﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><title>Academics &amp; Faculty: UCLA Newsroom</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Newsroom</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>David Chute</author><title>UCLA Theater Department presents 'A Mouthful of Birds'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-theater-department-presents-49927.aspx?link_page_rss=49927</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-theater-department-presents-49927.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's department of theater presents "A Mouthful of Birds," Caryl Churchill and David Lan's 1986 play-with-dance about passion, madness and female violence, which draws on themes from Euripides "The Bacchae." Directed by second-year M.F.A. student Efrain Schunior, with choreography by graduate dance student Kingsley Irons, the UCLA production is part of the department's annual theatrical season showcasing the work of faculty and students. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33946" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: SAG talks end with no deal</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-50000.aspx?link_page_rss=50000</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-50000.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Contract negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood studios broke down Tuesday when the parties were unable to come to an agreement on DVD and Internet pay rates. The studios now begin talks with the smaller American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, a move some SAG officials fear may undercut their union's bargaining power. Several UCLA faculty members have expertise on issues raised during negotiations. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33427" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Murray E. Jarvik, 84, professor and nicotine patch co-inventor</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/obituary-murray-e-jarvik-85-ucla-50218.aspx?link_page_rss=50218</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/obituary-murray-e-jarvik-85-ucla-50218.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Dr. Murray E. Jarvik, emeritus professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at UCLA and co-inventor of the nicotine patch, died May 8 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., after a long struggle with congestive heart failure. He was 84. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=34083" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>David Chute</author><title>UCLA Festival 2008 celebrates student work in film and theater</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-festival-2008-celebrates-49978.aspx?link_page_rss=49978</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-festival-2008-celebrates-49978.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["UCLA Festival 2008: New Creative Work" is an eight-day celebration of the newest work by students from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The festival begins Thursday, June 5, and runs through Thursday, June 12. More than 100 films will be screened at UCLA's James Bridges Theater and other locations throughout the week.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33853" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Cinco de Mayo</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-cinco-de-mayo-experts-49654.aspx?link_page_rss=49654</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-cinco-de-mayo-experts-49654.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Cinco de Mayo, the commemoration of Mexico's victory over invading French troops in 1862, has grown into an annual celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. UCLA experts are available to discuss the cultural significance and history of the holiday. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=32571" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>U.S. ambassador to UN to give lecture on Middle East at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/u-s-ambassador-to-u-n-to-give-49629.aspx?link_page_rss=49629</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/u-s-ambassador-to-u-n-to-give-49629.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will deliver the annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace, sponsored by the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA. The title of his talk is "The Challenges of the Broader Middle East." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=32190" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty expert advisory: Holocaust Remembrance Day</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/topic-of-the-day-49632.aspx?link_page_rss=49632</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/topic-of-the-day-49632.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked this year on Thursday, May 1, is an occasion to remember the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. David Myers, director of UCLA's Center for Jewish Studies, is available to discuss the destruction and loss and the shadow the tragedy still casts over Jewish, American and world culture. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=32171" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UCLA to host candidate forum for L.A.'s 2nd Supervisorial District</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-candidate-forum-for-49238.aspx?link_page_rss=49238</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-candidate-forum-for-49238.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Government and Community Relations, in partnership with the West LA Democratic Club, is sponsoring a candidate forum for the Los Angeles County 2nd Supervisorial District election. Candidates are Los Angeles City Council Member Bernard Parks and California state Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=30746" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>Nanotech summit to explore issues of safety, regulation</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/the-future-of-nanotechnology-a-49148.aspx?link_page_rss=49148</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/the-future-of-nanotechnology-a-49148.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Nanomaterials are now being used widely in a variety of industrial applications and consumer goods, and their popularity is growing. "The Future of Nanotechnology: A Legislative Summit" brings together stakeholders from industry, government, research institutes and environmental groups to discuss responsible ways to regulate nanotechnology and nanomaterials without stifling progress. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=29726" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Race for the White House 2008</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-49214.aspx?link_page_rss=49214</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-49214.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA professors can bring considerable expertise to discussion of the 2008 presidential campaign. The following faculty experts may be available for media interviews. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=29645" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:14:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Faculty–community partnerships to receive Rosenfield Prize</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-professors-and-community-48891.aspx?link_page_rss=48891</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-professors-and-community-48891.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Five partnerships, each involving a UCLA faculty member and a local nonprofit organization, will be honored with the 2008 Ann C. Rosenfield Community Partnership Prize at UCLA on April 22. The Rosenfield Prize recognizes innovative collaborations between faculty and regional nonprofits aimed at addressing critical issues affecting the community. This year's honorees have focused on issues involving the environment, health care, teen suicide prevention and theater. Each partnership will receive a $25,000 award. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=29189" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Greenhouse gases</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-48895.aspx?link_page_rss=48895</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-48895.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[President Bush has announced plans for regulating the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are responsible for global warming. These scholars are experts on the issue. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=28366" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:26:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Terence Tao to receive National Science Foundation's highest honor</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/terence-tao-to-receive-nsf-s-prestigious-48831.aspx?link_page_rss=48831</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/terence-tao-to-receive-nsf-s-prestigious-48831.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Terence Tao, the first mathematics professor in UCLA history to win the Fields Medal, will be awarded the National Science Foundation's prestigious 2008 Alan T. Waterman Award on May 6 at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=28616" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UC sponsors bill to protect animal researchers from harassment</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/uc-sponsors-legislation-to-protect-48827.aspx?link_page_rss=48827</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/uc-sponsors-legislation-to-protect-48827.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The California Animal Enterprise Protection Act (Assembly Bill 2296) is one in a series of steps intended to protect researchers from extremists who have placed Molotov cocktail-type devices near the homes of UCLA faculty, vandalized homes and made physical threats via phone and e-mail. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=27773" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:42:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>History professors Friedlander, Howe win Pulitzer prizes for books</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pro-saul-friedlander-wins-pulitzer-48188.aspx?link_page_rss=48188</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pro-saul-friedlander-wins-pulitzer-48188.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Professors of history Saul Friedlander and Daniel Walker Howe were honored Monday with Pulitzer prizes for their latest important works. Friedlander's book is "The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945." Howe, an emeritus professor, won for "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848."
