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2003
April 22, 2003 (Vol. 23,
No. 13)
NEWS
BUREAU BRIEFS
Arts & Architecture – Student from the
Department of Architecture and Urban Design have been invited to represent
the United States in the first International Architecture Biennale, taking
place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from May 7 to July 7… Environment
Health – A study by UCLA and USC researchers has documented
human cell damage from the inhalation of ultrafine particulates, the smallest,
the smallest among a class of microscopic airborne pollutants created
from incomplete combustion of gasoline… University of California
– To help cope with the budget crunch, UC is considering
implementing in June the voluntary Staff and Academic Reduction in Time
(START) program.
U.S. ENGAGED IN FOUR 'WARS'
The emergence of terrorism and the “axis of evil”
as the principal threats to America’s national interests has reshaped
U.S. foreign and defense policy, Chancellor Albert Carnesale said in a
lecture April 9 in Dodd Hall.
DEPARTMENTS OVERWHELMINGLY FAVOR
QUARTERS
After months of debate over whether UCLA should switch to a semester
system, the overwhelming majority of UCLA’s departments are in favor
of staying with quarters.
PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS ACCESS FINANCIAL
AID
Mayor James Hahn launched the Free Cash program to help
students in Los Angeles overcome a primary roadblock to college, the FAFSA
form.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Reporting it Right — After an extensive review of
campus crime reporting practices at UC campuses, U.S. Department of Education
officials concluded that UC has policies and procedures in place that
“help to ensure the safety and security of the University’s
students and employees as required under the Clery Act.” ... What
Attracts Sperm? — In research with potential implications
for both increasing fertilization and preventing pregnancies, UCLA biologists
and German cell physiologists report in the Journal of Science that they
have isolated and identifies a molecule that attracts sperm… Garden
Party— A playground full of children… Setting
it Straight— A photograph in the April 8, 2003 issue was
misidentified as Distinguished Teaching Award winner Mitchell Morris.
DID
YOU KNOW?
Nearly a quarter of California State University’s tenure-track faculty
were awarded their highest degree (usually a Ph.D.) at UC Campuses. UCLA
is the biggest single contributor, with 773 CSU faculty. Bruins account
for nearly 8% of CSU faculty. Next closest is UC Berkeley with 626 alumni
on CSU facilities.
FACULTY DEBATE IRAQI
WAR
In a special session April 14, the Academic Senate adopted
a controversial resolution against the war in Iraq and called for international
oversight in the country’s rebuilding.
NUMBERS OF APPLICANTS, ADMITS
INCREASE FOR 2003
The new freshman class was selected from a record 44,941
applicants to UCLA, giving the campus a 23% admit rate, one of the lowest
in the country for public universities.
YESTERDAY, TODAY
& TOMORROW — UC Files Suit: Executives
at America Online (AOL) used “tricks, contrivances and bogus transactions”
to inflate the value of AOL stock immediately before and after the company’s
merger with Time Warner in January 2001, alleges a lawsuit filed April
14 by the University of California and Amalgamated Bank’s LongView
Collective Investment Fund;
Window to the Brain: A study by UCLA neuroscientists
has shown the potential role positron emission tomography (PET) brain
imaging may play in predicting how a patient with obsessive compulsive
disorder (OCD) or major depression may respond to treatment;
Sweet Music: Los Tigres Del Norte, the Mexican regional
group that has sold more than 32 million albums in its 33-year career,
became the first band of its kind to perform at one of the nation’s
most prestigious concert venues.
PEOPLE
GEOGRAPHER GIVES CREDIT WHERE
IT'S DUE
Judith Carney is fast emerging as one of the world’s foremost authorities
on the simple grain’s surprisingly complex history. And her 2001
book “Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the
Americas” has cemented this reputation.
