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HONORS

Four UCLA faculty members were elected May 3 to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors that can be accorded to a U.S. scientist or engineer. They are William A.V. Clark, professor of geography; Wayne L. Hubbell, professor of ophthalmology and associate director of the Jules Stein Eye Institute; Stanley Osher, professor of mathematics; and Joan Valentine, professor of chemistry. “The entire UCLA family takes great pride in the election of these faculty members to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the scholarly community’s highest honors,” said Chancellor Albert Carnesale. “Their selection reflects the breadth of superb scholarship across the campus, and UCLA’s standing as a world-class university.” Elected this year were 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 14 countries.

Two UCLA faculty members were among 213 new fellows and foreign honorees recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for contributions to their fields and to society. Christopher Donnan, professor of anthropology, and Naomi Lamoreaux, professor of economics and history, were selected to join the academy’s 225th class, along with M.R.C. Greenwood, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and UC’s highest-ranking woman. They will be inducted at a ceremony Oct. 8 in Cambridge, Mass.

UCLA AIDS INSTITUTE

The UCLA AIDS Institute will be the home of a new HIV/AIDS research center. The Network for AIDS Research in Los Angeles will be a partnership with AIDS Project Los Angeles, T.H.E. Clinic, and the Friends Research Institute. The center recently won a four-year, $3.68-million award from the Universitywide AIDS Research Program to look at innovative strategies for the treatment and prevention of HIV infection in greater Los Angeles. The center will open its doors on July 1.

ENGINEERING & DENTISTRY

By studying diseases in which the human body generates too much bone, UCLA researchers have discovered and isolated a natural molecule that can be used to heal fractures and generate new bone growth in patients who lack it. Bioengineering professor Ben Wu at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and Kang Ting, Thomas R. Bales Professor at the School of Dentistry, are developing a new molecule they’ve named UCB, or University of California Bone. They anticipate FDA approval and first sales of their product in the next seven to nine years.