Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Shirley Malcom, M.S. ’67
At UCLA’s doctoral hooding ceremony on June 11, 2016 the UCLA Medal — the campus’s highest honor — was presented to alumna Shirley Malcom, the director of education and human resources programs for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The medal is presented to those of exceptionally distinguished academic and professional achievement whose work…
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Kellen Hertz, M.A. ’02
Alumna Kellen Hertz was recently accepted into The Writers Lab. Funded by Meryl Streep, The Writers Lab is a program that attempts to combat the sexism and ageism issues in Hollywood. The lab gives 12 female screenwriters over 40 years old the opportunity to improve their submitted scripts on a narrative and commercial level by…
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Larissa Lam ’97
Larissa Lam ’97 won Best Documentary awards at the Oxford Film Festival and Asians on Film Festival for her short film, “Finding Cleveland.” She served as the director and music composer for the film. “Finding Cleveland” is an emotional story about one Chinese family’s journey to find their roots that leads them to Cleveland, Miss.…
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Refik Anadol, M.F.A. ’14
Refik Anadol’s recent collaboration with LA Phil and Esa-pekka Salonen “Visions of America:Amerique Audio/Visual Performance” has been selected by Prix Ars Electronica jury to be screened during Ars Electronica Animation Festival in Linz, Austria. The Ars Electronica Animation Festival screens a selection of the most outstanding animated works honoured by the Prix Ars Electronica jury…
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Stephanie Wong ’14
Stephanie Wong ’14 won the Miss Chinatown USA 2016 pageant, as well as Miss Talent 2016 and AT&T Miss Innovation 2016. Since 1958, the Miss Chinatown USA pageant has been an annual Lunar New Year event and celebration. For over 50 years, young women have traveled to San Francisco to compete in the pageant for prizes…
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Ian H. McHardy ’05, Ph.D. ’11
Ian McHardy ’05, Ph.D. ’11 has been certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM). The ABMM was established in 1959 and was designed to test the expertise of microbiologists seeking to direct medical and public health microbiology laboratories. Board-certified Diplomates are adjudged capable to direct medical and public health microbiology…
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Louis Coda ’78
Dr. Louis Coda ’78 will be presented with the Monsignor Brouwers Award for Faith and Service at the Annual Heart of the World, Mission Doctors Auxiliary Gala at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood, CA on Saturday Feb. 13, 2016. Msgr. Brouwers, once director of the Propagation of the Faith in Los Angeles, CA, passed away…
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Brad Ratliff ’82
In a ceremony on Jan. 21, 2016, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Board of Directors confirmed Brad Ratliff ’82 as president for the 2016-2017 Tournament year. He will provide leadership for the 128th Rose Parade and the 103rd Rose Bowl Game. Ratliff announced “Echoes of Success” as the theme for the 128th Rose Parade. Ratliff has been a volunteer…
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Michael Vanneman ’78
Michael Vanneman ’78 received the 2015 People Saving People Award sponsored by the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. Vanneman performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, commonly known as CPR, and used an automated external defibrillator on Ira Gura at the San Jose Airport on April 19, 2015. The purpose of the award is to increase awareness about the critical need for bystanders…
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Derek Herrera, M.B.A. ‘15
Derek Herrera won top prize at the first primeUC competition for his startup, Spinal Singularity, which aims to help those with neurogenic bladder dysfunction. Spinal Singularity, won $150,000 in seed funding to develop and market a smart catheter that could vastly improve the lives of people with paralysis and others who suffer from neurogenic bladder…