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=26803" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Susanna Park</author><title>UCLA Anderson hosts global business leadership competition</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/leadership-talent-cultivated-at-48067.aspx?link_page_rss=48067</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/leadership-talent-cultivated-at-48067.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[M.B.A. students from the world's top management schools will go head to head on April 11 and 12 at the UCLA Anderson School of Management's inaugural Global Business Leadership Competition (GBLC), a unique forum designed to foster leadership thiking in today's global economy. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=26734" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stan Paul</author><title>Urban planning experts discuss L.A.'s housing, transportation ills</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/urban-planning-experts-discuss-48128.aspx?link_page_rss=48128</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/urban-planning-experts-discuss-48128.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Urban planning experts will discuss how developers, local governments and communities can collaborate to help solve Los Angeles' transportation and housing problems. Speakers will address public-private partnerships as functional vehicles for building effective, transit-oriented developments and generating additional affordable housing for Los Angeles. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=26748" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Zimbabwe elections</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-expert-advisory-zimbabwe-48081.aspx?link_page_rss=48081</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-expert-advisory-zimbabwe-48081.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's opposition party is claiming it has won a majority in the nation's parliament and that its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has unseated Zimbabwe President Robert S. Mugabe after 28 years of autocratic rule. Mugabe has not conceded defeat, and the official results of Saturday's presidential election have not yet been released. UCLA professor Edmond Keller specializes in African politics. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=26345" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: McCain's foreign policy speech</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/mccain-s-foreign-policy-47490.aspx?link_page_rss=47490</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/mccain-s-foreign-policy-47490.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain has a mixed record when it comes to Iraq. He predicted a quick victory five years ago, not a war that would take 4,000 American lives. But he also pushed hard for the current U.S. troop surge, which is being credited with helping to lower the casualty rate. McCain will address Iraq and other international issues in a major foreign policy speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 26. UCLA international relations expert Albert Carnesale will be available to comment after the speech. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=24861" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Conference to explore successful aging in a high-tech world May 9</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-national-conference-47066.aspx?link_page_rss=47066</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-national-conference-47066.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In one of the first conferences of its kind, the UCLA Center on Aging will present a one-day symposium featuring national academic and industry leaders who will discuss the interface between aging and new technology. The event will take place May 9 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=24672" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>David Chute</author><title>UCLA offers summer youth program in performing, media arts</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-theater-film-and-47031.aspx?link_page_rss=47031</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-theater-film-and-47031.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than a thousand high school and college students from the United States and around the world will take up residence on the UCLA campus this summer as part of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Arts Camp/Workshops. Now in its seventh season, the celebrated program, which runs from June 22 to August 8, offers students one to three weeks of intensive study in the performing and media arts. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=23828" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Tibetan protests continue</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/tibetan-protesters-clash-with-47138.aspx?link_page_rss=47138</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/tibetan-protesters-clash-with-47138.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Despite crackdowns by Chinese authorities, Tibetans continue to demonstrate in the streets, calling for independence from China and the return of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama has said he would step down as leader of Tibet's government-in-exile if violence by protesters in the region worsens. UCLA faculty members are available to discuss Tibetan history and recent events in the region. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=23352" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Barack Obama's minister</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-47067.aspx?link_page_rss=47067</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-47067.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Franklin Gilliam Jr., a professor of political science and the founding director of UCLA's Center for Communications and Community, studies racial and ethnic politics, the mass media, and electoral behavior. He discusses the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's comments and their potential impact on the Obama campaign. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=23006" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:05:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>Dr. Courtney H. Lyder named dean of the School of Nursing</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-nursing-head-47049.aspx?link_page_rss=47049</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-nursing-head-47049.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Scott L. Waugh, the Acting Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost,  announced the appointment of a successor to Marie Cowan, who passed away last month. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=22899" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:22:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Supreme Court and gun control</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-47028.aspx?link_page_rss=47028</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-47028.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Eugene Volokh and Adam Winkler are UCLA School of Law professors who have written extensively about gun-control issues. Volokh's articles were cited in a lower-court opinion on the case before the Supreme Court. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=22863" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:10:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: first blind U.S. governor</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nation-s-first-legally-impaired-46953.aspx?link_page_rss=46953</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nation-s-first-legally-impaired-46953.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. David Paterson will assume the reins of power as New York's governor, becoming the first legally blind chief executive in U.S. history. UCLA faculty member Penny L. Richards specializes in the history of disabled political leaders. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=22262" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Conference helps K–12 teachers breathe new life into math classes</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/more-than-250-mathematics-teachers-46866.aspx?link_page_rss=46866</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/more-than-250-mathematics-teachers-46866.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 250 mathematics teachers, educators and mathematicians, many from Los Angeles high schools and middle schools, will gather at UCLA on Saturday, March 15, to discuss strategies for reinvigorating classroom instruction. