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GERIATRICS GRANTS

UCLA has received $3 million to train academic health center faculty in geriatrics. The university was one of four institutions sharing $12 million in grants from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. The others are Duke University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The four institutions will form the Donald W. Reynolds Consortium to Strengthen Faculty Expertise in Geriatrics in U.S. Academic Health Centers. The grant funds will enable the schools to provide fellowships to train at least 66 clinician educators in geriatrics and continue training their own junior faculty members, with a goal of placing as many as possible as faculty in other institutions.

ENERGIZE YOUR CAREER

The deadline for submitting applications to take part in the next UCLA Staff Enrichment Program is Monday, Oct. 25. If you want help through career coaching, seminars, workshops and presentations designed to help you grow professionally, consider applying. Applicants must be full-time career employees with at least a year at UCLA and have a payroll title of administrative specialist (or equivalent) and below as well as the endorsement of their departments. An application and information are available at www.chr.ucla.edu/chr/sod/sep. For further assistance, contact program coordinator Marsha Coutin in Campus Human Resources at (310) 794-0853 or at Marsha@chr.ucla.edu.

CRIME REPORT

The UC Police Department at UCLA recently reported that a total of 899 crimes occurred on campus and in the surrounding area in 2003, compared to 857 crimes in the previous year. The jump in cases was largely due to an increase in liquor violations in the residence halls which merited disciplinary action, said Nancy Greenstein, director of community service for UCLA police. There was also a slight increase in vehicle thefts on campus property. Forcible sexual offenses, including rape, fell from 16 in 2002 to 12 in 2003 on campus property. There were also decreases last year in the number of campus burglaries and aggravated assaults. The entire report is available at www.ucpd.ucla.edu/ucpd/clery.htm.