INDEX 2003
August 12, 2003 (Vol. 24, No. 1)
NEWS
BUREAU BRIEFS
SCHOOL OF LAW: Professor Norman Abrams will become
interim dean of the School of Law on Aug. 16, pending approval by the
UC Board of Regents. … UCLA MEDICAL CENTER: UCLA
Medical Center moved up to No. 3 in the nation while maintaining its top
ranking as the best hospital in the western United States for the 14th
consecutive year, according to a U.S. News & World Report survey of
2,550 board-certified physicians from across the country. … ATHLETICS:
Winning women athletes from UCLA who brought to Westwood three NCAA team
championships in 2002-03 were honored June 27 by the Los Angeles City
Council, represented by Councilmembers Jack Weiss, Wendy Greuel, Cindy
Miscikowski and Ed Reyes, all UCLA alumni.
CREATING NEW TECH SOLUTIONS
UCLA has been selected to lead a new, multimillion-dollar research center
for semiconductor research.
CAMPUS UNITS DEAL WITH STATE BUDGET
CUTS
The 2003-04 state budget recently signed by Gov. Gray Davis makes
$410 million in state funding cuts to the University of California —
$20.5 million to UCLA — and its effects are already being felt.
SCHOLARS MEET FOR ‘ELECTRONIC
ENLIGHTENMENT’
The 18th century “went native” when it was revived earlier
this month in Los Angeles as nearly 1,000 scholars converged at UCLA for
the quadrennial congress of the International Society of Eighteenth-Century
Studies.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS BRIEFS
CODE OF CONDUCT: The University of California Board of
Regents put faculty on notice recently that they will be violating a newly
revised code of conduct and could be subject to disciplinary action if
they have a consensual romance or sexual relationship with any student
for whom they have academic responsibility now — or in the future
... FROM THE GROUND UP: UCLA administrators and dignitaries
broke ground July 29 for a facility that will house the Research Building
II and the Orthopaedic Hospital Research Building on the southeast corner
of Charles Young Drive and Manning Avenue… NEW LEADERSHIP:
Members of UCLA’s Staff Assembly recently elected a new slate of
officers for 2003-04… DISASTER RESPONSE: The July
16 Santa Monica Farmer’s Market crash that killed 10 and injured
70 pulled into action emergency physicians and nurses, orthopaedic trauma
specialists, pediatric intensive care doctors, cardiologists and a host
of other specialists and medical students at UCLA hospitals in Westwood
and Santa Monica.
DID YOU KNOW?
Henry J. Bruman fell in love with chamber music when he attended free
summer concerts as a student at UC Berkeley. To share his passion with
others, this UCLA emeritus professor of geography has been treating campus
audiences to free summer chamber music festivals since the late ‘80s.
TWO BRUINS HONORED AT THE WHITE
HOUSE
Two UCLA luminaries — basketball legend John Wooden and Professor
Emeritus James Q. Wilson — received the nation’s highest civilian
award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from President George Bush at
a White House ceremony July 23.
$5M GIFT TO BUILD BILLY WILDER
THEATER AT THE HAMMER
Audrey L. Wilder, widow of celebrated writer-director Billy Wilder,
has given the UCLA Hammer Museum $5 million to build the Billy Wilder
Theater, which will become the new home of the UCLA Film and Television
Archive’s public screenings.
YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW
FUNDING STAYS PUT: A UC regents committee on finance
defeated a proposal by Regent Ward Connerly last month to pull UC funding
and sponsorship from events, such as commencement celebrations, that are
held by groups of a specific race, ethnicity or sexual orientation. ...
LIFE OUT THERE: UCLA’s Center for Astrobiology
has been awarded $5 million of additional research support over five years
by NASA for its project, “From Stars to Genes: An Integrated Study
of the Prospects for Life in the Cosmos.” ... INVISIBLE
WOUNDS: According to UCLA researchers, a survey of a U.S.-based
Latino immigrant population shows that more than half have been exposed
to political violence, including torture, in their homeland. ... FIRST
FOR CHICANO STUDIES: The University of California has approved
a proposal by UC Santa Barbara to establish the nation’s first doctoral
program in Chicano studies.
PEOPLE
EXPOSING CLASSIC FILM TO NEW
AUDIENCES
Bob Gitt spent 20 years restoring Charles Laughton’s “The
Night of the Hunter,” starring Robert Mitchum.
PROF HONES HIS COMEDIC SKILLS
With several comedy club appearances under his belt, Jack Rothman —
a professor emeritus from the School of Public Policy and Social Research
— says he has always enjoyed making people laugh.
15 SECONDS
MARGARET LEAL-SOTELO
Assistant Director, Center for Community Partnerships
NAMES AND FACES
Huzzah: Alfred E. Osborne Jr. ... James D. Cherry
... Carrie Bearden, Vera Chesnokova, Charles Glatt, Katherine Narr and
Desmond Smith.
Applause: Linda Liau ... Nga Nguyen-Scott ...
Richard Roll.
In Memoriam: Walter A. Fogel ... Donald B. Lindsley
... Joseph Michael (Mike) Senko.
CAMPUS
BRUIN WALK AND BEYOND
FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS: Guatemalan twins Maria Teresa
and Maria de Jesús Quiej Álvarez celebrated their second
birthday — their first as separate individuals — July 25 at
UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital with balloons and birthday
cakes. ... CRATER CREATION: The relationship between
craters and the objects, such as meteorites, that may have created them
led UCLA undergraduate Jun Uehara and Douglas J. Durian, professor of
physics and astronomy, to reach new conclusions recently published in
Physical Review Letters and reported on in Nature Science Update. ...
SIGN UP AND SAVE: Single tickets to UCLA Live events
are now on sale and can be ordered online via www.uclalive.org, but staff
and faculty will receive a 15% discount when they make their purchase
at the Central Ticket Office window. ... SEEKING NOMINEES: The
UCLA Alumni Association requests nominations of those who have made special
contributions in two categories: The University Service Award honors alumni
and friends “whose dedication and volunteer commitment have significantly
enriched the substance of UCLA”, and the Community Service Award
recognizes alumni “who have contributed their time and talent for
the betterment of their community.” ... INTERIM STAGE: To
prepare for the renovation and expansion of the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood,
the final production of its 2003-04 season and the entire run of its 2004-05
season will move to the Brentwood Theatre.
UCLA KICKS OFF YEAR OF TRIBUTES TO BUNCHE
The UCLA community commemorated the centennial of the birth of one of
its most famous alumni — the late Ralph J. Bunche — with a
celebration at his other alma mater, Jefferson High School in South Los
Angeles.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TACKLE
NANOSCIENCE
Science teachers from low-income schools across Los Angeles came to UCLA
two weeks ago to learn how to invigorate their classes by teaching nanoscience.
VOICES
NEW DAY DAWNING FOR FINANCING
OF UC
UC funding needs to be predictable and stabilized; cuts should not be
excessive even during recessions.
WHO WILL READ MAMMOGRAMS?
According to a survey of third- and fourth year radiology residents
from 211 accredited radiology residencies in the United States and Canada,
64% said they would not consider a fellowship in breast imaging if offered.
WHAT'S ON MY MIND: POINT GUARD PASSES TO THE PRESIDENT ... WOODEN
SCORES!
After being a starting point guard on one of John Wooden's 10 NCAA champion
teams, Andre McCarter has never been the same.
OUR WORLD by MATTHEW HENRY
HALL
CLOSE UP
ALL THE CAMPUS IS A STAGE
FOR THE BARD
UCLA has become a mecca for top Shakespeare scholars because of
the tremendous wealth of material housed in the Young Research Library
and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
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