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=21981" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Eliot Spitzer scandal</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/today-s-topic-46899.aspx?link_page_rss=46899</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/today-s-topic-46899.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned Wednesday morning in the wake of allegations that he had been a client of a high-end prostitution ring. A UCLA faculty member specializing in political sex scandals is available to discuss Spitzer. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=21996" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Bill Richardson, Wesley Clark headline rogue states conference</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/general-clark-to-convene-conference-46537.aspx?link_page_rss=46537</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/general-clark-to-convene-conference-46537.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former Gen. Wesley Clark, two prominent Democrats with deep foreign policy experience, will be offering advice on how the next president might deal with so-called "rogue nations" at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relation's second annual conference on March 11. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=20365" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout and Matthew Chin</author><title>UCLA announces new chair in materials science and engineering</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-announces-new-46406.aspx?link_page_rss=46406</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-announces-new-46406.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has received a $500,000 gift from Edward K. and Linda L. Rice to establish a new endowed faculty term chair in materials science and engineering. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=20666" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>Obituary: Marie Cowan, 69, dean of UCLA School of Nursing</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/marie-cowan-69-ucla-dean-rebuilt-46532.aspx?link_page_rss=46532</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/marie-cowan-69-ucla-dean-rebuilt-46532.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Marie Cowan, dean of the UCLA School of Nursing since 1997, died Feb. 22 after a 10-year battle with metastatic colon cancer. She was 69. Cowan joined UCLA shortly after budget cuts had gutted the nursing school's undergraduate program and over the next decade determinedly rebuilt the school into a research powerhouse and helped launch degree programs to combat California's nursing shortage. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=19716" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Oscars impact</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-46326.aspx?link_page_rss=46326</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-46326.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The 80th anniversary of the Academy Awards was celebrated Feb. 24 in Hollywood. At least one UCLA alumnus picked up an Oscar, and faculty experts on the entertainment industry are available to discuss the awards. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=18584" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>Marie Cowan, dean of the School of Nursing, dies at 69</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/marie-cowan-dean-of-school-of-45606.aspx?link_page_rss=45606</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/marie-cowan-dean-of-school-of-45606.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block announced the passing of Marie Cowan, dean of the UCLA School of Nursing. She was 69. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=18586" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:51:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matthew Chin and Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>UCLA Engineering School establishes 3 endowed faculty chairs</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-announces-three-45537.aspx?link_page_rss=45537</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-announces-three-45537.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has announced the establishment of three new endowed faculty chairs &#151; each made possible by a $1 million gift. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=18131" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>2 UCLA faculty members awarded Sloan Research Fellowships</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-awarded-prestigious-45535.aspx?link_page_rss=45535</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-awarded-prestigious-45535.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Two young faculty members at UCLA are among 118 scientists and scholars from 64 colleges and universities to receive 2008 research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded to "exceptional young researchers" based on their "outstanding promise of making fundamental contributions to new knowledge," according to the New York-based foundation. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17932" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>Faculty obituary: Murray Schwartz, former dean at law school</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/obituary-professor-murray-schwartz-45512.aspx?link_page_rss=45512</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/obituary-professor-murray-schwartz-45512.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Murray L. Schwartz, the third dean of UCLA School of Law and the David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law Emeritus, died Feb. 15 in Los Angeles. He was 87. Schwartz joined the UCLA Law faculty in 1958 and had a distinguished career as a faculty member prior to serving as dean from 1969 to 1975.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17819" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:44:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>UCLA faculty expert advisory: Fidel Castro steps down in Cuba</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-expert-advisory-fidel-45494.aspx?link_page_rss=45494</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-expert-advisory-fidel-45494.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Mark Sawyer, associate professor of political science and African American Studies and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, can comment on the political impact of Cuban leader Fidel Castro leaving office. Sawyer... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17645" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:59:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>School shootings the result of crisis of masculinity, gun culture</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-book-examines-common-traits-44233.aspx?link_page_rss=44233</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-book-examines-common-traits-44233.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Yesterday's fatal shooting rampage at Northern Illinois University, and similar attacks last week at a Missouri city hall and in a Los Angeles suburb, again raise questions about the eruption of mass violence in America in recent years. In "Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombing to the Virginia Tech Massacre," UCLA professor of education and cultural critic Douglas Kellner argues that school shootings and other acts of mass violence embody a crisis of out-of-control gun culture and male rage. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17403" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: fatal shootings in U.S.</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-44199.aspx?link_page_rss=44199</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-44199.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The recent deadly shootings on a Louisiana college campus, at a Missouri city hall and in a Los Angeles suburb raise questions about the social circumstances that lead to such violence. UCLA experts who specialize in relevant disciplines are available to comment. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16303" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:47:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>David Chute and Teri Bond</author><title>UCLA presents tribute to screen legend Joan Crawford on Feb. 25</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-presents-a-tribute-to-joan-44665.aspx?link_page_rss=44665</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-presents-a-tribute-to-joan-44665.