| INDEX 2002
February 12, 2002 (Vol. 22, No. 09)
NEWS
BUREAU BRIEFS
UCLA Internet Project – A new way of establishing emotional connections through the Internet emerged after Sept. 11 for more than 100 million Americans who reached out to others as never before, according to a special report produced by the UCLA Internet Project… UCLA Medical Center – Researchers are encouraged by a pilot study showing magnesium sulfate administered early to stroke victims by paramedics may actually protect the threatened brain and lead to a better recovery… GSE&IS – More college freshmen identified themselves as politically liberal in UCLA's fall 2001 national survey than at any other time in the last two decades, according to researchers behind the nation's longest-standing and most comprehensive annual assessment of student attitudes and plans…
UC MUST BOOST RANKS OF GRAD STUDENTS
To maintain its prestige and excellence, UC must boost graduate school enrollment systemwide by at least 11,000 -- or almost 50% -- by 2010. To achieve that, the Commission on the Growth and Support for Graduate Education is recommending that UC increase graduate student support by about 50% to $215 million dollars annually.
LIBRARY BUYS SONTAG PAPERS
Thanks to an anonymous donor, the UCLA library has acquired the papers of Susan Sontag, which includes manuscripts of her writings, her correspondence with renowned contemporary figures, her personal notebooks, and her private library.
UCLA LIBRARY SEEKS TO REPLACE ORION2 SYSTEM
The UCLA library, with guidance from a campus advisory committee and input from users, will be searching for a new online information system to replace ORION2, with no changeover expected before 2003.
ATTACKING IRAQ COULD SPLIT COALITION
If the United States launches a military operation to oust Saddam Hussein without strong proof that ties him to the Sept. 11 attacks, the coalition o f nations assembled by President Bush may unravel, former Secretary of State Warren Christopher told 350 people attending the 22nd annual Bernard Brodie Lecture on the Condition of Peace.
NEWS 2
DATELINE UC SYSTEMWIDE
Farewell to SAT? – The University of California faculty's Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools has recommended a set of testing policies and principles that would essentially replace the SAT and move toward the creation of a new set of admissions tests… Changing of the Guard – Three UC regents are ending their terms: Chairman S. Sue Johnson, William T. Bagley and former Speaker of the Assembly Robert M. Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys… Women in Leadership – The Center for Gender Equity at UC San Francisco will present "Women Leaders 2002: A Symposium for Women in University Settings" on March 7-8 at the Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Ave…
DID YOU KNOW?
There are more than 1,600 UCLA in LA projects involving k-12 education and training; health services; student-sponsored programs; arts and culture; continuing education and business and economic development. A map has been created, pinpointing each location and dramatizing the intense involvement UCLA has in community partnerships all over the city. See it at http://la.ucla.edu
CAMPUS CHALLENGE: TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN
The biggest challenge facing UCLA at this time of economic uncertainty is to continue to recruit and retain the very best students. While the immediate impact of the governor's budget on UCLA may be minimal, the campus must strategically plan for the possibility of deeper cuts next year.
YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW – Making the 'A' list – Two UCLA professors were among 14 scholars selected by the National Academy of Sciences to be honored… Inequity in the classroom –The alarming rise in the number of non-credentialed teachers in Los Angeles? low-income and disadvantaged schools, particularly those serving communities of color, is the focus of the latest issue of the bilingual online journal, Teaching to Change L.A. (www.teachingtochangela.org).… Targeting prostate cancer – Physician-scientist Charles Sawyers of the Jonsson Cancer Center has won a major grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to study a promising new approach to treating prostate cancer…
PEOPLE
FOWLER TO STRENGTHEN TIES TO CAMPUS
Challenging visitors to go beyond the cursory glance and absorb the contextual information that is laid out before them is what a university museum, like the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, can do better than many larger metropolitan museums. Named the museum's new director last October, Marla Berns hopes that the campus community will make that same connection to the Fowler and its treasures.
LONGTIME UNIVERSITY ORGANIST TO RETIRE
For Music Professor Thomas Harmon, who will retire in June after 34 years as university organist, mastering the organ was not the most difficult thing he accomplished as a young man. Telling him father that he had chosen music over medicine -- now that was a challenge.
NAMES AND FACES
Laurels: Kelsey Martin, Monika Piazzesi, Gil Cates
Applause: Anita Mermel, Joseph P. Cooney
In Memoriam: Barbara Louise Bauman, Elliott E, Blinderman, Virginia (Patty) Carew, George W. Dickerson, Mary A. Holmes, George Laties, Thomas Lebherz, Gale Winting
15 SECONDS
Amy Fuller, Head Coach, UCLA Women's Rowing Team.
'ROUND AND ABOUT
Who's the fairest of them all? – The Academic Senate's Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity (CODEO) is currently accepting nominations for the Fair & Open Academic Environment Award, which is presented every other year to two or three individuals—students, faculty, administrators or staff—who have been highly successful in furthering a fair, open and diverse academic environment at UCLA… Helping the aging – The Department of Social Welfare in the School of Public Policy and Social Research has received a $500,000 Initiative in Aging grant from the Hearst Foundation and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation… Outward Bound – The University-wide Office of the Education Abroad Program currently has openings for study center directors in Australia and Chile… Endowed Chair – Rita B. Effros, professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has been appointed to the Elizabeth and Thomas Plott Chair in Gerontology…
CAMPUS:
JITTERS OVER SEPT. 11 STILL BESET EMPLOYEES
Still stressed over Sept. 11? You're not alone, campus managers, faculty and staff learned at a seminar recently presented by the Staff and Faculty Counseling Center, the Office of Environmental Health & Safety, and Campus Human Resources.
CAMPUS COMMUNITY IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
WHAT'S NEXT ON TV? THE 'CITY WITHIN A CITY'
Created entirely by UCLA undergraduate and graduate students from all across campus, a new television series, "UCLA: Next," is giving viewers an entirely new look at the Westwood campus that outsiders rarely see.
VOICES
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS A RISKY BUSINESS
The Enron bankruptcy has focused media attention on stock market losses suffered by Enron employees. Less attention has been paid to the fact that as Enron employees lose their jobs, their other employee-provided benefits --such as health insurance -- are also at risk. Indeed, employees at any firm -- whether properly managed or not -- risk losing benefits if they are laid off or if the firm goes bankrupt.
TO AID LATINO KIDS, HELP THEIR PARENTS
Latino children now make up almost one-half of all children under age 5 in California, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. For policymakers and educators to successfully help these children enter school healthy and ready to learn, we must find out more about the living condition of their parents.
WHAT'S ON MY MIND: RED, WHITE AND BLUE IN POST-SEPT. 11 AMERICA
"A number of months have passed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their brutal aftermath, and I still find myself marveling at the plethora of red, white and blue that I encounter daily." Carol Felixson discusses being taken aback and ambivalent about these colors.
CLOSEUP:
OFF THE STORYBOARD INTO THE DIGITAL AGE
Made possible by a $500,000 grant from the Walter Lantz Foundation in Burbank, the new Walter Lantz Digial Animation Studio on the second floor of Melnitz Hall provides state-of-the-art technology that will enable animation students to catapult ahead into the digital age... |
