November 21, 2000

BUREAU BRIEFS The College - A UCLA professor was among the recipients of one of nanotechnology's highest honors this year, the Feynman Prize... ISOP - The UCLA Center for Korean Studies has received a four year grant of $504,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to establish the first academic program on Korean Christianity at any US university... UCLA Medical Center - A 7-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy from Kosovo were flown to Los Angeles Nov. 19 to receive life-saving heart surgery at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital.

UC EMPLOYEES MAKE GAINS IN DRAFT BUDGET The UC Board of Regents approved a proposed 2001-'02 budget for the University of California that would significantly improve wages and benefits for UC employees.

SENATE BACKS GENDER EQUITY Joint task force created to follow up on the recommendations and continue the work of the Gender Equity Committee.

STUDENTS LEARN GLASS-BLOWING FOR FUN, SCIENCE
Students are learning glass-blowing techniques to repair expensive labware.

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DATELINE UC SYSTEMWIDE Boosting their Numbers - In a move designed to maintain its leadership role in California's economy, the University of California plans to help meet the state's future workforce needs by adding 11,000 graduate students over the next decade... Reform at Work - Welfare has opened the door to innovation at the local level and is transforming a rule-bound bureaucracy into something much more flexible, according to a nine-county report by researchers at the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley... White House Honor - The White House announced Nov. 13 that Yuan-Cheng Fung, known by some as the father of biomechanics, will receive the President's National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor... Setting it Straight - Chemistry Professor Emily Carter was misidentified in the Oct. 24 issue in a story on Assemblymember Antonio Villaraigosa's role in the creation of the California Institutes for Science and Innovation.

DID YOU KNOW? More than 200 motorcyclists from the Southern California Fullerton H.O.G. (Harley Owner's Group) Chapter rode into Westwood Nov. 19 with holiday gifts for patients at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA.

NICOTINE CAUSES BRAIN DAMAGE A team of UCLA neuroscientists has found that nicotine causes degeneration in a region of the brain that affects emotional control, sexual arousal, REM sleep and seizures.

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED WITH CUE The University of California and Coalition of University Employees (CUE) have reached a tentative agreement on a first contract for the clerical and allied-services bargaining unit.

YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW Traveling Far and Wide - Traveling for the first time to Tokyo on behalf of UCLA Nov. 5-11, Chancellor Albert Carnesale attended the UCLA Japan Alumni Association's 25th consecutive annual reception and greeted more than 100 of the approximately 1,500 Bruins living in Japan... Native American Gala - UCLA's American Indian Studies Center hosted its annual scholarship gala dinner Nov. 18 to celebrate the center's achievements and honor prominent leaders and supporters of Native-American causes... Plane Crash Victim - Friends and colleagues are remembering the energy and passion for science of UCLA graduate student Ladan Mohajerani, 27, who was among the 81 passengers killed Oct. 31 in the crash of Singapore Airlines jet in Taiwan.

PEOPLE

HONOR SURPRISES, THRILLS DEDICATED PROF For the past 31 years, Harvey Herschman, a widely recognized expert in cellular biology and biochemistry, has been an enthusiastic teacher and researcher at UCLA.

PHYSICIAN, HEAL THY WORLD Usatine became only the second recipient of the Humanism in Medical Education award.

NAMES AND FACES A look at awards, accomplishments, achievements and those in memoriam.

WHO'S NEW Sandra Caruso is now Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Theater.

'ROUND AND ABOUT African-American Identity - A UCLA study examining the relationship between obesity and depression in African-American women links, for the first time, good mental and physical health with strong feelings of ethnic identity... Shelter Shortage - Stephen Cauley, associate director of the Real Estate Center at the Anderson School, told more than 250 real estate industry leaders, academics and government officials Nov. 1 at the second annual Multi-Family Housing Conference that projected population growth in Los Angeles county will drive an increasing demand for affordable housing in the coming decade... Impact of the Internet - The 49th annual UCLA Anderson Business Forecast Conference on Dec.11 will explore the impact of the Internet on the economic future of the United States, California and Los Angeles... Space Sights - Leading space scientists form around the world met at UCLA recently for a series of intensive workshops on the connection between the Earth and the Sun.

GAINING ENTRY TO THE REAL WORLD The Senior Fellows Program is helping to bridge the worlds of academia and policy-making.

DATA DISPEL MYTHS ABOUT GRAD STUDENTS On California college campuses, in classrooms and faculty offices, the facts sometimes morph into fiction.

RESOURCE CENTER LIFTS SPIRITS OF WOMEN WITH CANCER Dealing with the effects of cancer does not end when treatments are over.

COMMUNITY BULLETINS Learning for a Lifetime - Senior Scholars, a unique education program offered by the UCLA Center on Aging, gives people age 50 and over the opportunity to expand their education by attending undergraduate classes at UCLA... Clean Sweep - Members of UCLA fraternities teamed up with a resident's group, the North Village Improvement Committee, on Nov. 12 to help clean up graffiti and litter in the Westwood neighborhood they share... On Hold - Proposals on benefit improvements for the University of California Retirement Plan were slated to be presented as an action item to the UC Board of Regents meeting at UCLA last week.

WEB WATCH Increase your awareness of campus security policies and crime-prevention measures.

JUDICIAL APPOINTEES WON'T WEAR POLITICAL LABELS The composition of the Supreme Court was a hot issue in the presidential campaign, with both parties warning of evil days if the other side gets to name the next several justices

MURALS PAY HOMAGE TO HISTORY, HERITAGE For decades, muralist Judith Francisca Baca has painted the untold stories and overlooked histories of the city's ethnic minorities on buildings, outdoor walls and in public places all over Los Angeles.