INDEX
2004
May 25, 2004
(Vol. 24, No. 15)
NEWS
BUREAU
BRIEFS
ACCOLADES: Four UCLA faculty have been elected
to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the highest
honors given leaders in scholarship, business, the arts and public
affairs.… COMMENCEMENT: Walt Disney Co. chairman
and statesman George J. Mitchell, former Food and Drug Administration
chief David A. Kessler and Paramount Pictures executive and UC Regent
Sherry Lansing will be among the notables delivering keynote addresses
next month at UCLA commencement ceremonies.... READERSHIP
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us. Are we covering the news you want to read?
REGENTS HIKE STUDENT FEES
The University of California Board of Regents approved an increase
in tuition fee levels for 2004-05 to help offset a $372.2-million
shortfall in state funding. Beginning this summer, fees for resident
undergraduates will increase 14%, and fees for graduate academic
students 20%.
COMPACT
WITH GOVERNOR SETS FUTURE FUNDING
Ever the teacher, UC President Robert C. Dynes took the opportunity
of his meeting in January with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to instruct
the new chief executive about the University of California’s
critical value to the state.
LIBRARIAN'S
GIFT PRESERVES ENGLISH READING ROOM
She was a veteran librarian with a soft spot
for Victorian literature who found a way to ensure that future generations
of Bruins will be able to enjoy the quiet, inviting retreat she
helped create and maintain for two decades.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS
BRIEFS
MORE STUDENTS MAKE THE GRADE: More California public
high school students are meeting the University of California’s
eligibility requirements, according to a May 19 report by the California
Postsecondary Education Commission.... REMEMBERING SEGREGATION:
The children of Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez, the main
plaintiffs in a 1946 landmark desegregation case that ended de jure
segregation in California, shared their experiences at a symposium
at the Faculty Center May 21 organized by the UCLA Chicano Studies
Research Center.... A MUSICAL TRIBUTE: The late
Ralph J. Bunche, Nobel Prize-winning statesman and a UCLA alumnus,
will be honored June 10 with a premiere performance of the “Ralph
Bunche Suite,” composed by UCLA professor and jazz legend
Kenny Burrell.... GETTING IT STRAIGHT: A May 11,
2004, Datebook listing of the Young Alumni Reunion should have included
the UCLA Fund as a cosponsor, along with the UCLA Alumni Association.
DID YOU KNOW?
The UC faculty has voted overwhelmingly in favor of competing to
renew contracts for managing two prestigious national laboratories.
In a systemwide poll held May 3-16, 67% of faculty members voting
supported competitive bidding for the Los Alamos National Laboratory
and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. And 21% of faculty
members opposed bidding on the contracts for the labs.
WOMEN MAKE GAINS AMONG
NEW HIRES
Tight budgets and a need to hire younger faculty to help balance
UCLA’s aging professoriate are helping academic women get
their foot in the door, faculty attending a gender equity summit
meeting at the Faculty Center May 17 learned from campus administrators.
DYNES MEETS WITH STAFF LEADERS
Just six months into his tenure, UC President Robert C. Dynes is
earning high marks from campus leaders for focusing attention on
staff.
YESTERDAY,
TODAY & TOMORROW
NEW RESOURCES: Filling a critical funding
gap for faculty research, UCLA has created a special investment
fund aimed at accelerating the conversion of laboratory discoveries
into commercial uses.... SEISMIC CONSTRUCTION:
Kinsey Hall will be the last of UCLA’s four original buildings
to undergo seismic renovation, set to start this summer.... LIFE-SAVING
ASSISTANCE: The inventor of the Jarvik 2000 heart assist
device, heart surgeon Robert Jarvik, met with UCLA heart surgeons
and cardiologists May 12 to update them on the status of the current
clinical trials in adults and to preview plans for a miniaturized
version of the device for children.
PEOPLE
UCR DEAN IS COLLEGE-BOUND
On July 1, UC Riverside’s loss will be UCLA’s gain.
ENGINEERING PROFESSOR SEES
THE LIGHT
Electrical Engineering Professor Eli Yablonovitch is often asked
for his opinion on a number of different topics. Earlier this month,
for example, he appeared on a KCAL 9 television news report to explain
— of all things — car-window tinting.
15 SECONDS
SEAN BANKS: Director
of Ombuds Services and Campus Ombudsperson.
NAMES AND FACES
Accolades: Robert Englund ... George Sachs.
Ovations: Allen F. Roberts ... Mary Nooter
Roberts ... Jack Raab ... Betsy Metzgar.
Encore: Shane Que Hee ... Ming Guo ...
Brad Hansen ... Rowan Killip.
CAMPUS
'ROUND
AND ABOUT
GET ACTIVE:
Experience the energy that UCLA Recreation offers by signing up
or renewing your membership now.... SCHOOL SUCCESS : High
school graduates from immigrant families succeed in college at similar
rates as American-born peers with similar economic and ethnic backgrounds,
a study by researchers from the Neuropsychiatric Institute has shown....
DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE: Plan now to secure your
seats for future touchdowns and slam dunks.... NEW STROKE
THERAPIES: The UCLA Stroke Center recently launched a new
program funded by a five-year, $5-million National Institutes of
Health grant to integrate research and education to develop innovative
therapies for acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
EVER
YOUNG: A LOOK PAST AND FORWARD
Flanked by administrators, faculty, friends and his wife, Judy,
Chancellor Emeritus Charles E. Young hefted the three thick volumes
that comprise his complete oral history spanning nearly 30 years
at the helm of UCLA. “This thing weighs a ton,” he said
jokingly to University Librarian Gary E. Strong.
NOBEL
LAUREATE SHARES HER HOPES FOR PEACE
Shirin Ebadi is a diminutive Iranian human rights
advocate and author who speaks with poetic eloquence and great conviction.
When she received the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo last December,
she declared that the tribute would inspire oppressed Muslim women
everywhere.
VOICES
POST-9/11 TENSIONS POSE
CHALLENGES
Since Sept. 11, educators across the country have redoubled efforts
to internationalize our colleges and universities through curricular
innovations as well as by expanding opportunities for Americans
to study overseas and for international students to come to the
United States.
HOW BEST TO TEACH DIVERSITY
On March 13, UCLA was honored to have Professor Derek Bok,
former president of Harvard University, present the Allan Murray
Cartter Lecture, “The New Agenda for Undergraduate Education.”
WHAT'S ON MY MIND:
TO THE FACULTY OF UCLA
On behalf of the alumni of UCLA, I want to convey our collective
and considerable appreciation for all that you have done, are
doing and will do for UCLA students and alumni.
OUR WORLD by
CAROLE CABLE
CLOSE UP
HAMMER PROJECTS HERALDS
NEW ARTISTS
In the spacious lobby of the UCLA Hammer Museum, dense
masses of colored paper shapes hang from thousands of strings
that rain down from a 21-foot ceiling.
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