| INDEX 2001
October 10, 2001 (Vol. 22, No. 4)
NEWS
BUREAU – THE COLLEGE – Senior professors, professional staff and campus executives - including Chancellor Albert Carnesale and College Provost Brian Copenhaver - have signed up to teach 50 new undergraduate courses meeting weekly this quarter to explore myriad issues that have emerged from the Sept. 11 attacks. … SCHOOL OF MEDICINE – UCLA brain researchers have created the first images of schizophrenia on the brains of patients in their teenage years. … ACADEMIC SENATE – The UCLA Academic Senate is considering a new method of reviewing freshman applicants to replace the current "two-tier" system...
RESEARCHERS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT POLICIES
Nearly 100 members of the UCLA research community aired their concerns - sometimes in a lively debate - about the often trying, yet necessary process of protecting the rights and welfare of human research subjects at an Oct. 4 Town Hall hosted by Executive Vice Chancellor Wyatt R. Hume, chair of UCLA's Human Research Policy Board...
SUE YOUNG DEFINED PARTNERSHIP IN LEADERSHIP
Sue K. Young, who for 29 years served with grace and unstinting devotion in partnership with her husband, Chancellor Emeritus Charles E. Young, died Sept. 28 at her home in Thousand Oaks. She was 69 and had been battling breast cancer since the early '90s.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFS – Black hole Flares – A team of astrophysicists that includes a UCLA astronomer has for the first time detected a sudden X-ray flare from the direction of a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. … Winning Slate – UCLA Staff Assembly members recently elected new officers for 2001-02. … A Tangled Web – An effective Web site is simple, succint and satisfies its users' needs rather than those of the site's developers, renowned Web usability "guru" Jakob Nielson told 400 faculty, staff and students at Schoenberg Auditorium.
DID YOU KNOW? – A nationwide survey of 400 high school guidance counselors by researchers from Kaplan Publishing and Newsweek put UCLA at the top of all colleges in America for offering the most value for the tuition dollar. The counselors work at public and private high schools across the nation.
NEW CENTER'S FOCUS: EYE RESEARCH
A new center for eye research and for a broad range of programs by the Jules Stein Eye Institute and the UCLA Medical Center will become the institute's third building. It will be named The Edie and Lew Wasserman Eye Research Center after two of UCLA's most generous donors.
SURGEON GENERAL URGES HEALTHIER HABITS
Americans today may be living an average of 30 years longer than a century ago, but now the quality of their lives and those of their children is more at risk, according to U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher...
YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW – The Decalogue – Scholars, religious leaders, legal analysts and popular authors will be exploring the historical interpretations and contemporary applications of the Ten Commandments in a public forum series presented by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies. … Agreement Reached – The University of California recently negotiated an agreement with the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) over 2001-02 salary increases for its technical employees and research support professionals. … New to Westwood – A 55,000-square-foot Ralph?s Fresh Fare grocery store, complete with coffee bar and computer terminals, opened in Westwood in mid-September.
PEOPLE
PET INVENTOR HAS EYE ON 'BIG PICTURE'
Michael Phelps - Norton Simon Professor and chair of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology - will deliver the 91st Faculty Research Lecture. He will discuss "Imaging the Living Biology of Our Bodies in Health and Disease" today at 3 p.m. in Schoenberg Hall.
REDEFINING ROLE OF RACE STUDIES
As director of the Center for African American Studies, Darnell M. Hunt will plot the course of the prominent national center, one of the first research centers devoted to African-American studies.
15 SECONDS
Anita Cotter: Associate Registrar, Student & Faculty Relations, and the recorded voice on the URSA (University Records System Access) phone line since 1989.
NAMES AND FACES
Grants: Barbara J. Gitlitz, The Freeman Foundation
Hurrah: Susan Cochran, Patricia Greenfield, Neal Halfon and Donna Kathryn McNeese-Smith
Appointments: Allen F. Roberts, Ruth Sabean, Roxanne Moster and John B. Duncan
In Memoriam: Irving Bernstein
CAMPUS
NEW STUDENTS GET SPIRITED WELCOME TO CAMPUS
Certain occasions call for pomp and circumstance, but UCLA's New Student Welcome on Sept. 24 called for a different kind of ambience.
WELCOME
New Faculty join Bruin family.
VOICES
COMMUNITY BULLETINS – Breathing Brain Cells – For the first time, UCLA scientists have identified the small group of brain cells believed to originate breathing in mammals.… Hope for the Blind – The first phase of a UCLA-led clinical trial of a new drug treatment for age-related macular degeneration found the drug to be safe and, in some cases, highly effective.
HALTING STUDENT VISAS NO ANSWER TO CRISIS
Major international projects that address global problems that could one day pose as great a threat as terrorism to the world, will be jeopardized if Congress passes a recent proposal by Sen. Dianne Feinstein ( D-California). She has called for a six-month moratorium on the issuance of all new student visas to the United States to give the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) time to develop an effective tracking plan that would detect foreign students who have violated the terms of their visas ...
SHARING OUR FEARS, ANGER HELPS US HEAL
We are all undoubtedly affected, either directly or indirectly, by the Sept. 11 tragedy. But there is a range of emotional responses to tragedy. First and foremost, accept the emotional response you are feeling. Don't compare yourself to others.
WHAT'S ON MY MIND:
VOLUNTEER ON A BUCKET BRIGADE REFLECTS ON LIVES LOST
We passed debris-filled buckets backward over and over. Many smelled like badly rotting fruit. Requests got shouted down the line. "Torch!" We passed up the welder's torch. "Burning gloves!" "Gasoline!" "Saws!" After a few minutes, we heard another request. "K-9!" A search dog and handler carefully made their way up a jagged mountain of rubble and steel. We continued conveying. Then another call. "Bodybag!"
CLOSEUP:
THE COLLEGE BUILDS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Richard Bergman, a UCLA alumnus from the mid-'70s will head the College's Building Great Futures Campaign, raising funds to support a 10-year capital plan to renew the aging physical plant and expand research facilities. The ambitious building plan has two phases, the first of which began in 1999 and will run through 2005. All divisions of the College will reap benefits as older buildings are renovated and new buildings are constructed... |
