Tag Archive for: UCLA Alumni

NASA selects UCLA alumna for 2017 astronaut candidate class

Jessica Watkins, who earned her Ph.D. in geology from UCLA in…

$5 million gift from Meyer Luskin establishes research center for history and policy at UCLA

Thanks to a $5 million gift from longtime supporter Meyer Luskin,…

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gets Medal of Freedom at White House

UCLA graduate and iconic basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar…

Where Are They Now: Jonathan Dotan

Jonathan Dotan appeared in the inaugural edition of the College…

Feeding the hungry while cutting food waste

Rachel Sumekh, 24, co-founded Swipe Out Hunger when she was a…

BlackRock chairman Laurence Fink receives UCLA Medal

Laurence D. Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, was awarded…

Confirming Einstein: Q&A with LIGO Scientist and EE Alum Richard Savage

Earlier this month, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave…

Black Convocation speaker urges students to embrace ‘perseverance, diversity and empowerment’

UCLA alumna Christine Simmons, chief operating officer of the…

Madame vice chancellor

Since the early 13th century, a slew of Williams, Richards, Johns…