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Friends, colleagues and fans of Joan Crawford will gather Feb. 25 to celebrate her life and career, with Robert Rosen, dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, and Charlotte Chandler, author of the forthcoming "Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16987" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: end of Hollywood strike</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/faculty-experts-available-to-media-40201.aspx?link_page_rss=40201</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/faculty-experts-available-to-media-40201.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Members off the Writers Guild of America are expected to vote to end their three-month strike against Hollywood producers. Several UCLA faculty members have expertise on issues raised by the strike. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16973" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:50:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matthew Chin</author><title>3 UCLA faculty members elected to National Academy of Engineering</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/three-ucla-engineering-faculty-44198.aspx?link_page_rss=44198</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/three-ucla-engineering-faculty-44198.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Three faculty members from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions awarded to engineers. Frank Chang, professor of electrical engineering; Yahya Rahmat-Samii, distinguished professor of electrical engineering; and William W-G Yeh, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering, are among 65 U.S. members and nine foreign associates elected for 2008, the academy announced Friday. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16652" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>FBI investigates fire at home of professor who uses animals</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/fbi-investigates-fire-at-home-44151.aspx?link_page_rss=44151</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/fbi-investigates-fire-at-home-44151.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Violence has once again been directed at a UCLA faculty member who conducts research involving laboratory animals. The FBI and other members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force are investigating a fire caused by a device left at the front door of a Los Angeles home owned by Edythe London, a UCLA professor of psychiatry and of molecular and medical pharmacology. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15890" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:50:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies on site at Mardi Gras</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/center-for-near-eastern-studies-43868.aspx?link_page_rss=43868</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/center-for-near-eastern-studies-43868.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Friedlander, assistant director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, studies how orientalism figures into the American imagination. He is currently on site at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, photographing floats with Middle Eastern motifs for a special collection of Middle Eastern Americana housed at UCLA's Charles E. Young Research Library.  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15886" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>UCLA gets program, chair in U.S.-China relations and studies</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-endowed-chair-in-nation-43368.aspx?link_page_rss=43368</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-endowed-chair-in-nation-43368.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Los Angeles business owners and philanthropists Walter and Shirley Wang have pledged $1 million to UCLA&#146;s Asian American Studies Center to establish the nation's first program and endowed academic chair focused on U.S.-China relations and Chinese American studies. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15508" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Burkle Center director to host 'Zócalo' on KPCC Radio</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/burkle-center-director-moderates-43933.aspx?link_page_rss=43933</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/burkle-center-director-moderates-43933.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Kal Raustiala, director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, will appear on KPCC-89.3 FM's "Z&#243;calo Radio" on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 9 p.m. Raustiala will host a discussion with authors Nina Hachigian and Mona Sutphen, whose new book, "The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise," sets forth a prescription for American conduct in an era of multiple global powers. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15154" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>Bruins make an impact at Sundance Film Festival in Park City</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-at-sundance-43595.aspx?link_page_rss=43595</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-at-sundance-43595.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A wide range of films made by Bruins are screening in Park City, Utah this week during the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals. Faculty and staff from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television are bearing the chilly weather to support students and alumni presenting their latest works. Interviews, photographs and video are online at the UCLA Magazine Web site. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=13819" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:55:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA hosts 'Frontiers in Microrheology' workshop Feb. 6–9</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/frontiers-in-microrheology-workshop-43209.aspx?link_page_rss=43209</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/frontiers-in-microrheology-workshop-43209.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This three-day workshop, co-hosted by the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM), brings together experts in the emerging field of microrheology. Microrheology studies the viscosity and elasticity of complex materials on a microscopic and nanoscopic scale, with applications in areas as diverse as the structures of petroleum, the interior of living cells and the biology of cancer.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=13279" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>'Babies by Design: Redefining Humans?' symposium on Jan. 27</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/babies-by-design-redefining-humans-43030.aspx?link_page_rss=43030</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/babies-by-design-redefining-humans-43030.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["Babies by Design," a free, half-day symposium explores the complex challenges and choices associated with new embryo-testing technologies, which provide parents with increasingly more genetic information and invite them to select only the best traits for their children. The symposium takes place at UCLA Jan. 27. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=12817" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: state budget woes in California</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/budget-experts-available.aspx?link_page_rss=43146</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/budget-experts-available.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA experts are available to discuss California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed cuts in the state budget. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=12562" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:33:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>UCLA expert on Iowa caucuses</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/iowa-caucuses-42549.aspx?link_page_rss=42549</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/iowa-caucuses-42549.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck will be attending the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3 and is available for political commentary. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=8762" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:14:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>"The Lion in the Winter" to air on KPCC Dec. 29</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/lion-in-the-winter-on-kpcc-at-42548.aspx?link_page_rss=42548</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/lion-in-the-winter-on-kpcc-at-42548.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Acting Provost Scott Waugh will provide commentary for the radio broadcast of "The Lion in Winter," which will on KPCC-89.3 FM on Dec. 29 at 10 p.m. 
