Tuesday, January 6, 2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026

 Wishing you happiness, prosperity, health, and a productive New Year

Our third General Meeting in this year is on February 3rd at 5:30 PM at the University Club.

Our keynote speaker is Distinguished Professor of medicine Felicia Marie Knaul, senior advisor to the dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and to the president of UCLA Health; director of global health, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center; and associate of the chancellor.


Details are published in our UPDATE January through March 2026 issue: HERE 

Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul presented her work at the 2026 FWC Scholarship Dinner

Marianne Afifi and Dianne Homsher with
FWC scholarship recipient Sonya Brooks with her guest Infinity Brooks

Associate of the Chancellor Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul, our guest speaker,
with Zorana Ercegovac, FWC VP Programs 2025-2026




FWC 2026 Scholarship recipients at the General Meeting
Brooks, Dorairaj, Rooney, Cole, Pineda, Chan, Salem, Kaptanian, Cornejo

~~ ANNOUNCEMENTS for General Meetings in April and May 2026~~

On April 21st, Dr. Silvia Forni, director of the UCLA's Fowler Museum, will present her talk titled "Understanding art from multiple perspectives: collection care and exhibition planning at the Fowler Museum at UCLA." This General Meeting presentation will be via zoom starting at 1:30 PM.

Dr. Silvia Forni, Director of the Fowler Museum at UCLA

Our last General Meeting is Spring Luncheon, scheduled for May 19th, at 11:30 AM at the University Club. Our invited speaker is Distinguished Professor Dr. Maja Matarić, who will update us about "Robots that care: Shaping human centered AI and robotics for a shared future." 


 Dr. Maja Mataric, Chan Soon-Shiong Distinguished Professor 
of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles