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Melanie L. Chaney '91
Melanie L. Chaney, formerly the managing partner of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s Los Angeles office, assumed the role of firmwide co-managing…
Samantha D'Souza '18
Samantha D’Souza ’18 has joined the Women Sport Australia board. D’Souza is a cultural storyteller, producer and leader specializing in…
Wendy Red Star, M.F.A. '06
Wendy Red Star, M.F.A. ’06, has been awarded a “genius grant” by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation…
Juan Felipe Herrera '72
Juan Felipe Herrera ’72, a UCLA Medal recipient and the former U.S. poet laureate, has been awarded a “genius grant”…
Amanda Clarke, M.A. '89, Ph.D. '96
When Amanda Clarke, M.A. ’89, Ph.D. ’96, was growing up in a rural East Tennessee farming community, she had no…
Asad Madni '69, M.S. '72, Ph.D.
Asad Madni ’69, M.S. ’72, Ph.D., who received the 2024 UCLA Award for Professional Achievement for his revolutionary contributions to…
Nathan Siegel '16, J.D. '24
Intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson has welcomed Nathan Siegel ’16, J.D. ’24, as a member of its 2024 fall…
Tracy Badua '06
Award-winning author Tracy Badua ’06 is proud to release her sixth novel, “Thea and the Mischief Makers” (HarperCollins), a middle-grade…
Chad L. Williams '98
Chad L. Williams ’98 will be honored Thursday, Oct. 10, during the 2024 Museum of African American History (MAAH) Stone…
Sheryl Lynn Winslow Hoffman Toney '77
Sheryl Lynn Winslow Hoffman Toney ’77 passed away Aug. 1. Born to Cleon and Jo Winslow Sept. 14, 1955, in…
Teresa Valenzuela ’94, Cert. ’11
You might not know her, but, if you follow the UCLA Alumni social media channels, you know her work. Those…
Feliza Ortiz-Licon '99, Ed.D.
Feliza Ortiz-Licon ’99, Ed.D., has joined the Campaign for College Opportunity, a higher education nonprofit advocacy organization, as executive vice…
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