137th Lecturer
Keith Holyoak
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
"Intelligence, Creativity, and Consciousness in Humans and (Perhaps) Machines"
On October 11, 2024, UCLA psychologist Keith Holyoak gave a Faculty Research Lecture in which he talked about machine learning, creativity, and consciousness.
Learn more about Professor Holyoak
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138th Lecturer
Raymond Knapp
Distinguished Professor of Musicology, Disability Studies, and Humanities
Registration link coming soon!
Friday, April 11, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. PDT | Location: Schoenberg Hall
Professor Knapp's bio and lecture details are forthcoming.
130th Lecturer
Michael Jung
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Registration link coming soon!
Friday, March 21, 2024
Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. PDT | Location: Schoenberg Hall
Distinguished Professor Michael Jung, the 130th UCLA Faculty Research Lecture, will deliver his postponed lecture from the 2020-2021 academic year this Winter Quarter.
Professor Jung's bio and lecture details are forthcoming.
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Nomination Guidelines
Nominated and selected by peers, the distinguished recipients of the Faculty Research Lecture awards are exemplary of UCLA’s commitment to research excellence. The lecture format of this honor provides the recipients a platform to share their scholarship broadly with faculty, students, and the UCLA community and is a recognition of the importance of the wide dissemination of knowledge generated by UCLA faculty.
Previously administered by the Academic Senate, the Faculty Research Lecture is now a program of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities (ORCA).
