Diversity-Related Student Engagement and Institutional Context. Study by UCLA Professor Mitchell J. Chang and Nida Denson of University of New South Wales finds that benefits associated with diversity may be more far-reaching than previously documented.

May 12, 2009 - The University Committee on Disability celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Fair Employment and Housing Act with Guest Speaker Phyllis W. Cheng. Chancellor Block and Vice Provost Becerra( Faculty Diversity & Development) attended.

May 8, 2009 - June 4th, Free Webinar: Positive Leadership in a Culture of Change Presented by Dr. Karen S. Haynes, 11:30am to 12:30pm, Part of the ACE Southern California Network Webinar Series

April 28, 2009 - UCLA Professor Kris Gutierrez Elected President of the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy (NCRLL)..

April 27, 2009 - California Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases

April 22, 2009 - May 12th from 2PM-3PM, The University Committee on Disability celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Fair Employment and Housing Act. Guest Speaker: Phyllis W. Cheng, Director of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing presents: "FEHA 50th Anniversary: Civil Rights Year"

April 13, 2009 - Multiple Identities: Putting Your Best Self Forward, April 17th, 2009 1-2PM, A seminar by Dr. Margaret Shih, Professor in Human Resources and Organizational Behavior at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

April 10, 2009 - UCLA Professor Emeritus Elma Gonzalez named a 2009 Distinguished Alumni by Texas Woman’s University and the TWU Former Students Association.

April 10, 2009 - Announcing a new seminar series: "The global higher education revolution and the world-class universities movement" Events: University Expansion and the Global Knowledge Society, Tuesday April 14, 4-6 pm; The Gender Gap in College, Tuesday April 28, 4-6 pm; Why Johnny Drops Out of Higher Education and Jill Fails to Excel in Science, Tuesday, May 12, 4-6 pm; For more information, please contact Professor Susanne Lohmann

April 9, 2009 - Inaugural Emerging Research Speaker Series and Reception. Thursday, April 23 at 3:30 p.m. Presentation "Hidden and Misunderstood Aspects of Depression" by Professor Constance Hammen

April 8, 2009 - Women in Conflict Zones, a symposium Friday April 10, Sequoia Room, UCLA Faculty Center, 9am to 7.30pm, Keynote by Shahrzad Mojab, University of Toronto.