ARCHAEOLOGIST HONORS LEGACY
OF ANOTHER
.After years of research, Jo Anne Van Tilburg, research
associate of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA and director
of UCLA’s Rock Art Archive, explains what happened to the woman
pioneer she so admired in her new book, “Among Stone Giants: The
Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island.”
15 SECONDS
CARLOS MANUEL HARO Assistant Director,
Chicano Studies Research Center
NAMES AND FACES
Congrats: Gautam Chaudhuri, Francesco
Chiappelli, Mark Cruz, Michael Newman, Paolo Prolo, Judy Mitoma
Kudos: Ronald
Mito, Roger Pigozzi, Richard Hovannisian, Mike Teitell
In Memoriam: Seymour
Lubetzky, Douglas A. Martin
CAMPUS
'ROUND ABOUT
Give your career a boost - Recruitment has begun for
Campus Human Resources’ 2003 Professional Development Program (PDP),
with application due May 21... Try your luck - Help raise
scholarship funds for staff members... Rite of Spring -
Be a part of UCLA’s oldest and greatest musical tradition: Spring
Sing! This high-spirited student musical competition unfolds before a
panel of celebrity judges and an audience of more than 4,000 at the Los
Angeles Tennis Center on May 2... Football discounts
- The Athletic Department is offering a 25 % discount for new faculty
and staff season ticket holders.
WEB WATCH
UC employees can now view pay stub information online through
the UC For Yourself Web site. Just choose “View Your UC Pay Advice.”
This feature allows you to view your earnings, deductions and tax-withholding
information by selecting the desired pay date. https://ucfy.ucop.edu/ucfy/
PROBING THE MAQUILADORA
MURDERS
Since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement,
young women from poor villages in the interior of Mexico have flocked
to Ciudad Juárez to look for jobs in American-owned maquiladoras
or factories. Instead, what hundreds of them have found is a gruesome
and early death, said Alicia Gaspar de Alba, associate director of the
Chicano Studies Research Center.
YOUNG
ENGINEERS COMPETE WITH BRAINS, BRAWN
Crisscrossing the country, several dozen students from
UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science are
going all out to prove themselves by putting their designs for concrete
canoes, remote-controlled airplanes, off-road vehicles and steel bridges
to the test at several competitions this spring.
BEYOND BRUIN
WALK
Genetic Blueprint - A new program at the Jonsson Cancer
Center and the School of Public Health will seek to discover subtle variations
in the human genetic blueprint that predispose some individuals to develop
cancer after contact with environmental pollutants. ... UC Suspends
Beijing Programs - UC’s Education Abroad Program
(EAP) has suspended its programs at Peking University and Beijing Normal
University in Beijing due to the spread of SARS...
VOICES
LIBERTY, SAFETY, PRIVACY
AT WHAT COST?
A lot of life is like that. It involves not “either-or”
trade-offs between two things, but three-way trade-offs in which maximizing
two things requires giving up a third. In the interesting times we may
have coming, we should keep in mind that the trade-offs involving antiterrorism
policy are like that too.
SARS TRIGGERS DRAMATIC PUBLIC HEALTH
RESPONSE
As my students returned from spring break, they had
several questions. What are the chances of bioweapons being used in
the Gulf war? What are the dangers of bioterrorism here at home? What
are the risks from SARS? And, of course, what were the scores on their
final exams? Because many of our students traveled through the region
on spring break, their concerns were justified.
OUR WORLD by Carole Cable
WHAT'S ON MY MIND:
THERE'S MORE TO A NAME THAN
MEETS THE EYE AT FIRST GLANCE
What’s in a name? The Los Angeles Times recently ran a front-page
story about the introduction of a measure to rename South Central Los
Angeles to South Los Angeles. But does a name really matter?
Will it reduce crime, improve health care or fix transportation problems?
You might be surprised at the answer.
CLOSE UP:
A BUSY YEAR IN PRINT FOR CAMPUS
AUTHORS
Campus booksellers are recording a banner year
for UCLA’s prolific authors among faculty and staff.
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