UCLA Today: archive October 23, 2001

BUREAU
Jonsson Center – After five years of experimentation and genetic analysis, UCLA scientists have research results that could lead to new treatments targeted to fight malignancies. … Residence Halls – Students in UCLA's residence halls will be playing Halloween hosts to more than 2,000 children from community centers and elementary schools in inner-city areas who have been invited to trick-or-treat in a safe environment. … Groundbreaking – About 2,000 people attended the Oct. 14 groundbreaking for the new Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital. … The Anderson School – A team of second-year M.B.A. students from The Anderson School claimed victory in the 2001 National Student Case Competition held annually by the National Black M.B.A. Association.

UCLA CARDIAC TEAM IMPLANTS ARTIFICIAL HEART
A UCLA medical team became the first on the West Coast to implant a self-contained artificial heart in a human recipient. The 11-hour operation on Oct. 17 at the UCLA Medical Center was the fourth such successful procedure for the AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart in the world....

UC AIMS TO HELP HOME BUYERS
An invitation to teach at UCLA may be one of the most exhilarating moments in a potential faculty member's life. But the euphoria sometimes fades with one look at the local real estate market...

PLAN TO SET ASIDE 3% CREDIT FOR EMPLOYEES
University of California administrators will present the UC regents next month with a proposal based on a form of deferred compensation that would give eligible employees additional personal funds in a special retirement account...

DATELINE UC SYSTEMWIDE
Merit Increases – Salary plans for 2001-02 for Managers and Senior Professionals (MSP), Professional and Support Staff (PSS) and Information Technology Professionals were finalized last month, according to Campus Human Resources… Electronic Advances – An electronic device to probe the brain's reaction to fear – the product of research in a new interdisciplinary filed known as neuroelectronics – was among the innovations presented at the Electrical Engineering Department's Annual Research Review Oct. 15-16 at Covel Commons… Safety Precautions – While UCLA has not experienced any problems involving contaminated or explosive packages, due to the recent events of anthrax exposure, the campus administration is asking that the UCLA community be vigilant for any suspicious circumstances and had issued new guidelines… Toxic air and Latinos – Neighborhoods with large Latino populations are more likely to be home to major sources of toxic air contaminants than similar neighborhoods in other parts of Los Angeles County, according to researchers from the UCLA Institute of the Environment...

DID YOU KNOW?
In 1956, UCLA surgeons performed the first open-heart operation in the western United States.

CARNESALE SUMS UP STATE OF CAMPUS
Commenting on topics ranging from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to UCLA's numerous construction projects, Chancellor Albert Carnesale delivered his annual State of the Campus address Oct. 11 to the Chancellor's Associates, a leadership donor group that has supported the university through unrestricted annual giving since 1966...

TRANSFERS RISING FROM EAST L.A. PARTNER COLLEGE
In one year, ELAC has increased the number of its students who applied to UCLA from 117 to 162 students, and increased the number admitted to UCLA in the fall from 68 to 83...

YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW – The Nursing Gap – Health community professionals gathered at the Skirball Cultural Center Oct. 3 to discuss a critical nursing shortage that is plaguing much of America… Blue/Gold Families – Registration topped 1,600 -- with some people coming from as far away as Guam -- for UCLA Parents? Weekend 2001 held Oct 19-20… Football Fund-Raiser – With the support of the Bruin Athletic Council, the UC Police Department and the Pasadena police and fire departments, UCLA student--athletes are sponsoring a fund-raising event called "Bruins for Relief."

SHE LEADS WHERE LIT, SCIENCE INTERSECT
The improbable story of Katherine Hayles' life seems tailor-made for the reader's choice plotlines of the computer-based literature that she studies...

NURSE/SURVIVOR TEACHES BY EXAMPLE
As a nurse practitioner in the Revlon/UCLA Breast Center, Sherry Goldman has been teaching women how to perform breast self-examinations for the last decade. She advises: Know your breasts; know them well enough to detect even the smallest changes...

