UCLA Headlines November 10, 2008

 

The Los Angeles Times reports today on Operation Mend, a collaborative effort between UCLA and a Texas-based military burn center to aid U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Philanthropist Ronald A. Katz, who initiated the project; Amir Rubin, chief operating officer for the UCLA Hospital System; and Dr. Timothy Miller, chief of reconstructive and plastic surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, are quoted.

 

Today’s Guatemala Times features a column by Sebastian Edwards, Henry Ford II Professor of International Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, about the effect the current global financial crisis is having on the economies of Latin American countries.

 

The entertainment news service TMZ reported Friday that a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge found an anti–animal research extremist in contempt of court for violating an injunction prohibiting the harassment of UCLA researchers. The story was picked up by numerous media outlets.

 

La Opinión reported Saturday on "Casa Libre|Freedom House," a documentary about a shelter in Los Angeles that provides a home for undocumented immigrant youth. The film is a joint project of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and was funded by UCLA's Center for Community Partnerships. Roberto Oregel, the film's director and a UCLA alumnus, was quoted.

 

 

Blumberg, UCLA professor of law, was quoted Wednesday in a Slate article about how the passage of Proposition 8 will affect already married same-sex couples and gay couples hoping to marry in the future.

 

Fonarow, UCLA's Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science and director of the Ahmanson–UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, was quoted Sunday in a Boston Globe article about research suggesting that cholesterol-reducing statin drugs can reduce the incidence of heart attack and stroke in heart disease patients.

 

Fong, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and director of the UCLA Impulse Control Disorders Clinic, is quoted today in a Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed piece about a plan to move a casino from South Philadelphia to the city's Chinatown.

 

Gilliam, dean of the UCLA School of Public Affairs and a professor of public policy and political science, was quoted Sunday in a San Jose Mercury News article about the effect the election of Barack Obama will have on racial stereotypes.

 

Hunt, professor of sociology and director of UCLA's Bunche Center for African American Studies, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about how African American comedians are approaching the election of Barack Obama in their stand-up routines.

 

Kayden, a senior fellow at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, is quoted in an article in the November issue of the Muslim newspaper InFocus about a documentary that explores radical Islam in the U.S.

 

Leamer, Chauncey J. Medberry Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, was quoted Saturday in a Los Angeles Times article about the U.S. unemployment rate.

 

Luftman, UCLA clinical instructor of dermatology and skin surgery, was quoted Sunday in a Chicago Tribune column on eyebrow-hair loss.

 

Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, was quoted in Friday’s Los Angeles Daily Breeze and Saturday’s Contra Costa Times about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed sales tax increase.

 

Ross, professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about research exploring the effects of alcohol and caffeine consumption on pregnant women.

 

Watson, UCLA assistant professor of cardiology, was quoted Sunday in a CNN.com article about research suggesting that headphones may interfere with pacemakers and other heart devices.