  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=8761" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:55:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Diana Greenwood</author><title>UCLA faculty expert advisory: subprime mortgage crisis</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculy-expert-subprime-mortgage-41158.aspx?link_page_rss=41158</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculy-expert-subprime-mortgage-41158.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve has proposed new rules to protect borrowers in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis affecting housing and other markets. Stuart Gabriel, a professor of finance and director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, can address the potential effect of the plan.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=6535" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:20:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UCLA faculty expert advisory: steroids in baseball</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/faculty-expert-advisory-steroids-40916.aspx?link_page_rss=40916</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/faculty-expert-advisory-steroids-40916.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Anthony Butch, director of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory at UCLA&#146;s David Geffen School of Medicine, is available to comment on the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, and the issues involved in testing for doping in professional sports. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=6538" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:32:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>The book that brought tolerance to the Enlightenment</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/the-book-that-brought-tolerance-40741.aspx?link_page_rss=40741</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/the-book-that-brought-tolerance-40741.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[French engraver Bernard Picart's "C&#233;r&#233;monies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde," a seven-volume illustrated encyclopedia of the world's religions published in 1723, helped foster the idea of religious tolerance during the Enlightenment. Now, scholars from UCLA and the Getty Research Institute are using digital technology to  bring the long-forgotten  tome &#151; once banned by the Vatican &#151; back to life. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5362" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:34:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UCLA faculty expert advisory:&lt;br&gt;Bush foreclosure relief plan</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/bush-s-foreclosure-relief-plan-40809.aspx?link_page_rss=40809</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/bush-s-foreclosure-relief-plan-40809.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Stuart Gabriel, a professor of finance and director of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is available to comment on President Bush's foreclosure relief plan.
 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5348" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:50:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Theater prof presents tale of Virgin of Guadalupe</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-theater-professor-jose-luis-40766.aspx?link_page_rss=40766</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-theater-professor-jose-luis-40766.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA theater professor Jose Luis Valenzuela directs "La Virgen de Guadalupe: Dios Inantzin," a pageant honoring Mexico&#146;s patron saint that has become an annual holiday tradition in Los Angeles. The free play, which features more than 100 actors, dancers, singers, musicians and children, is expected to draw nearly 7,000 viewers over two nights (Dec. 6 and 7) to downtown's Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5350" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:51:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>Merlin C. Wittrock, professor emeritus, dies at 76</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dr-merlin-c-wittrock-ucla-professor-40744.aspx?link_page_rss=40744</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dr-merlin-c-wittrock-ucla-professor-40744.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Merlin C. Wittrock, renowned educator, researcher and professor emeritus of education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, died November 28. He was 76. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5278" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:00:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>Iran's nuclear capabilities</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/iran-nuclear-capabilities-40729.aspx?link_page_rss=40729</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/iran-nuclear-capabilities-40729.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA political science and public policy professors are available to comment on Iran's nuclear capabilities and on how Monday's intelligence report showing that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 may affect U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5274" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Strouse named medical director of neuropsychiatric hospital</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/thomas-b-strouse-named-medical-40589.aspx?link_page_rss=40589</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/thomas-b-strouse-named-medical-40589.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Thomas B. Strouse has been named the medical director of the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, replacing David Feinberg, who is now the chief executive officer and interim associate vice chancellor of the UCLA Hospital System. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=4870" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Roxanne Moster, Rachel Champeau</author><title>Scientists' biotech firm to be acquired for $537 million</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/biotech-company-founded-by-ucla-40606.aspx?link_page_rss=40606</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/biotech-company-founded-by-ucla-40606.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In 1996, a unique collaboration of leading UCLA scientists led by Dr. Arie Belldegrun founded the biotechnology company Agensys Inc. &#151; and the company now stands to reap $537 million through an acquisition by Astellas Pharma Inc., making it one of the largest Los Angeles-based private biotech firms poised to tackle therapeutic, fully human monoclonal antibody oncology research and drug development. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=4815" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:50:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>UCLA mathematician works to make virtual surgery a reality</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-mathematician-works-to-make-40529.aspx?link_page_rss=40529</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-mathematician-works-to-make-40529.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The day is rapidly approaching when your surgeon can practice on a your "digital double" &#151; a "virtual you" &#151; before performing an actual surgery, according to UCLA mathematician Joseph Teran, who is helping to make virtual surgery a viable technology. The advantages will save lives, he believes. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=4705" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Arif Shaikh</author><title>Report finds achievement gaps, disparities in Calif. schools</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/achievement-gaps-resource-disparities-40255.aspx?link_page_rss=40255</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/achievement-gaps-resource-disparities-40255.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA report released today reveals a "national opportunity gap" in education, with California laging behind most other states in student outcomes and fundamental learning conditions. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=2261" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Press conference examines achievement gaps in Calif. schools </title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/unequal-to-the-task-study-reveals-40204.aspx?link_page_rss=40204</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/unequal-to-the-task-study-reveals-40204.