UCLA Today: archive 000111

BUREAU BRIEFS
Arts & Architecture – Professor Christopher Waterman has been named dean of the School of the Arts and Architecture, effective June 1, pending regental approval… The College – Three UCLA professors have been selected to receive 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship Awards, among the most prestigious honors presented to scholars, artists and writers… School of Engineering – Eli Yablonovitch, professor of electrical engineering at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

PANEL OUTLINES COMPETITIVENESS PLAN FOR CAMPUS
Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s Competitiveness Task Force — a panel of academic leaders brought together to address the challenge of maintaining excellence in an era of shrinking budgets — has recommended eight strategies to increase resources and optimize UCLA’s existing assets.

BRATTON, PROFS CONFER ON CRIME
New LAPD Chief William J. Bratton brought his straightforward approach on policing and criminal justice issues to UCLA May 1 for a roundtable discussion with Chancellor Albert Carnesale and a group of faculty who can be or already are a valuable resource in understanding and fighting crime in the city.

LYRICIST, WIFE DONATE DRAWINGS BY MAJOR ARTISTS
Oscar-winning lyricist Hal David and his wife, Eunice, have donated their distinguished collection of drawings to the UCLA Hammer Museum’s Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

CAMPUS BRIEFS
Leading the Humanities — Eric Sundquist, UCLA Foundation Professor of Literature, will serve as acting dean of the Humanities Division in the College of Letters and Science, beginning July 1 ... Microsoft offers Discounts — Campus departments have until May 30 to join the new Microsoft Consolidated Campus Agreement (MCAA) during its initial enrollment period … New Contract for CUE — The University of California has reached a tentative agreement with the Coalition of University Employees (CUE) on a new labor contract for clerical employees … On the Podium — Julie Louise Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will speak at the School of Public Health’s commencement ceremony June13.

DID YOU KNOW?
A new UCLA Commencement Web site is up, offering a comprehensive package of information tailored for students, faculty and parents. What time should faculty members arrive for the ceremony? Where should they pick up their rented regalia? Are balloons allowed at indoor venues? And where on campus can you buy film? For answers, go to www.commencement.ucla.edu

E-REPOSITORY EXTENDS RESEARCH REACH
An electronic alternative to publishing research in pricey print journals is catching on with some University of California faculty, including researchers at UCLA.

TRAVEL CENTER HELPS CUT COST
Supported by a staff of 17, the Travel Center enjoys the status of being the nation’s only university travel service to earn the designation of Corporate Travel Department from the Airline Reporting Corporation. The award came on the heels of the center’s successful reorganization this year from a service provided by outside contractors to an in-house operation.

YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW — Diabetes Risk: One in seven California adults suffers from or is at significant risk for diabetes, according to a comprehensive study released recently by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; DNA Day: UCLA geneticists engaged 200 New Roads High School students in thought-provoking dialogue on April 25 to celebrate DNA Day – the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix; Front Seat to Learning: Fifty-six students from James Monroe High School in Los Angeles came to UCLA last month to hear RAND Middle East expert Jerry Green talk about the Arab world after the Iraq war.

NEW PRESIDENT SEEKS TO BUILD COMMUNITY
Twenty-five years ago, Susan Corley got her first job at UCLA as secretary to several faculty members in the then-Graduate School of Management. After a few years, she left UCLA for a job in Santa Monica with a nonprofit association of graduate management schools; 13 years later, she returned to UCLA. After two more years, she left again to pursue an opportunity in Northern California. But one year later she returned to UCLA — and this time she’s planning to stay.

ENGINEERING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS
For Bill Goodin, it’s all in a day’s work — a day that also includes his demanding role as director of UCLA Extension’s Short Course and Technical Management Program, which provides more than 100 professional education courses each year all over the world. It’s an impressive portfolio, but Goodin still manages to spend hours every week working with the UCLA Engineering Alumni Association.

15 SECONDS
DENISE MANN Co-chair, Producers Program, and Assistant Professor, Department of Film, TV and Digital Media

NAMES AND FACES
Honors: Barbara Boyle, Richard C. Atkinson, Devon Carbado, Stuart Kirk
Gifts and Grants: Timothy Solberg, Stuart White
In Memoriam: Russell Campbell, Jesse Dukeminier, Georges Sabagh

'ROUND AND ABOUT
Let's Celebrate - Join UCLA Recreation in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the John R. Wooden Recreation and Sports Center ... Artist Books Auction - The UCLA Library will auction off artists’ books and works on paper on May 15, with proceeds to benefit the newly established Artist Books Fund in the UCLA Arts Library ... Start of a New Era - Season tickets for 2003 UCLA Football are now available for faculty and staff members ... Triathlon honors her wish - Mattel Children’s Hospital will be a beneficiary of a June 21 triathlon/relay to be held in honor of UCLA alumna Dina LaVigna.

WEB WATCH
The Education Abroad Program at UCLA has a new Web site that offers “a world of possibilities” to students and professors interested in learning and teaching abroad. Find out about available opportunities. Or click on “News and Events” to get updates on programs or read articles written by students on their experiences abroad. http://international.ucla.edu/eap

HR PROGRAMS TO OFFER STAFF OPTIONS
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Human Resources Lubbe Levin shared details of the new voluntary Staff and Academic Reduction in Time (START) program, which the University of California is implementing to achieve temporary salary savings, with more than 200 employees attending a Staff Assembly presentation April 23.

UC FAMILY-ORIENTED POLICIES PROMOTE EQUITY
Mary Ann Mason, dean of the Graduate Division at UC Berkeley, in a review of data from the National Center for Education Statistics presented her findings of a tenure gender gap to UCLA faculty and doctoral students April 18 at the invitation of Rosina Becerra, associate vice chancellor of faculty diversity.

EFFORTS TO REFLECT DIVERSITY FALL SHORT
In the weeks leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on affirmative action, the University of California system was depicted alternately as a dramatic success or a dismal failure in its efforts to enroll Latino and African-American students after race and ethnicity were eliminated as factors in student admissions.

VOTE A THREAT TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Because the Academic Senate does and should include people with widely divergent opinions on most public issues, it is essential that it confine itself to curriculum, academic standards, admissions, research, academic personnel matters and other issues within the university’s mission.

OUR WORLD by MATT HALL

WHAT'S ON MY MIND: WOMEN PIONEERS SHARE THOUGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENT
Organizers asked UCLA women who have become campus pioneers in their fields their thoughts on such topics. The following are excerpts from the booklet “Women First,” on display in Dickson Court throughout the week in collaboration with the Clothesline Project.

CLOSE UP: TECH INNOVATORS ENERGIZE STUDENT LEARNING
The use of technology has, understandably, crept more slowly into the personal and professional lives of faculty. But after years of teaching classes in more conventional ways, many faculty are realizing the benefits of technology in drawing students into the learning experience.