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SALUTE TO NEWLY TENURED

The UCLA Alumni Association will host the fourth annual Luncheon to Honor Newly Tenured Faculty on Oct. 21 at the James West Alumni Center. Introduced three years ago by alumni leaders to strengthen ties between faculty and alumni, it is the only event of its kind that recognizes UCLA faculty for their accomplishments in earning tenure. At the luncheon, faculty will be welcomed as permanent members of the UCLA family. For a list of newly tenured faculty, click here.

OUT ON BAIL

Robert Grosfield, 22, a junior majoring in history, is out on $50,000 bail after being arrested by UCLA Police and charged with interfering with the exercise of civil rights. Police arrested the student on Sept. 29 at his Ventura, Calif., home in connection with two incidents last month that police were investigating as possible hate crimes targeting the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center. Someone broke a window in the center with a chunk of concrete and, police allege, returned the following night to break more windows and steal two California rainbow flags. “We’re now working with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and continuing our investigation,” said Nancy Greenstein, director of community service in the police department.

GETTING AHEAD

Campus Human Resources is encouraging UCLA business officers with significant oversight of personnel, finance, facilities, academic programs and information technology to apply for the next systemwide Business Officer Institute to be held Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at the Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco. Deadline to submit nominations is Oct. 19. Priority is given to business officers from academic departments or large organized research units. UC Office of the President will cover the costs of the institute, including hotel rooms and meals for all participants. Campus departments should cover the costs of travel to and from the institute. For details on the program, visit www.ucop.edu/ucophome/businit/boi. Or e-mail Linda Newcomb at lindan@chr.ucla.edu.

PRESIDENTIAL VISIT

As part of his inaugural tour, UC President Robert C. Dynes traveled to Washington, D.C., Sept. 26-29 and told lawmakers about the economic influence that UC has on California and the contributions researchers are making in science and technology. His visit with students, alumni and government officials was designed to connect the university to the constituencies it serves. As is his tradition, Dynes invited students and staff to join him on a three-mile run that ended at the Lincoln Memorial.