INDEX
2005
October 25 , 2005
(Vol. 26, No. 4)
NEWS
NEWS IN BRIEF
A GREAT START: Nearly 1,000 incoming graduate students attended the first annual New Graduate Students Orientation on Sept. 26 in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom.....AIDS AND THE BRAIN : A new UCLA/University of Pittsburgh imaging study shows for the first time the selective pattern of destruction inflicted by AIDS on brain regions that control motor, language and sensory functions.... UNDERSTANDING CANCER: Investigators from UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center are teaming up with researchers from Caltech, the UCLA Institute for Molecular Medicine and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle to develop new technologies for early detection and classification of cancers using leading-edge nanotechnology, systems biology and molecular imaging.... $2.4-BILLION SETTLEMENT: The UC recently reached a third large settlement in its securities fraud class- action lawsuit against the Enron Corp. and other firms and institutions. The $2.4-billion (in U.S. dollars) agreement with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) brings the total now recovered for investors to more than $7 billion — “more than any other securities case in history,” said James E. Holst, the university’s general counsel.... GETTING AHEAD: UCLA is helping employees at the UCLA Medical Center advance their careers through several training programs. As of last month, 19 clinical care partners, nursing assistants who provide basic bedside care, upgraded their skills and graduated from the Certified Nurse Assistant Program.
SHORT TAKES
IN THE TOP TEN: UCLA Medical Group has been identified as one of the top 10 Southern California physician organizations and one of the top 20 in California by the Integrated Healthcare Association.... SCARY TIMES: With help from 300-plus UCLA student volunteers, more than 3,000 children from economically disadvantaged areas in Los Angeles will be able to trick-or-treat in a safe environment during the 17th annual All-Hill Halloween on Oct. 26.... TEACHING AWARDS: The UCLA Academic Senate’s 2005-06 Distinguished Teaching Award Program is now accepting nominations.... INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY: The deadline for nominations for the 2006 Brian P. Copenhaver Award is Dec. 10. All UCLA undergraduate faculty (ladder and non-ladder) are eligible for this award, established to recognize innovative use of technology in undergraduate instruction and to support the sharing of teaching experiences.
VIBRANT KAUFMAN HALL TAKES CENTER STAGE
It was a richly detailed, historic Italian Romanesque building on the outside, but clearly dilapidated on the inside. Originally associated with sweat, sports and physical education classes, the dark, dank interior of the Women’s Gymnasium possessed all the charm of a locker room.
STUDENT FAMILIES TO GET AID FOR CHILD CARE
UCLA’s long history of serving large numbers of low-income students helped the university’s child-care program win a $1.1-million federal grant that will assist more student families in accessing quality child care.
PEOPLE
THEY SHARE COMMON ENEMY
When Frederick Eilber first began operating on sarcoma patients in the early 1970s in the new surgical oncology division at the UCLA Medical Center, most of his procedures were limb amputations. Patients weren’t given chemotherapy or radiation, and, sadly, many died when their cancer returned.
AFTER HOURS: THE LUTHIER
Dan Levitt spends his daytime hours providing support services for students with permanent and temporary disabilities. But few people on campus are aware of his other life as a luthier — a craftsman who makes stringed instruments — and as a musician who is currently working on a CD of bluegrass and folk tunes with fellow musician Dennis O’Hanlon. Levitt’s latest and most complicated project is an ornate banjo that took him 25 years to make.
APPLAUSE
Alison Bailey, Ronnie Sanlo, Soloman Hamburg, Calvin Hobel, Jane Chang, Lonnie Zeltzer, Fernando Torres-Gil.
OUT & ABOUT
¡CARNAVAL!
The music throbs, the night shines, the colors dazzle. Can this be Heidi’s Switzerland?
GEFFEN SPARKLES AS NEWEST CROWN JEWEL ON THEATER SCENE
The curtain went up Oct. 17 on the Geffen Playhouse’s 18-month, $17-million renovation before an invitation-only crowd that included campus leaders, donors and celebrities. They were among the first theater patrons to applaud the dynamic new changes to the interior of this historic building.
NOT TO BE MISSED: Festival of African American Music
Festival of African American Music The sounds of rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz, hip-hop, rap, Latin jazz, funk and rock will lure you to Schoenberg Hall beginning Oct. 26 for a series of eight free 7 p.m. concerts as a tribute to the broad musical contributions of African Americans. The two-week-long Festival of African American Music is being sponsored by the Department of Ethnomusicology, the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, the Kenny Burrell Archive of African American Music and the Friends of Jazz. In addition to these performances and two UCLA Live concerts by renowned entertainers, scholars and performers will be speaking on the music industry, the Los Angeles music scene and other topics at a symposium and roundtable discussion. To see the schedule of events, visit www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu or call (310) 206-3033.
VOICES
DEFYING HISTORY TO FIX UP OUR SCHOOLS
Last June, the Los Angeles Unified School District adopted a policy that makes the “a-g” courses required for UC and California State University admissions the standard curriculum for all high school students. The policy is not meant to force every LAUSD student to attend college, but it does aim to give every high school graduate that choice. It also seeks to make concrete today’s “no child left behind” reform rhetoric.
PERSONAL JOURNEY: DOWN AND OUT IN NEW ORLEANS
Sunday, Aug. 28 Gray clouds fill the sky. Everything is gloomy. I’m among hundreds of students at a residential facility at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. It’s 11 a.m. and we’re waiting for Hurricane Katrina to hit.
CAMPUS
BRUIN AIDS FEATHERED FLOOD VICTIMS
In the panic to flee a drowning city, many in New Orleans had to leave their pets behind to face their own sad fate in the rising floodwaters.
SPANISH SPOKEN HERE
Sherrod Hastye, a manager at University Apartments South, studied French in high school. Unfortunately, je m’appelle Sherrod doesn’t get him very far with the Spanish speakers on the cleaning crew.
UCLA EMPLOYEES FACE DECISIONS NEXT MONTH
November, the traditional time to brace yourself for family reunions and the marathon of holiday shopping, is, more importantly, the month for Open Enrollment.
THE COMPLEX LEGALITIES OF MANAGING UNIVERSITY RECORDS
It’s a question every campus employee should be aware of: How do you respond efficiently when the university’s records are subpoenaed or requested under the California Public Records Act, as they routinely are? The answer lies in a labyrinth of information, procedures and legalese, speakers at a seminar on campus said last week.
BE SMART--START A COLLEGE FUND
At a time when in-state undergraduate public universities charge an average of $5,132 in annual fees and tuition — the privates cost four times as much — a college education can seem like an unrealizable dream.
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