INDEX
2004
May 11, 2004
(Vol. 24, No. 14)
NEWS
BUREAU
BRIEFS
CAMPUS HUMAN RESOURCES: A program started last
year by the University of California through Campus Human Resources
that lets eligible employees voluntarily reduce their appointment
time (and thus earnings) without losing regular benefits has so
far saved UCLA’s departments an estimated annual savings of
$4 million.… UCLA HOSPITAL SYSTEMS: David
L. Callender will become the new associate vice chancellor of UCLA
Hospital Systems and director of UCLA Medical Center beginning July
1, although he has already started his transition into this key
leadership role.... MATTEL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: Smarty
Jones wasn’t the only winner at the Kentucky Derby May 1.
Mattel Children’s Hospital ended up a victor after Los Angeles
Times sports columnist T.J. Simers and the Times agreed to donate
$100 to the hospital for every horse that beat Castledale, winner
of the Santa Anita Derby.
CAN UC REMAIN AFFORDABLE?
Among the nation’s 50 top universities as ranked by U.S. News
& World Report, UCLA had the largest proportion of undergraduates
receiving federal Pell Grants for students from low-income families
in 2001-02, according to a recent study.
THOUSANDS
HEED UC'S E-MAIL APPEAL
Christine Wessel never had a college fund. Her dad died when she
was 13, and his small life insurance policy didn’t go far.
Despite her lack of money, she was able to earn two prestigious
degrees — a bachelor’s from UC Santa Barbara and an
’04 UCLA law degree that recently helped her land a job with
a big international firm.
HISTORY
PROJECT SEEKS HELP TO TELL UCLA'S STORY
It’s been 35 years — practically
enough time for two more generations of Bruins to pass through UCLA’s
hallowed halls — since the last comprehensive history book
about the campus, “UCLA On The Move,” was published.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS
BRIEFS
LAURELS FROM LEGISLATORS: School of Theater, Film
and Television Professor Jose Luis Valenzuela, founder and artistic
director of the Latino Theater Company, was among eight distinguished
Latino artists, writers, journalists, poets and others honored by
legislators in the California Assembly May 3 for their contributions
to the arts and journalism.... IN THE TOP 10:
The School of Nursing ranks 10th in the nation for its master’s
programs in nursing, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s
2004 survey of America’s best graduate schools.... SURVEY
RESEARCH SERVICES: he Survey Research Group that had been
operating within the Institute for Social Science Research at UCLA
is now the Survey Research Center (SRC) in the Division of General
Internal Medicine-Health Services Research in the Department of
Medicine.
COMMUNITY
BULLETINS
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS: Women’s achievements will be
celebrated this week as part of the fifth annual UCLA Women for
Change.... A 5K TO SAVE THE DAY: Get your walking
shoes on to help benefit the Child Life/Child Development program
at the Mattel Children’s Hospital.
COMING SOON
A reader survey! To help us better serve you — our readers
— UCLA Today will conduct an online survey later this month.
Five survey respondents who provide us with contact information
will win a $50 gift certificate to the UCLA Store. Watch your e-mail
inbox and our May 25 issue.
FACULTY TO REVIEW ISSUES
A panel of University of California leaders appointed by President
Robert C. Dynes to review admissions and eligibility issues is recommending
that the Academic Senate conduct a comprehensive analysis of the
alignment of systemwide policies and campuses’ use of admissions
criteria.
COMPUTERS WITH SUSPECT ILLEGAL
FILES FACE QUARANTINE
UCLA has implemented a “quarantine” approach in the
residence halls, making campus policies explicit when responding
to notices of claims of online copyright infringement.
YESTERDAY,
TODAY & TOMORROW
GENDER EQUITY SUMMIT: A series of lunchtime
workshops for faculty to develop strategies to address gender equity
issues in recruitment, promotion and leadership at UCLA will culminate
in a summit meeting, “Focus on Solutions,” open to all
faculty and staff May 17 at 4 p.m. in the California Room of the
Faculty Center.... MEDICAL MISSION TO JAMAICA:
For the third consecutive year, a group of doctors, nurses and fourth-year
students from the David Geffen School of Medicine took part last
month in a 10-day medical mission to Jamaica, where they treated
hundreds of rural patients.... A MENU MAKEOVER: The
décor of the North Campus eatery, which once screamed the
’60s, now has a contemporary ambience, thanks to a six-month
renovation.
PEOPLE
COLE AIMS TO CHANGE LIVES
THROUGH READING
Don’t let Natalie Cole’s soft-spoken demeanor and charming
British accent fool you — the woman is a full-fledged activist.
HIS VISION, TECH ADVANCES LEAD
WAY
When Lawrence Bassett joined the UCLA faculty in 1975, mammogram
technology was in its infancy. The procedure was used only to diagnose
cancer in patients with breast abnormalities.
15 SECONDS
DAN FROOT: Adjunct Assistant
Professor, World Arts and Cultures.
NAMES AND FACES
Hooray: Yeheskel "Zeke" Hasenfeld
... Roman Koropeckyj ... Kenneth Reinhard ... Robert Stevenson ...
Hillel Laks.
Smashing: Barbara J. Nelson ... Gregg
C. Fonarow.
In Memoriam: Rosemary Park Anastos ...
Andreas Tietze ... Roy Walford.
CAMPUS
'ROUND
AND ABOUT
CANCER SCREENING OVERLOOKED:
Primary care providers do not screen all patients eligible for colorectal
cancer screening, the second leading cause of cancer death in the
United States, according to a new UCLA study.... SUMMER
IN THE CITY: Busy this summer, but your kids won’t
be? Send them on a daily adventure to UCLA Recreation Summer Camps
right here on campus.... MED CENTER AMBASSADORS:
A rewarding, new volunteer opportunity awaits those who want to
provide compassion by escorting patients and family members within
the UCLA Medical Center.... RETIRE WISELY: The
University Credit Union will host a workshop today to help participants
concentrate on strategies to make retirement a success.
TEAMING
UP TO SERVE L.A.
Today, more than 49 million people in the United States are disabled,
but their portrayal on television and in movies has made them the
most marginalized and invisible people in society.
DRUG
PROJECT CROSSES DANGEROUS BORDERS
It all began with a 1996 telephone conversation
between two academicians who had never met.
VOICES
HIGHER STUDENT GRADES A STUDY
IN CONTRASTS
Last January, UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
released the results of the Fall 2003 Cooperative Institutional
Research Program Freshman Survey.
THE BURDEN OF BEING 'WHITE'
IN AMERICA
Are Asian Americans becoming “white”? For many
public officials, the answer must be yes, because they classify
Asian-origin Americans with European-origin Americans for equal
opportunity programs.
WHAT'S ON MY MIND:
THE WORLD'S LANGUAGES ARE VANISHING
We recently started a new millennium. By the time the next
one comes around, probably all but a handful of the world’s
languages will have disappeared. This is the price of globalization.
Languages thrive when they provide a way of communicating with
a wide range of people. They weaken when they are no longer useful
in the bigger marketplace.
OUR WORLD by
MATTHEW HENRY HALL
CLOSE UP
OCCUPYING IRAQ: LESSONS
FROM A QUAGMIRE
A year ago, President George W. Bush stood before a “Mission
Accomplished” banner aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham
Lincoln and declared an end to “major combat operations
in Iraq.” Yet the conflict in Iraq continues.
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