INDEX
2006
April 11, 2006
(Vol. 26, No. 12)
NEWS
NEWS IN BRIEF
Now hear this:A rare frog that lives in rushing streams and waterfalls in east-central China is able to make itself heard above the roar of flowing water by communicating ultrasonically, scientists reported March 16 in the journal Nature... Lawsuit settled:A rare frog that lives in rushing streams and waterfalls in east-central China is able to make itself heard above the roar of flowing water by communicating ultrasonically, scientists reported March 16 in the journal Nature... Savings for taxpayers:A newly released UCLA study reports that California taxpayers save nearly $2.50 for every dollar invested in nonviolent drug offenders eligible for substance abuse treatment under the state's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act, or Proposition 36.
SHORT TAKES
UC in 2025: Do you have a perspective on where UC should be going in the next 20 years?
Best graduate schools: The April 10 special report by U.S. News & World Report on America's best graduate schools ranks five UCLA schools among the top 15 in the country... Get in motion: UCLA Recreation is offering new classes in water aerobics and yoga/tai chi to staff and faculty...
BRIEFS ONLINE
She's one of the “Miracle Workers”: Nurse Janna Bullock's real job is caring for young, critically ill patients in the pediatric intensive care unit at Mattel Children's Hospital. But it was her side job... Downloading services available: Faculty and staff who want to sign up for low-cost online music and video services being offered to the UCLA community ...Staff members are the big winners:U CLA Staff Assembly will host Casino night April 26 from 5-8 p.m. in the Ackerman Second Floor Lounge... UCLA geriatric's program heads the list: The geriatrics graduate program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA was ranked No. 1... Back in history: Recent research shows that the founder of UCLA's predecessor institution, the Los Angeles State Normal School , was Latino... Awards and scholarships: Each year, the UCLA Staff Assembly recognizes the contributions of outstanding staff and faculty... Innovators in information technology:The UC is seeking applications for the Larry L. Sautter Award for Innovation in Information Technology... Cool times in the city: Registration is now open for summer camps offered to children in grades K-12 by UCLA Recreation Youth Programs... Gender equity: UC San Francisco's Center for Gender Equity will host “Women Leaders 2006: A Symposium for Women in University Settings”...
STAFF MIRRORS FACES OF L.A.
African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and American Indians now account for more than six out of 10 career staff members at UCLA, according to a new five-year demographic profile compiled by the Staff Affirmative Action Office.
THE EDUCATION OF A RADICAL
Peter McLaren had been city-hopping for two weeks, speaking at one conference after another, when he called his wife Jennifer in Los Angeles. “Where are you today, Peter? Spokane, or is it Olympia?” she asked. McLaren replied that he was in Lubbock, Texas. “That's a red state,” his wife said, sounding anxious. “Are you going to be OK?”
HELPING NEIGHBORS IN NEED
When you hear the name “United Way,” what do you think of? Are you thinking of 20 years ago and not today? The new approach of the United Way may be a surprise, and a reason for stronger engagement.
RESEARCHERS FIND LINK BETWEEN FAITH, HEALTH
Can prayer protect your physical health? Is there a link between faith and the ability of a person to fight a life-threatening illness?
UCLA ASTRONOMERS ACTIVATE LINK TO WORLD'S LARGEST TELESCOPES
Mauna Kea, Hawaii's highest mountain, is home to the Keck Observatory, where two of the world's largest telescopes sit at a forbidding 14,000 feet. For the past 12 years, James Larkin, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has traveled regularly to Hawaii to study distant galaxies in the hope of understanding how they evolved.
FEDS DEEM CAMPUS A GREAT WORKPLACE FOR COMMUTERS
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation recently recognized UCLA as one of the Best Workplaces for CommutersSM. The campus earned the honor for providing staff and faculty with outstanding commuter benefits that meet the agencies' National Standard of Excellence and reduce traffic and pollution.
PEOPLE
SHE CREATED LANGUAGE CLASS THAT SAVES LIVES
Rosa I. Calva loves a challenge. When she first began working as an office manager at the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care, an organization that trains paramedic students in Southern California, she noticed that many of them didn't speak Spanish.
10 QUESTIONS FOR SONDRA HALE
With this issue, UCLA Today launches a Q&A column featuring faculty and staff.
The conflict in Darfur has led Sudan expert Sondra Hale, professor of anthropology and women's studies, to ponder genocide. She talks to UCLA Today Staff Writer Ajay Singh about Darfur, the causes of genocide and what can be done to prevent it.
NAMES & FACES
Allen J. Scott, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Chancellor Albert Carnesale, Ellen DuBois, John Agnew
OUT & ABOUT
VETERAN DEEJAY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON
The clock is ticking toward 6 p.m. on a Tuesday at UCLARadio.com's small studio off Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Chris Brennan, the producer, holds up two fingers in front of D.J. Riley, who is on the other side of a smudged window. Then Brennan jabs an index finger toward Riley to say, “You're on.”
A GLORIOUS SEASON ENDS IN OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE
The prize was within their grasp, but in the end, the Bruins' reach came up just a little short.
In losing to the Florida Gators, 73-57, in the NCAA championship game on April 3, the UCLA men's basketball team suffered its worst defeat of the season but never gave up. They hustled and scrapped to the end, even when the tenacious defense that had carried them through five tournament rounds finally broke down against a stronger, taller, more experienced Florida team led by sophomore forward-center Joakim Noah, the Final Four MVP.
HOLY BODY TATTOO
The highly charged work of this Vancouver-based dance company revisits the ravages and raptures of life that mark us like sacred emotional tattoos. Gritty film projections, light sculptures and music from Montreal post-rockers will set the scene for their performance at Royce Hall at 8 p.m. April 21-22. Visit www.uclalive.org
NOT TO BE MISSED: Farewell Tribute to Chancellor Albert Carnesale
Join Staff Assembly in thanking the chancellor for his leadership and support of the UCLA staff community for the past nine years and wishing him well when he steps down June 30. After a one-year sabbatical, he will return to teach at UCLA. An ice cream social will follow the program. Noon-1:30 p.m. Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Don't forget to RSVP by April 12 by e-mailing slux@mednet.ucla.edu.
VOICES
THE LEGACY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Few leaders in any field can claim to have made their mark before turning 40. As a politician and civil rights leader, Marco Firebaugh did so in the short span of 39 years.
THE TRUTH ABOUT LUNG CANCER AND THE PEOPLE WHO GET IT
The death last month of Dana Reeve, actor Christ-opher Reeve's widow, has once again focused public attention on the disease that claimed her — lung cancer.
DE-NATURED KIDS
I'm a bonafide nature lover. Just check out the green band on my right wrist inscribed with the letters T.R.E.E.H.U.G.G.E.R. It serves as a conversation piece when I'm talking about environmental education and research at UCLA's Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden and Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve, which celebrates its 10th anniversary April 23.
CARTOON BY CAROLE CABLE
CAMPUS
STUDENTS TAKE OVER THE CLASSROOM
One of the first things Holly Schwarz told her packed class of comic book aficionados and addicts at their first meeting was that she too is obsessed with the literary genre.
HYDROGEN FUEL CAR — KING OF THE ROADS ON CAMPUS
In a jaded town where expensive, exotic cars don't necessarily rate stares from the locals, UCLA's engineering school has two with enough cachet to make heads turn on campus.
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