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Featured10 questions: Rakesh Sarin on money and happinessWhile many of us are convinced that having more money will buy us more happiness, it just doesn't add up, says Professor of Management Rakesh Sarin, co-author of a new book, "Engineering Happiness."
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NFL team is on its way to L.A., panel predicts
A panel of experts, including a former UCLA quarterback and Hall of Famer, the new Bruin head football coach, and a UCLA economist, looked at the question of whether an NFL team will once again play in Los Angeles.
Public health prof, wife give school its largest gift of $50M
The UCLA School of Public Health has received an extraordinary gift from faculty member and public health leader Dr. Jonathan Fielding and his wife, Karin Fielding. The gift, valued at $50 million, is the largest in the 50-year history of the school, which will be renamed for the couple.
Path to a college degree blocked for students of color
Researchers with the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA have examined why California’s community colleges are doing such a poor job of transferring Latino and black students on to four-year colleges and universities.
Historian receives National Humanities Medal
Teofilo F. Ruiz received the National Humanities Medal by President Obama at the White House on Feb. 13. Ruiz was selected for his "inspired teaching and writing." View this video (go to 19:55) or visit UCLA Newsroom.
Helping Haitians tell their own stories of survival
A UCLA historian and her colleagues traveled to Port-au-Prince to teach Haitian university students a special skill: how to conduct oral histories with their countrymen who had been displaced by the 2010 earthquake.
Smooth start for smoking ban on health sciences campus
Although some predicted a smoking ban on the health sciences campus would have serious consequences, the transition to a smoke-free workplace has gone smoothly.
The Tao of John Wooden
A delegation of four Ugandan basketball coaches visited UCLA recently in order to experience the campus the way their mentor, John Wooden, did. The coaches use Wooden's maxims and his Pyramid of Success as the basis for their teaching.
Out and About
Utazo Katsura, a master rakugo performer from Japan, will perform English rakugo on Friday, Feb. 24, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Broad Art Center, Room 2160E. Rakugo is a traditional Japanese form of comedic storytelling that features a solo performer often playing two or more characters. Katsura apprenticed under a rakugo master, began performing in 1992, and, in 2005, rose to the highest master rank attainable in the art. Katsura’s performance is sponsored by the Terasaki Center, the Japan Foundation and the Rafu Mutsumikai. See the UCLA International Institute’s website for more information about this public performance.
People
Lab School diversity shaped his worldview, says Eric Garcetti
L.A. City Councilmember Eric Garcetti recently spoke at the UCLA Lab School about cultural diversity, education and civic participation.
10 questions: Conservation prof on a fascinating extinction
Conservation professor Brad Shaffer studies how invasive waterdogs are breeding with California tiger salamanders, and how the hybrids are out-competing the natives, much like human-Neanderthal hybrids may once have done.
Bruin alumni in love
UCLA love connections are nothing new. Here are six Bruin love stories, from 1944 to 2004.
10 questions: Lee Ohanian on jobs and economic recovery
Undereducated workers, the shift to a services economy, outsourcing and other challenges factor into America's slow job growth, says economist Lee Ohanian.
Anderson School staff retiree gives back to colleagues
Mary Petersen, on staff for 40 years, has given $100,000 to help staff members take advantage of opportunities to develop their potential at the Anderson School.
Around Campus
New dual-control robot helps guide hands of novice surgeons
A UCLA team of doctors and engineers has developed a new robot to help provide hands-on instruction to novice surgeons in minimally invasive surgical techniques — even if teacher and student are miles apart.
Court of Sciences Student Center to
open Tuesday
UCLA’s newest student center, and ASUCLA’s biggest project in 27 years, opens in the Court of Sciences on Tuesday.
Lights go out on the Hill for energy competition
It’s dorm against dorm on the Hill this month as UCLA students compete to see which residence hall can cut its electricity use the most. No sacrifice is too small.
Dorm, sweet dorm
On Presidents Day weekend, nearly a thousand students who have been living in Dykstra Hall, one of UCLA's oldest residence halls, will go on the move to the two newest residence halls that are opening their doors for the first time to residents.
Optimists ad campaign captures can-do spirit
The stories of how some of UCLA's biggest game changers looked beyond conventional thinking, stood up against naysayers and broke barriers in the arts, sciences, athletics and other areas of human endeavor are the basis for UCLA's newest national ad campaign.
Chat with UC President Mark Yudof online
University faculty and staff are invited to participate in a March 2 web chat with President Mark Yudof to discuss a range of issues concerning the UC community.
It's not really Valentine's Day
Research by a medieval scholar at UCLA says you still have more than 75 days until Valentine's Day. The first time a Saint Valentine was associated with love, it was tied to the saint's May 3 feast day.
M.B.A. students to help L.A. firms export products, add jobs
For years, M.B.A. students have helped foreign companies go international. A new grant will use that expertise to help more Southern California companies export internationally.
South African campuses cope with AIDS, racism, student anger
As the vice chancellor of a university in South Africa, Jonathan Jansen knows college students in his country are up against some horrific odds. Jansen visited UCLA this week to talk to students and faculty about the problems he and other educators are facing.
Check off for cancer research on your state tax form
Supporting cancer research is easy, especially if you're working on your California tax form.
Satisfy a craving, help a worthy cause
Eat for a good cause. Now you can find out which campus organizations are selling brownies, spam musubi, pan dulce or steak on a stick to fundraise.
Lopping off hair for Locks of Love
Seven-year-old Caroline Ennis came to UCLA Thursday for her first-ever big haircut. The UCLA professor's daughter donated almost a foot of it so that a sick child could have her flowing locks as a wig.
It's not easy eating green
Across UCLA, the people in charge of feeding the campus are working hard to make eating a greener proposition.
Verifying eligibility for health coverage to start in March
Beginning in March, all faculty, staff and retirees who have family members enrolled in UC-sponsored medical, dental and/or vision plans will be asked to verify their family members' eligibility.
Applications for 2012-13 TIE-INS Program now being accepted
Applications for the 2012-13 TIE-INS Program are now being accepted through March 30, 2012. Now in its fourth year, the program enables children of UCLA employees to attend four public schools close to campus.
Applications to become staff advisor to the regents now being accepted
The application period for the next staff advisor-designate to the Board of Regents opens today (Jan. 17), the University of California Office of the President announced.
Voices
Verbatim — cancer cells, throat surgery and smoking's effect on the brain
UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.
Make solar energy a military mission
This is no time to shy away from America’s solar opportunity. We should push strongly to capture the opportunities these incredibly versatile and resilient solar energy technologies offer.
Math formulas that match up couples online don't add up
Can a mathematical formula on an online dating site really identify pairs of singles who are especially likely to have a successful romantic relationship? We think not.
Sale of Hannah Carter Japanese Garden is in UCLA's best interests
Chancellor Gene Block clarifies key issues about UCLA’s planned sale of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden. UCLA's priority must be to ensure that it can provide affordable, high-quality education and conduct research in service to the state, the nation and the world.
Virginia bill could deny homes to children
Gary Gates of UCLA's Charles R. Williams Institute says that discrimination against qualified and adoptive and foster parents will hurt the state's most need and vulnerable children.
Bloomberg's gun-control push is the wrong move for Obama
Law Professor Adam Winkler writes that the most likely result of Obama focusing on gun control would be, ironically, less gun control.
New beach water rules: Enough to make you sick
IoES's Mark Gold says the Beach Act of 2000 gave the EPA a chance improve beach-water quality standards — an opportunity that seems about to be wasted.
Obama should sign executive order banning job discrimination
By issuing an executive order, President Obama can — and should — make nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity a requirement for doing business with the American public.
