INDEX
2004
April 13,
2004 (Vol. 24, No. 12)
NEWS
BUREAU
BRIEFS
GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: The results of an
18-month clinical trial on a new drug designed to inhibit the progression
of type I diabetes (also known as juvenile diabetes) confirm the
drug’s efficacy in improving a diabetic’s ability to
produce insulin.… UCLA HAMMER MUSEUM: The
Hammer Museum is joining the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York to commission,
exhibit and acquire significant new works of art by emerging contemporary
artists.... ENGINEERING/PHYSICS : UCLA and the
National Ignition Facility (NIF) will be the first beneficiaries
of a stepped-up effort by the University of California to tap into
the scientific expertise and facilities at the national laboratories.
FACULTY DEBATE UC'S ROLE
IN NATIONAL LABS
The intense systemwide debate on whether the University of California
should compete in a bid to continue managing three national labs
took center stage April 6 at a campus forum sponsored by the UCLA
Academic Senate.
TEACHERS
EARN TOP GRADE
In a dozen years of student evaluations, Associate Professor Kathryn
Morgan has received her share of flattering appraisals. But one
in particular pleased the classics professor more than others.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS
BRIEFS
TEENY, TINY LIFT: UCLA chemists have devised an
artificial molecular nanoelevator, the most sophisticated artificial
nanomachine yet developed.... CLASH OVER ADMISSIONS:
The regents came to the defense of UC admissions policies after
Chairman John J. Moores accused UC of racial discrimination in the
March 12 issue of Forbes magazine.... MISSING A TOOTH?:
The UCLA Dental Implant Center recently opened in a modern
facility in the dental school, where faculty and postgraduate residents
are able to replace missing teeth.... NEW HEAD OF UCSD?:
As of press time April 9, the UC Board of Regents was scheduled
to meet April 12 to consider the appointment of Marye Anne Fox as
chancellor of UC San Diego.
DID
YOU KNOW?
In the inaugural year of ASUCLA’s Professor in the Union Program,
nearly 1,000 students have dropped into Ackerman weekly for a free
lunch and lectures by 26 faculty members on topics that ranged from
synthetic gemstone manufacturing to psychiatric disorders in Indonesia.
The program was started in March 2003 to allow students to meet
faculty in a relaxed, pressure-free environment.
GIFT AIDS PSYCHOSIS
STUDY
A UCLA center that focuses on the early detection of and preventive
intervention in schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses has
received a $5-million gift from the family of Garen K. and Sharalyn
King Staglin.
UCLA ECONOMISTS SEE SIGNS
OF RECOVERY FOR STATE
California’s economy is showing signs of recovery despite
the Bay Area’s woes, according to the UCLA Anderson Forecast’s
latest report.
YESTERDAY,
TODAY & TOMORROW
BIRD-BRAIN LINK: UCLA scientists have
found parallels between human speech and the song of a bird, findings
that may contain clues to human speech disorders.... SWEET
BABY JAMES: Singer and songwriter James Taylor, the troubadour
behind many of pop music’s most enduring hits, will accept
the George and Ira Gershwin Award for lifetime musical achievement
at Spring Sing on April 30 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center....
RELIVING THE BUNCHE ERA: The UCLA Library has launched
an online exhibit celebrating the legacy of one of UCLA’s
most distinguished alumni, Ralph Johnson Bunche (1903-71), as a
student, scholar and diplomat.
PEOPLE
HER EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
INTO EUROPE'S PAST
As an aspiring nun at a small Catholic college in Brooklyn in the
early 1960s, Margaret “Peg” Jacob established herself
as a troublemaker.
MR. PUBLIC HEALTH KEEPS
FAST PACE
If Lester Breslow were the nation’s health czar, his top
priority would be to educate Americans on maintaining good health.
For someone who recently entered his 90th year, Breslow, professor
emeritus of health services, knows a lot about healthy living.
15 SECONDS
JAMES MUH: Director
of Mail, Document & Distribution Services.
NAMES AND FACES
Bravo: George Grüner ... Katharine
"Posie" Carpenter... Lyle Bachman ... School of Theater,
Film and Television.
Cheers: Leena Peltonen ... School of Public
Health ... Franklin D. Gilliam Jr.
In Memoriam: Clemens A. Nelson ... Morton
Lee Pearce.
CAMPUS
'ROUND
AND ABOUT
PATH TO SUCCESS:
Campus Human Resources is offering a new series of courses, “Career
Discovery Series — Your Roadmap to Success at UCLA,”
designed to help staff explore ways to find their successful career
path within the university.... INSIDE A MARRIAGE: The
UCLA Library is inaugurating the Bonnie Cashin Endowed Lecture Series
April 22 with a talk by novelist, essayist and critic Judith Freeman....
WOMEN LEADERS: On May 10-11, the University of
California, San Francisco, Center for Gender Equity will host “Women
Leaders 2004: A Symposium for Women in University Settings,”
featuring some of the most highly respected and dynamic women leaders
in their fields.... HEAR YE, HEAR YE: The annual
UCLA Resource Fair hosted by the Purchasing Department and Staff
Assembly gives employees a chance to meet vendors and learn about
their products and services.
LIBRARY
SERVICE ASSESSED
UCLA Library administrators are making improvements
and re-educating users after launching a survey on service quality
to ensure that the library is serving its core clientele —
faculty and students.
MARKING
70 YEARS OF SHARING THE JOY OF CAMPING
In 1936, UCLA student Jim Lash struggled to describe the experience
of being the head counselor for boys at UniCamp, UCLA’s then
two-year-old residential summer camp in the San Bernardino Mountains
for youths from low-income families.
NEITHER
RAIN NOR SLEET KEEPS FORECASTERS DOWN
If you think it’s difficult to predict whether
it’ll be warm or nippy as you head to work these days, then
imagine the predicament of forecasting weather one day ahead in
such distant places as Billings, Mont., and Calumet, Mich.
VOICES
WHAT LIES BEHIND RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM
Jews around the world have watched with growing alarm a dramatic
rise in the number of anti-Semitic acts, particularly in Europe.
LETTERS: KEEPING AN EYE
ON KANT
As a specialist in German philosophy, I applaud Frederick
Burwick’s Feb. 24 article on the contemporary relevance
of Kant. Kant’s significance has rarely been captured so
lucidly. Yet each of the four Kantian doctrines Burwick points
out has a downside, rendering Kant more important to us today
— if also more dangerous.
WHAT'S ON MY MIND:
THE HEALING POWER OF SPORTS
In March 1999, Sean Gjos, a student at the UCLA Anderson
School of Management, played his last ice hockey game. A fall
crushed his 11th thoracic vertebra and damaged his spinal cord,
leaving him without use of his legs and little feeling below his
waist. He was paralyzed.
OUR WORLD by
CAROLE CABLE
CLOSE UP
UCLA GEARS UP
FOR LITERARY EXTRAVAGANZA
The annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the West
Coast’s premier literary event, comes to campus from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 24 and 25, with more than 400 authors,
300 booksellers and exhibitors, readings, panels and signings.
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