| INDEX 2002
May 7, 2002 (Vol. 22, No. 15)
NEWS
AROUND CAMPUS
Two leading scholars have been appointed to newly established executive positions… Athletics – Daniel G. Guerrero has been named UCLA's eighth director of athletics, succeeding Peter Dalis, who retires in June… The College – Two UCLA scientists were elected April 30 to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of "their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."…
DEAN NEUMAN IS NEXT EVC FOR CAMPUS
Daniel M. Neuman, dean of the School of the Arts and Architecture, is Chancellor Albert Carnesale's choice as UCLA's next executive vice chancellor. Carnesale announced on May 1 that Neuman, an ethnomusicologist and anthropologist, will assume his new post on July 1, pending the UC regents' approval.
NEW GRADUATES WORK HARDER FOR JOBS
For this year's crop of Bruin graduates, the search for a job is taking longer and proving less lucrative than the previous year, say campus career assistance experts. Still, they insist, opportunities are abundant -- with a little extra effort.
COLLEGE TO CONFER DEGREES IN SINGLE CEREMONY
The single College Commencement ceremony is making a comeback after a 12-year absence. Beginning this June, the College of Letters and Science will forgo its four divisional commencement ceremonies and return to the tradition of holding one official degree-conferring event for all College departments and programs.
NEWS 2
DATELINE UC SYSTEMWIDE
Forging ahead – Gov. Gray Davis has signed legislation that will provide $308 million in lease-revenue bonds to help build the UCLA-UC Santa Barbara California NanoSystems Institute and three other California Institutes for Science and Innovation… To the Ballot Box – Gov. Gray Davis and the California Legislature have approved $25.35 billion for the placement of two bond measures for public education facilities on the November 2002 and March 2004 ballots… Online Degree – This summer, UC Irvine plans to offer UC's first completely online degree program — the Master of Advanced Study in Criminology, Law and Society… Survey Says – A research team based at UC Berkeley is about to launch one of the most ambitious studies of the student experience ever undertaken…
DID YOU KNOW?
The popularity of applying to UC online is spiraling upward. Electronic applications to UC campuses nearly doubled, jumping from 27,000 applicants for 2001-02 to some 42,000 who applied to attend 2002-2003.
CAMPUS OPENS CENTERS TO SERVE NURSING MOTHERS
Women faculty members, staff and students who want to provide their infants with the benefits of breast milk can now do so at two lactation centers that recently opened in A272A Murphy Hall and 1268 Franz Hall. The centers offer private booths where nursing mothers from all over campus can come to set up their own breast pumps to express breast milk.
SURVIVING THE FIRST YEAR
A new award-winning documentary that's getting national exposure has put a "face" on the issues and challenges that confront novice public school teachers -- in fact, five faces, two of them belonging to UCLA alumnae.
YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW – The best and brightest – UCLA, Columbia and the University of Wisconsin–Madison were in the lead nationwide for the number of Guggenheim Fellowship Awards received this year. Each had five winners… Grade-A teachers – Three faculty members in the non-Senate category have been selected by an Academic Senate committee to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards… Time will tell – Hospital employees showed creativity and inspiration when they brainstormed on what items should go into a time capsule that will be placed at the entrance to the UCLA Westwood Replacement Hospital…
PEOPLE
HIS VOICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS RINGS FREE
Perhaps in more peaceful times, we would not fully recognize the "hero in our midst," as one colleague refers to Law Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl. But since Sept. 11, scholars, students, the media, filmmakers and agencies such as the U.S. State Department call daily on Abou El Fadl's counsel and expertise.
TRAINER SPEAKS FROM THE HEART
Despite her hearing disability, Linnaea Mallette helps others on and off campus overcome their fear of public speaking.
NAMES AND FACES
Kudos: Eli Broad; Robert S. Wilson; Richard S. Gunther; John R. Fowler; Andrew Heyward; Asadd M. Madni; Sandra Kass Gilman; Vicki L. Reynolds; Leonard Kleinrock; Christopher Anderson; Steven Clarke; Anne Mellor; Lee Todd Miller; Grant Nelson.
Elected: Martin F. Shapiro; Steven Ricci.
Applause: Joseph Caprioli; Wenyuan Shi.
In Memoriam: Vic Kelley Jr.
15 SECONDS
Alvin Lee, Project Director, Westwood Replacement Hospital, Health Sciences Capital Projects
BRUIN WALK AND BEYOND
Newly Tenured – Hospital employees showed creativity and inspiration when they brainstormed on what items should go into a time capsule that will be placed at the entrance to the UCLA Westwood Replacement Hospital… In a new light – New theoretical models of the evolution of stars developed by astronomers at UCLA have made possible the discovery of the oldest burned-out stars in the Milky Way galaxy… Star-studded night – The New Millennium Ball, "Expanding the Frontiers of Excellence," expanded the Aesculapians Fund benefiting the UCLA School of Medicine by nearly $3 million… Double Jeopardy – In the first study to analyze more than a decade of research about the influences of a family's social environment on physical and mental health, UCLA scientists found strong evidence that children who grow up in "risky families" often suffer lifelong health problems, including such conditions as cancer, heart disease, obesity and early death…
CAMPUS:
STUDENTS SEEK ANSWERS TO CIVIL UNREST
UCLA students are studying the political, economic and racial conditions that led to civil unrest in 1992 in a class that is funded by the Center for Experiential Education and Service Learning.
STARS, FILMMAKERS PICK MOVIES THAT INSPIRED
So if you were a film star, what movie would you have in your home video-DVD collection because it changed your life or touched your creative soul? For the last two years, fans have been getting the inside scoop on the personal picks of such stars as Drew Barrymore and Sean Penn straight from the source at a UCLA Film and Television Archive series aptly named "The Movie That Inspired Me."
COMMUNITY BULLETINS
'Tis the Season– Join the Bruins at the Rose Bowl this season for one of the best home schedules for college teams nationwide… Time's almost up – The one-time UCRP Service Credit Allocation Program for staff employees
who had prior service as a casual employee is ending so… Heart Boost – UCLA Medical Center is one of six sites approved for the Jarvik 2000 Heart Assist Device clinical trials…
VOICES
SCARE TACTICS PORTRAY CHINA AS MENACE
America's love-hate relationship with China proceeds apace. The latest bump in the bilateral road is yet another fearsome China scare. Actually, though, in America, this is nothing new.
WHY BRUINGO SHOULD STAY
With the fate of the BruinGO program to be decided this month, it's important to consider why this already successful program should be continued. BruinGO is a public transportation program that reduces traffic congestion, saves energy, reduces air pollution and costs very little. Boarding Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus, students and staff simply show their UCLA ID cards, and UCLA pays Santa Monica 45 cents per ride taken. For every UCLA bus rider on any given day, a trip to campus (or anywhere else) is free.
WHAT'S ON MY MIND: STUDENT-ATHLETES BECOME WINNERS IN GAME OF LIFE
UCLA's tradition of combining academic and athletic excellence is the best in the country. UCLA attracts high achievers throughout the world. It is inspiring that at Pauley Pavilion and the Rose Bowl, we honor Nobel Prize winners at halftime.
OUR WORLD By Carole Cable
CLOSEUP:
SCIENTISTS BATTLE AIDS AROUND THE GLOBE
The UCLA Aids Institute faculty encounter many cultural challenges when collaborating with other countries on national programs to prevent the spread of HIV infection. |
