| INDEX 2002
March 12, 2002 (Vol. 22, No. 12)
NEWS
AROUND CAMPUS
The College -- A UCLA-led team of chemists and engineers has developed a transparent plastic that if fractured will mend itself when heated -- a discovery that can be used to create self-repairing products... UCLA Library -- After more than a decade of outstanding leadership of the UCLA Library, and 40 years as a valued member of the campus community, University Librarian Gloria Werner has decided to retire, effective June 30... UCLA Medical Center -- UCLA Medical Center is one of only 10 hospitals statewide to achieve exceptional performance in caring for patients with heart attacks over an extended period of time, according to the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
CAMPAIGN SETS NEW GOAL TO MEET NEEDS
To achieve its top fund-raising priorities -- supporting faculty and students and constructing state-of-the-art facilities -- the university is extending Campaign UCLA. The new goal is to secure $2.4 billion in private support by 2005.
SAFEGUARDING NATION AFTER 9/11
To reduce the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction among nations and non-state actors, the United States should de-emphasize such weapons in its own rhetoric and military planning, Chancellor Albert Carnesale, a specialist in foreign and defense policy matters, told approximately 1,000 people who gathered at Royce Hall for his Feb. 28 lecture.
SON OF BOELTER BEAST IS ARMED FOR SHOWDOWN
Toiling late into the night in a secret project room somewhere in Boelter Hall, engineering students are designing what they hope will be the ultimate fighting machine -- a robot warrior that can win this spring's televised Battlebots competition.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFS
On the Road -- An exhibition created by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Cener and the Smithsonian Institution to celebrate the "corrido" ballad tradition in the United States and Mexico opened Feb. 14 at the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building in Washington D.C... A Needling Question -- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a three-year $1.5-million grant to Peter Anton, associate professor of digestive diseases and member of the UCLA AIDS Institute, to explore whether the site of vaccination makes a difference in providing protection against HIV... A Costly Disease -- In one of the largest national studies of its kind, UCLA researchers found that both caregiver and patient health-care costs dramatically rise as symptoms worsen in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
DID YOU KNOW?
Electronic applications to the University of California jumped from about 27,000 who applied for admission in 2001-02 to some 42,000 who applied for 2002-03.
FILM/TV ARCHIVE LAUNCHES NEW STUDIES
The UCLA Film and Television Archive, the largest university-based collection of film and television materials in the world, has launched an M.A. degree program in Moving Image Archive Studies. It will be the largest program of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
E-PORTFOLIOS TO SHOWCASE STUDENTS' WORK
Via MyUCLA, students will soon be able to create sophisticated online "e-portfolios" to showcase their UCLA experiences. "E-portfolios" will allow students to organize and reflect upon their coursework, encourage more involvement in activities deserving of documentation, and help them find jobs.
YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW
On the Honor Roll -- Bob and Marion Wilson, UCLA alumni whose relationship with the university as students, volunteer leaders and philanthropists extends back more than a half-century, received the 2002 Honorary Fellow Award of the College of Letters and Science on March 4 at the College Awards Dinner 2002 at the Beverly Hills Hotel... Migraines and Genetics -- UCLA geneticists have discovered the first evidence that migraine with aura is a hereditary condition... Music for the Mind --The 92nd Faculty Research Lecture will be given April 4 by Professor of Musicology Susan McClary on "Evidence of Things Not Seen: History, Subjectivities, and Music" at Schoenberg Hall.
PEOPLE
GIVING BACK CAMPUS 'RICHES' TO STAFF
As executive officer of the Department of Psychology, Rosemary Chavoya helps Professor and Chair Peter Bentler steer the ship, with some 100 faculty, 47 staff, 150 graduate students and hundreds of undergraduates on board. She also volunteers at the Santa Monica Public Library, St. Monica's Catholic Church, and, most recently, is the president of the campuswide UCLA Staff Assembly.
SCHOLAR ENERGIZES FRENCH STUDIES
By beefing up offerings in the literature from the 47 countries that share a history of French colonial domination, Francoise Lionnet hopes to help a new generation of students find themselves in unexpected places.
NAMES AND FACES
Kudos: Clarence R. Chapman; Bjorn Stevens; Leonard Kleinrock
Laurels: Ron Dietel; Jerry Katzman; Robert Stevenson
Applause: UCLA Extension; UCLA Medical Center
15 SECONDS
Andrew L. Comrey, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
BRUIN WALK AND BEYOND
Understanding Madness --UCLA scientists have used a novel three-dimensional mapping technique to identify regions of the brain where people with schizophrenia have significantly less gray matter than their identical twins and the rest of the population... Literary Treasures -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded the UCLA Library a challenge grant to help staff address the problem of protecting the most fragile and highly used library resources... Building Tour -- Thanks to a $2-million naming gift from Lee and Irving Kalsman and $4 million in seed money from Edgar Bronfman, Edie and Lew Wasserman, Steven Spielberg and the Samueli Foundation, construction of the new Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA is well under way, with scheduled completion this fall... Right Brain, Left Hand -- For the first time, UCLA researchers have determined that genetics plays a significant role in shaping brain structure and influences the brains of left-handed and right-handed people differently.
CAMPUS:
ADVOCATES TO APPEAL TO LAWMAKERS
More than 60 UCLA supporters --alumni, friends, staff and students -- are mobilizing, led by UCLA's Office of Government and Community Relations, to personally deliver critical messages March 19 to state legislators in support of the campus and the University of California.
THE REAL WEST WING
For Theodore Barreaux, there are a few major differences between the real West Wing and the one millions of TV viewers visit weekly on NBC-TV. He should know. During his 30 years in government, he has been a White House staff member for two presidents and has shared office space in the federal government's most recognized building.
VOICES
CEO TRIPPED BY SUCCESS, NOT GREED
Why did Ken Lay do it?
Pundits from every corner of academe are weighing in on this question. But to the countless analysts who claim to know that Lay lied out of greed, you're wrong.
"JOHN Q." OFFERS A FALSE REALITY
When bad things happen, they are usually caused by several factors. The tragedy of Sept. 11, for example, was not the act of a single man. Similarly, the crisis depicted in "John Q." could occur because of several powerful forces that could affect us.
WHAT'S ON MY MIND: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
OUR WORLD By CAROLE CABLE
CLOSEUP:
PEI'S VISION FOR HOSPITAL TAKES SHAPE
Since mid-December, when giant steel beams started rising out of the ground and taking on the profiles of world-renowned architect I.M. Pei's grand design for the UCLA Westwood replacement hospital, the buzz the project is now generating can be heard outside the perimeters of the fences -- among those walking by.
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