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FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

To reduce energy consumption at times when use of campus facilities is at a minimum, the campuswide Energy Conservation Task Group has recommended — and Chancellor Albert Carnesale has agreed — that the campus reduce air conditioning in non-laboratory buildings on Sundays during the summer as well as during the Fourth of July and Labor Day three-day weekends. This initiative, expected to save $200,000, will begin on Sunday, June 26, and end on Sunday, Sept. 25. “Ongoing energy conservation is of critical importance, since this fiscal year’s shortfall in the budget for campus-purchased utilities is projected to approach $5 million,” said Vice Chancellor Sam Morabito of Business and Administrative Services. While 20 non-laboratory campus buildings will be affected, areas that house laboratories or involve patient care, campus housing, computer server rooms and storage for artifacts or musical instruments will be excluded. To see the buildings that will be affected, go to www.fm.ucla.edu and click on 2005 Summer HVAC Reductions.

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

UCLA ranked 10th in the nation for 2004 fund-raising results in a survey of public and private U.S. colleges and universities done by the Council for Aid to Education at the RAND Corporation. The survey, which measures cash contributions only, showed Harvard Univer-
sity leading the list with $540.3 million, followed by Stanford University, with $524.2 million. UCLA raised $262.1 million in 2004. Approximately 971 institutions participated in the survey, representing more than half of the nation’s four-year institutions, including 79% of all research and doctoral institutions. Overall, contributions to U.S. colleges and universities increased by 3.4% in 2004, buoyed by a spike in gifts made by individuals, the report showed.

UCLA COLLEGE

The Faculty Committee on Educational Technology has selected three recipients of the 2005 Copenhaver Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology. William Grisham, a lecturer in psychology; William Kaiser, professor of electrical engineering; and Dario Nardi, a lecturer in anthropology, were selected among 25 nominees for their work in using technology to improve the undergraduate learning experience. Interviews with current and past award recipients and nominees can be found at: www.college.ucla.edu/edtech/interviews. For details, see www.college.ucla.edu/edtech/bpca_2005.htm.