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Mark Kapczynski '93
A new book by Mark Kapczynski ’93, “Everyone Sells (Including Ai): How to Influence Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime,” was published in…
Tanya Petrossian '05, Ph.D. '10
EndoCyclic Therapeutics, founded by Tanya Petrossian ’05, Ph.D. ’10, just announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has…
Avelardo Valdez, M.A. '76, Ph.D. '79
Avelardo Valdez, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’79, professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, is the author of a new…
David Johnson '78
David Johnson ’78 has published his memoir, “When All Else Fails, BLAME YOUR MOTHER!” “My years at UCLA in the…
Biruté Galdikas '66, M.A. '69, Ph.D. '78
Biruté Galdikas ’66, M.A. ’69, Ph.D. ’78, one of the world’s most prominent researchers in Orangutans, passed away March 24…
Kendall VanConas '88
Kendall VanConas ’88, managing partner, Arnold LaRochelle Matthews VanConas & Zirbel, was named “Top 50 Women in Business” by Pacific…
Lauren Shaifa, M.Arch. '21
Lauren Shaifa, M.Arch. ’21, was recently promoted to associate by Los Angeles firm CO Architects. She focuses on the firm’s…
Le G. Trieu '03
Le G. Trieu ’03 has joined the Chicago office of leading national law firm Kaufman Dolowich, one of three lawyers…
Susan McCarthy '83
Susan McCarthy ’83, a partner with A to Z Law, is the incoming vice president of the Ventura County Trial…
Lucas Love '04
Accuity, one of Hawaii’s largest accounting and advisory firms, has hired Lucas Love ’04 as tax director, strengthening the firm’s…
Morton Lebow, M.A. '49
“Bourbon,” says Morton Lebow, M.A. ’49, (presumably) tongue-in-cheek, when asked the secret to his longevity. Lebow, a World War II…
Sherrill D. Luke '50
Sherrill D. Luke ’50 UCLA’s first – and America’s second – black student body president, a tireless foe of discrimination…
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