15 SECONDS
James Murakami: Staff Meteorologist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences.

NAMES AND FACES
Kudos: Peter J. Taylor, Keenan Behrle, William Flumenbaum, Plinio J. Garcia Jr., Joseph Kearns, Alfred E. Mann, Frank W. Marshall, Rue C. Pine, Monica Salinas, Samir H. Sheth, Roger Wacker, Robert Wang, Marion L. Wilson, Chris Arranaga, Sandy Davis, Fereshteh Diba, The Hon. Richard D. Fybel, Joan Snyder Goldwyn, Jo Ann Hankin, Nobuyuki Kawata, Alice L. Lainer, Steve C.K. Liu, Lorrine R. Lydeen, Basil W. Martinez, the Rev. William D. Naulls, Lynda Oschin, David A. Polak, Scott Roeb, The Hon. George P. Schiavelli (Ret.), Rose K. Tarlow, Toby Waldorf, Cristina Murillo Walters, Syd Whalley and Li Yu.
Applause: Mark Litwin, Christopher Amenson and Susan Ettner.
In Memoriam: George Solomon

CULTURE WATCH
Rite of Passage – More than 250 students, faculty and staff of the Department of World Arts and Cultures will participate in an institutional rite of passage to mark the department?s move from Kaufman Hall to temporary quarters in the new Kinross Building in Lost 32… New Endowment Campaign – The Doris Duke Charitable Foundations has awarded UCLA Performing Arts $2 million for programming and a major new endowment campaign… New Fowler Director – Marla C. Berns has been named the director of the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History… Global Music – Ethnomusicologists from around the world will gather in the Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building, Nov. 9 and 10, for a free symposium.

STREETWISE HIP-HOP POETS FIND THEIR VOICE
For the last 34 years, the legendary three-member Watts Prophets, considered pioneers of hip-hop, have raised their voices all across the country, rapping about the urban streets and the spirit of the people living there.

STUDENTS GET RARE BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE ARTS
Imagine watching such rich and diverse performances as choreographer Bill T. Jones, the Gyuoto Monks and musicians from the Newport Jazz Festival, all within a 10-week period. Now imagine exploring in-depth the contexts for these genres for a deeper understanding and enjoyment of the arts. To top it off, collect four units to satisfy a general-education requirement in the process...

COMMUNITY BULLETINS
Hate Crimes – Campus community members can now report hate crime and incidents online, anonymously if they wish, and request help. … Web I.D. – A campuswide task force of representatives from academic and administrative units has developed a draft UCLA policy on the registration and use of UCLA domain names… Learn at Leisure – Faculty can now learn such basic IT tasks as putting together a PowerPoint presentation or slide show, making a Web page or managing an electronic bulletin board by using an instructional CD produced by the Faculty New Media Center in the Office of Instructional Development…

WEB WATCH
A new user-friendly Web tool for employees is available at www.ucop.edu/bencom to arrange for distributions in UC accounts. DC and 403(b) plan participants may choose to toll a districution over to an IRA or employer plan or have it paid directly to them. Full and partial distributions (with eligible balances) can be requested.

TEACHERS REDISCOVER THEIR LOVE OF LEARNING
Once a month, a select group of Los Angeles County teachers leaves their K-12 classrooms to take a seat at UCLA-led seminars where they are being reconnected to the world of scholarship by leading professors in the humanities, the arts, social sciences and sciences...

HIGHER ED SHOULD HELP WITH INFO OVERLOAD
Advances in information technology are changing the economics of information, and the pace of change is exponential. Computing power doubles every 18 months; storage capacity, every 12 months; bandwidth, which constrains the amount of information that can be transferred, every nine months. Can the human brain cope?

'SMART CARD' COULD PREVENT FALSE ID USE
Several of the Sept. 11 hijackers used false identification documents. False ID is a pervasive phenomenon, ranging from juveniles buying beer to laborers without green cards getting work.

WHAT'S ON MY MIND:
BRIDGING GAPS BY FOSTERING INTERNATIONAL COMPASSION
As members of a university community and a great, international city, I believe we should bridge gaps and foster international compassion. The question is: How? Perhaps acts of outreach can aid in the process

CLOSEUP:
AMERICA AT WAR: VOICES FROM ACROSS CAMPUS
More than a month after the devastating attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, the historic events of Sept. 11 are at the forefront of our thoughts as the country wages war on terrorism and drops bombs on Afghanistan. Faculty, staff and students on campus are deep in discussion and evaluation of America's current situation. Here are some of their thoughts on the state of America.