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A telephone press conference will address the findings of the "2007 Educational Opportunity Report: The Racial Opportunity Gap," a study by the University of California's All-Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity (ACCORD) and UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access (IDEA). <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1738" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Office of Media Relations</author><title>Faculty experts available for interviews on state budget</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/faculty-experts-available-for-40226.aspx?link_page_rss=40226</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/faculty-experts-available-for-40226.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA experts are available to speak about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's order that state departments draft plans for spending reductions. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1614" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:33:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>UCLA Academic Senate approves new women's studies department</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-academic-senate-approves-40183.aspx?link_page_rss=40183</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-academic-senate-approves-40183.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Academic Senate approved the establishment of a separate UCLA Department of Women's Studies. The new unit will be able to hire its own faculty and offer more undergraduate and graduate courses. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=771" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:16:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Edythe London</author><title>Prof. Edythe London: 'Why I use laboratory animals'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/targeted-ucla-scientist-speaks-40153.aspx?link_page_rss=40153</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/targeted-ucla-scientist-speaks-40153.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For years, professor Edythe London watched with growing concern as her UCLA colleagues were subjected to harassment, violence and threats by animal rights extremists. Then it happened to her. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=774" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:53:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Researchers find way to predict lung cancer survival for women</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/researchers-find-novel-mechanism-40105.aspx?link_page_rss=40105</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/researchers-find-novel-mechanism-40105.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at UCLA&#146;s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a novel mechanism to predict survival in older women with early stage lung cancer. The finding may have significant implications for new treatment approaches. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=778" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Becerra named vice provost for faculty diversity and development</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rosina-becerra-promoted-to-vice-40146.aspx?link_page_rss=40146</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rosina-becerra-promoted-to-vice-40146.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Rosina Becerra, formerly UCLA associate vice chancellor for faculty diversity, has been promoted to vice provost for faculty diversity and development. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=667" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:43:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>School of Law, RAND Corp. form alliance in public policy</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-and-rand-corporation-40038.aspx?link_page_rss=40038</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-and-rand-corporation-40038.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of Law and the RAND Corp. have formed a strategic alliance to improve public policy through the marriage of rigorous policy analysis and outstanding legal scholarship. The partnership kicks off with a conference at the law school on... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=407" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Faculty experts at UCLA available to discuss California fires</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/wildifre-experts-39994.aspx?link_page_rss=39994</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/wildifre-experts-39994.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Professors in several departments and research specialties can address issues raised by the damaging wildfires burning across the Southern California region.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=243" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:59:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>Law school receives $1 million to endow civil rights chair</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-receives-1-39700.aspx?link_page_rss=39700</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-receives-1-39700.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of Law has received a $1 million dollar gift from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation to endow a chair in civil rights and civil liberties and to advance legal scholarship in these areas.  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=244" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:30:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Research project provides new insights on green algae</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/more-than-100-scientists-provide-39525.aspx?link_page_rss=39525</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/more-than-100-scientists-provide-39525.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Culminating a three-year research project, 115 scientists from around the world report in the Oct. 12 issue of the journal Science a &quot;gold mine&quot; of data on a tiny green alga called Chlamydomonas, with implications for human diseases.

The single-celled... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=6" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>School of Law receives $1 million to endow Shapiro chair</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-receives-1-39506.aspx?link_page_rss=39506</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-receives-1-39506.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
The UCLA School of Law has received a $1 million commitment from the Shapiro Family Charitable Foundation to establish the Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Chair in Environmental Law. The Shapiro Chair will be awarded to a legal scholar of the highest academic... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=245" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>General Wesley K. Clark to Discuss New Book</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/general-wesley-k-clark-to-discuss-39523.aspx?link_page_rss=39523</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/general-wesley-k-clark-to-discuss-39523.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[General Wesley K. Clark, senior fellow at the Burkle Center for International Relations, will discuss Iraq, Blackwater, and his new book &quot;A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor, and Country&quot;.
 
Friday, October 5, 2007
4 - 5:30pm
Dodd Hall, Room... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=246" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:38:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Roxanne Moster</author><title>Obituary: Dr. Mitchel D. Covel, UCLA Associate Dean</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Obituary-Dr-Mitchel-D-Covel-8243.aspx?link_page_rss=39384</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Obituary-Dr-Mitchel-D-Covel-8243.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Dr. Mitchel D. Covel, associate dean of development and community relations at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, died Sept. 21 of natural causes at his home in Bel Air, Calif. He was 90.

Covel &#151; a gifted physician and educator &#151; distinguished... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=247" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:49:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>Prof. Kris Gutierrez named to reading panel</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Kris-Guti-rrez-UCLA-Professor-8237.aspx?link_page_rss=39378</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Kris-Guti-rrez-UCLA-Professor-8237.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Kris Guti&#233;rrez, professor of education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education &amp; Information Studies, has been appointed to a three-year term on the U.S. Department of Education's Reading First advisory committee.   

