On April 19, 2024, the Office of Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) hosted the 136th Faculty Research Lecture at Schoenberg Hall. Nominated and selected by peers, Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Human Genetics Daniel Geschwind discussed progress in understanding the causes of complex brain disorders.
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On April 10, 2024, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt and Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto, jointly announced UCLA’s continued support for scholarly exchanges and collaborative research with foreign institutions, while noting concerns about foreign influence and research security.
On March 22, 2024, The University of California Office of the President invited comments on a proposed Presidential Policy BFB-BUS-50: Controlled Substances Use in Research and Teaching (PDF)
On March 7, 2024, the Office of Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) hosted the 135th Faculty Research Lecture at Schoenberg Hall.
In a joint announcement Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck and Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) Roger Wakimoto, shared with the Bruin Community that Google will end unlimited storage for Google Workspace for Education (GWE) on the 1st of November 2024.
On January 25, 2024, Executive Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt announced the appointment of Athena N. Jackson as the Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian at UCLA, effective from March 1, 2024.
On January 19, 2024, the Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) Roger Wakimoto and Senior Director for the Office of Human Research Protection Kristin Rochford, jointly announced that effective January 25, 2024, all new FDA-regulated, Industry-sponsored, multi-site research conducted at UCLA will require to use a single IRB.
On January 12, 2024, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Virginia Steel announced UCLA Library’s Winter Digital Technologies Workshops.
On January 3, 2024, Chancellor Gene Block announced UCLA’s acquisition of the former Westside Pavilion Mall. The 700,000 square foot property will be reshaped into the UCLA Research Park.
On November 29, 2023, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) and the Institute of American Cultures (IAC) held a reception at Royce Hall to honor UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows (external link) and the UCLA recipients of the Racial and Social Justice (RSJ) (external link) and Latinx Studies Seed (LSS) (external link) Grants.
On November 7, 2023, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) Roger M. Wakimoto and Faculty Chair of the Safety Oversight Committee Craig A. Merlic, informed Principal Investigators (PI) their obligation to ensure they do not leave hazardous materials or abandon their animals in the vivarium following their lab shutdown.
On October 9, 2023, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Virginia Steel announced UCLA Library’s Fall Digital Technologies Workshops.
The UC Systemwide NAGPRA Committee is seeking nominees for two vacancies – one UC representative (must be affiliated with a Native American studies program) and one Tribal representative (must be from a federally recognized Tribe).
Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel Michael S. Levine and Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto sent reminders to all eligible faculty members to use the UC Outside Activity Tracking System (OATS) to request prior approval and report outside professional activities performed.
On July 31, 2023, Interim Chief Information Security Officer Drake Chang advised faculty and staff to take precaution when sharing UCLA data with ChatGPT and other generative AI tools.
On June 28, 2023, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Virginia Steel announced UCLA Library’s Summer Digital Technologies Workshops. In collaboration with the Office of Advanced Research Computing (OARC) some of these workshops will showcase library content, while others introduce tools, methods and workflows in order to demonstrate ways to design research projects or processes from collecting (or finding) data.
On June 7, 2023, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt announced that Jim Davis, vice provost for information technology and head of UCLA’s Office of Advance Research Computing (OARC), will step down from his role on June 30, 2023. OARC will join the Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) led by Vice Chancellor Roger Wakimoto.
The Director of UCNL So Cal Hub position is now open.
