Professor Alan Garfinkel, proud recipient of the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

The UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Learning has selected the 2014-2015 Senate faculty recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award. One of the highest honors given by the Academic Senate, the award recognizes academically and professionally accomplished individuals who bring respect and admiration to the scholarship of teaching. The committee selects recipients from nominations received from colleagues and leaders across the campus. Meet the Honorees

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PROFESSOR GRACE XIAO FEATURED IN UCLA NEWSROOM

“UCLA researchers devise new method to identify disease markers, a key step toward personalized medicine”

UCLA life scientists have created an accurate new method to identify genetic markers for many diseases — a significant step toward a new era of personalized medicine, tailored to each person’s DNA and RNA.

Link: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-researchers-devise-new-method-to-identify-disease-markers-a-key-step-toward-personalized-medicine

UCLA’S DR. EDGERTON’S RESEARCH FEATURED IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN – PARALYZED RATS WALK AGAIN WITH FLEXIBLE SPINAL IMPLANT

Link: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/paralyzed-rats-walk-again-with-flexible-spinal-implant/

PROFESSOR DAVID GLANZMAN FEATURED IN UCLA NEWSROOM

Link: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/lost-memories-might-be-able-to-be-restored-new-ucla-study-indicates

PROFESSOR RACHELLE CROSBIE-WATSON WINS LOTUS AWARD

Link: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/rachelle-crosbie-watson-wins-lotus-award

PROFESSOR GRACE XIAO FEATURED IN UCLA NEWSROOM

Link: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/treasure-in-saliva-may-reveal-deadly-diseases-early-enough-to-treat-them-ucla-scientists-report

PROFESSOR PETER NARINS ELECTED PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROETHOLOGY

Link: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/peter-narins-elected-president-international-society-for-neuroethology

PROFESSOR REGGIE EDGERTON QUOTED ON THE NBC NIGHTLY NEWS

Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/man-severed-spine-walks-again-world-first-n231076

PROFESSOR REGGIE EDGERTON AND DR. PARAG GAD FEATURED IN THE UCLA NEWSROOM

Link: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-research-could-help-improve-bladder-function-among-people-with-spinal-cord-injuries

PROFESSOR DAVID WALKER FEATURED IN THE UCLA NEWSROOM

Link: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-biologists-delay-the-aging-process-by-remote-control