Twelve members... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=248" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:07:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Eleanore Reznikoff</author><title>Architecture and Urban Design lists fall 2007 events</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Department-of-Architecture-8218.aspx?link_page_rss=39359</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Department-of-Architecture-8218.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design presents a series of public events throughout the year. Lectures offer the opportunity to hear about the new work of prominent architects, theorists and historians. Exhibitions feature innovative... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=148" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:42:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stan Paul</author><title>U.S. Intelligence Did Not Have a Fighting Chance Against al Qaida, Says UCLA Author of New Book</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/U-S-Intelligence-Did-Not-Have-8194.aspx?link_page_rss=39335</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/U-S-Intelligence-Did-Not-Have-8194.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The U.S. intelligence community's failure to adapt from a decades-old Cold War organizational system to face new post&#150;Cold War threats left the country vulnerable to large-scale terrorist operations such as the Sept.11, 2001, attacks on the World... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=249" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:31:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA Dean Named ‘Living Legend’ by American Academy of Nursing</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Dean-Named-Living-Legend-8178.aspx?link_page_rss=39319</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Dean-Named-Living-Legend-8178.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Marie Cowan (Brentwood), dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, has been chosen to receive the Living Legend Award by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). 

Considered one of the highest honors in the nursing field, the Living Legend award spotlights... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=250" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:57:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>UCLA’s School Management Program Awarded $1.2 Million to Support English Learners in Connecticut Schools</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-s-School-Management-Program-8164.aspx?link_page_rss=39305</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-s-School-Management-Program-8164.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Graduate School
of Education &amp; Information Studies' School Management Program, a team of school-site and district educators
dedicated since 1992 to partnering with learning
communities to ensure high achievement for every student, ha... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=25" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:40:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>NAACP/NBC Fellowship in Screenwriting Established at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/NAACP-NBC-Fellowship-in-Screenwriting-8064.aspx?link_page_rss=39205</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/NAACP-NBC-Fellowship-in-Screenwriting-8064.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People and NBC Entertainment today announced the
first recipient of the newly established NAACP/NBC Fellowship in
Screenwriting at UCLA's School
 of Theater, Film and
Television. 

NBC Entertainmen... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=157" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:12:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathy Wyer</author><title>Civil Rights Project at UCLA Releases Key Report on Affirmative Action in Higher Education</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Civil-Rights-Project-at-UCLA-Releases-8103.aspx?link_page_rss=39244</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Civil-Rights-Project-at-UCLA-Releases-8103.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA's Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, one
of the nation's leading research centers on issues of civil rights and racial
inequality, today released a key report examining critical developments in
affirmative action in higher educatio... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=40" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:48:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Allison Holmes</author><title>Judy Olian, Dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, 
Named AACSB International Chair</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Judy-Olian-Dean-of-the-UCLA-Anderson-8086.aspx?link_page_rss=39227</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Judy-Olian-Dean-of-the-UCLA-Anderson-8086.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Judy D. Olian, dean of the UCLA
Anderson School of Management, has been appointed the 2007&#150;08 chair of the
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. AACSB
International has been the premier accrediting body fo... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=251" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:57:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>UCLA Provides Professional Development Program for Visiting Indian and Pakistani Teachers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Provides-Professional-Development-8071.aspx?link_page_rss=39212</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Provides-Professional-Development-8071.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Center for
International and Development Education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education
&amp; Information Studies is conducting a six-week professional development
program for visiting Indian and Pakistani teachers.

The program,
which bega... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=50" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:17:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sandra Shagat</author><title>UCLA School of Dentistry Is Only Dental School Awarded Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2007 Biomedical Research Institutions Initiative Grant</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-School-of-Dentistry-Is-Only-8054.aspx?link_page_rss=39195</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-School-of-Dentistry-Is-Only-8054.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Imagine
being only 16 years old and working side by side at a lab bench with noted
scientists at one of the nation's foremost research universities. Beginning in
September, this dream will become a reality for some fortunate Los Angeles high schoo... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=54" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:13:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>UCLA Announces Naming of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Announces-Naming-of-the-C-8042.aspx?link_page_rss=39183</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Announces-Naming-of-the-C-8042.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA has named its department of Chicana and Chicano studies
after the late labor leader C&#233;sar E. Ch&#225;vez.

The department, established in 2004, is the successor unit
to the C&#233;sar E.
Ch&#225;vez Center
for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana an... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=252" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:47:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Carolyn Campbell</author><title>UCLA Scholars and Students, International Team Resurrect Ancient Rome Digitally</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Scholars-and-Students-International-8029.aspx?link_page_rss=39170</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Scholars-and-Students-International-8029.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Mayor of Rome
Walter Veltroni officiated Monday at the
first public viewing of &quot;Rome Reborn 1.0,&quot; a 10-year
project begun at UCLA and based at the University
of Virginia that used advanced
technology to digitally rebuild ancient Rome.
The even... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=59" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:52:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>UCLA School Management Program Assists in Acquisition of $15.2 Million in State Grants for Schools</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-School-Management-Program-7975.aspx?link_page_rss=39116</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-School-Management-Program-7975.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The
UCLA School Management Program, a UCLA Graduate School of Education &amp;
Information Studies center, has succeeded in partnering to secure $15.2 million
over four years in High Priority School Grants (HPSG) for 12 public schools. 

