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Professor Valerie Tornini is named a 2026 Faculty Mentor Award Winner

Professor Valerie Tornini is named a 2026 Faculty Mentor Award Winner

Professor Professor Valerie Tornini is named a 2026 Faculty Mentor Award Winner. The Faculty Mentor Award honors the considerable dedication of UCLA faculty who consistently and enthusiastically serve as effective mentors to undergraduate students involved in research or creative inquiry. Faculty are nominated by undergraduate students they supported in their research or creative practice and professional development.
IBP postdoc, Dr. Vartika Sharma, profiled in The Scientist

IBP postdoc, Dr. Vartika Sharma, profiled in The Scientist

IBP postdoc, Dr. Vartika Sharma, profiled in The Scientist
Professor Valerie Tornini and her lab awarded multiple 2026 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards

Professor Valerie Tornini and her lab awarded multiple 2026 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards

Professor Valerie Tornini and her lab awarded multiple 2026 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards. Six teams were awarded this year and Professor Tornini and her lab are part of two of those teams. "Conserved Epitranscriptomic Signatures of Stress" and "Too Fast and Too Furious: Tradeoffs in Stress-Induced Accelerated Neurodevelopment". These collaborative projects are related to neurobiology and changing ecosystems.
Distinguished Research Professor Arthur Arnold awarded 2025-2026 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award

Distinguished Research Professor Arthur Arnold awarded 2025-2026 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award

Distinguished Research Professor Arthur Arnold awarded 2025-2026 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award. Three UCLA emeriti professors have been selected to receive the 2025 – 2026 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award, which includes a prize of $5,000.

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