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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center opens

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center opens

After ten years of design and construction, the innovative academic medical center opened for patients on Sunday, June 29. The facility on Westwood Plaza also houses UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. More than 300 patients were transferred to new beds on opening day.
 
 
 
 
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Tsunami relief

Tsunami relief

Twenty-one UCLA students will be in Thailand this summer helping rebuild coastal villages damaged by the tsunami of 2004.
 
Musical roots

Musical roots

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, who chairs the UCLA department of ethnomusicology, knows well the music of West Africa. UCLA Today

Service workers notify UC system of plan to strike on campuses

UCLA is committed to maintaining essential services and minimizing disruptions in the event of a strike by campus service workers, which could begin as early as July 12. 

Basketball coach Ben Howland agrees to new Bruin contract

Basketball coach Ben Howland agrees to new Bruin contract
The deal for seven years includes compensation of $1.97 million the first season, escalating to $2.3 million. The Bruins made their third straight Final Four appearance this year.

Anderson School presents three Loeb Awards to New York Times

The Gerald Loeb Awards, announced Monday night in New York, are among the highest honors in journalism, recognizing the work of journalists whose contributions illuminate the world of business, finance and the economy.

Here's what's high on the summer reading list of UC librarians

Here's what's high on the summer reading list of UC librarians
With summer a perfect time for catching up on reading, University of California librarians have put together a list of books to recommend.
 

Philanthropist David C. Copley endows costume design center

Philanthropist David C. Copley endows costume design center
The gift of $6 million will help establish the Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design - the first of its kind in the world - and a related chair at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
 

UCLA blogs will offer access to exotic archaeology digs

UCLA blogs will offer access to exotic archaeology digs
From late June through July, undergraduates on UCLA archaeological digs around the world will post blogs that provide ample chance for armchair Indiana Joneses to dig in.

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Today's Topic
China and the Olympic Games

China and the Olympic Games

With the Olympic trials underway in several sports and Beijing getting ready for the eyes of the world, this summer's Olympic Games in China are heating up as a media topic. More than a half-dozen UCLA faculty experts are prepared to address issues related to the games.
 
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UCLA In the News

Mercury dental fillings

"As amalgam fillings get old, they deteriorate, increasing the chance of mercury leeching out."
 
Shane Que Hee,
School of Public Health
Baltimore Sun

Childhood obesity

"What we've come to know is there's no one thing that's going to help. There's a host of different changes that need to be made."
 
Susan Babey,
UCLA Center for
Health Policy Research
Press-Enterprise

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