The
managemen... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=253" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Low Percentage of Latino Students Transfer From Community Colleges to Four-Year Universities, UCLA Study Shows</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Low-Percentage-of-Latino-Students-7976.aspx?link_page_rss=39117</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Low-Percentage-of-Latino-Students-7976.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A majority of
Latino postsecondary students in California are concentrated in the community
college system, but only a handful transfer to a four-year university,
according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.

Th... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=67" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>Professor Pedro Noguera to Deliver Commencement Speech to Graduates of UCLA School of Education &amp; Information Studies</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Professor-Pedro-Noguera-to-Deliver-7974.aspx?link_page_rss=39115</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Professor-Pedro-Noguera-to-Deliver-7974.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Pedro Noguera, a professor at the Steinhardt School of Education
at New York University and executive director of the school's Metropolitan
Center for Urban Education, will deliver the keynote speech at the UCLA Graduate
School of Education &amp... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=254" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 00:42:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>New Online Student Film Trailer Contest Launched in Connection With UCLA Festival 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/New-Online-Student-Film-Trailer-7967.aspx?link_page_rss=39108</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/New-Online-Student-Film-Trailer-7967.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television announced Monday a new online
student film trailer contest to further promote the upcoming &quot;UCLA Festival
2007: New Creative Work,&quot; a spectacular
eight-day celebration of the latest work by student... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=182" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 23:16:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>Parental Encouragement, Career and Financial Growth Motivate First-Generation Students to Attend College, UCLA Survey Reveals</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Parental-Encouragement-Career-7952.aspx?link_page_rss=39093</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Parental-Encouragement-Career-7952.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More first-generation college students cite parental
encouragement as a key reason for attending college than their peers with
college-educated parents, according to a new survey of freshman trends released
by the Cooperative Institutional Researc... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=71" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 17:01:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>UCLA Professors Eva L. Baker and Gary Orfield  Elected to National Academy of Education</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Professors-Eva-L-Baker-and-7947.aspx?link_page_rss=39088</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Professors-Eva-L-Baker-and-7947.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Eva L. Baker and
Gary Orfield, professors of education at UCLA's Graduate School of Education
&amp; Information Studies, have been elected to membership in the prestigious
National Academy of Education. 

National
Academy of Education member... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=255" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 22:26:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>UCLA’s Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School Appoints Jim Kennedy Principal</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-s-Corinne-A-Seeds-University-7948.aspx?link_page_rss=39089</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-s-Corinne-A-Seeds-University-7948.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Jim Kennedy, a Los Angeles Unified
School District educator with a record of innovative work in urban schools, has
been appointed principal of Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School (UES),
the laboratory school for the Graduate School of Educatio... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=256" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 20:02:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>UCLA Professor Details the Teleuk, a Cultural Emblem of the Mousgoum People of Central Africa, in New Book</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Professor-Details-the-Teleuk-7945.aspx?link_page_rss=39086</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Professor-Details-the-Teleuk-7945.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The teleuk, a dome-shaped dwelling constructed by the
Mousgoum people of the flood plains straddling Chad
and Cameroon in central Africa, is examined for the first time in an
English-language book, by Steven Nelson, UCLA assistant professor of African
an... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=75" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 00:47:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>Following Institute at UCLA, Colleges Undertake Efforts to Help Students Explore Spiritual Issues on Campus</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Following-Institute-at-UCLA-Colleges-7920.aspx?link_page_rss=39061</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Following-Institute-at-UCLA-Colleges-7920.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Colleges and
universities across the nation, from small private institutions to large public
universities, have begun to implement campus programs that encourage students
to explore spiritual issues. 

Recent efforts
have included initiative... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=77" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 22:36:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauren Bartlett</author><title>More Than 4,600 Students Indicate Intent to Enroll as Freshmen at UCLA for Fall 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/More-Than-4-600-Students-Indicate-7933.aspx?link_page_rss=39074</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/More-Than-4-600-Students-Indicate-7933.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More
than 4,600 students admitted as freshmen for fall 2007 have sent in letters
stating their intent to enroll at UCLA.

UCLA
admitted 11,924 students for the fall 2007 freshman class from among a record 50,744
applications received. There wer... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=257" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 16:03:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauren Bartlett</author><title>Cinco de Mayo Observance Is Important Because It Provides a Collective Identity for Latinos, Says UCLA Center</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Cinco-de-Mayo-Observance-Is-Important-7891.aspx?link_page_rss=39032</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Cinco-de-Mayo-Observance-Is-Important-7891.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Cinco
de Mayo, the celebration of Mexico's victory over invading French troops in
1862, is an important observance because it has reflected the changes and
developments in Latino communities throughout California for the past 145 years
and becaus... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=258" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 16:53:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathy Wyer</author><title>Today’s College Freshmen Have Family Income 60% Above National Average, UCLA Survey Reveals</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Today-s-College-Freshmen-Have-Family-7831.aspx?link_page_rss=38972</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Today-s-College-Freshmen-Have-Family-7831.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The nation's college freshmen are more financially
advantaged today than they have been at any point in the last 35 years and come
from families with a median income 60 percent higher than the national average,
according to a new UCLA report tha... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=259" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:57:43 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>