﻿<?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>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate><title>Campus News: UCLA Newsroom</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Newsroom</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>Nearly 4,900 students plan to enroll as freshmen at UCLA for fall 2008</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nearly-4-900-students-plan-to-50199.aspx?link_page_rss=50199</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nearly-4-900-students-plan-to-50199.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A record 4,889 students representing a broad section of talents, interests and passions have indicated they intend to enroll at UCLA for fall 2008. The intended freshmen are among 12,579 admitted to UCLA out of a record 55,397 applicants &#151; more applicants than any other university in the country. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=34327" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><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>Susanna Park</author><title>UCLA Anderson presents annual entrepreneurs conference</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-anderson-school-of-management-50030.aspx?link_page_rss=50030</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-anderson-school-of-management-50030.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Anderson School of Management will present its 23rd annual Entrepreneurs Conference (EAC 2008), the school's largest and highest-profile student-organized event. Featuring a variety of panels and workshops, EAC 2008 brings together M.B.A. students, entrepreneurs, financiers and business professionals to jumpstart ideas and explore emerging opportunities in entrepreneurship. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33845" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Susanna Park</author><title>UCLA conference to explore innovations in clean technology</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/clean-tech-innovations-explored-49982.aspx?link_page_rss=49982</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/clean-tech-innovations-explored-49982.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The second annual California Clean Innovation (CACI) conference gives clean technology enthusiasts of all backgrounds the opportunity to explore the latest innovations in the field. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33440" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Anna Deavere Smith delivers evocative lecture at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/anna-deavere-smith-delivers-evocative-50025.aspx?link_page_rss=50025</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/anna-deavere-smith-delivers-evocative-50025.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Celebrated actress, playwright and professor Anna Deavere Smith dazzled a UCLA audience Tuesday night with her spirited portrayals of Rev. Al Sharpton, author James Baldwin and former Texas Gov. Ann Richardson. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33601" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>U.S. ambassador urges students to engage in Middle East struggle</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/u-s-ambassador-urges-students-49990.aspx?link_page_rss=49990</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/u-s-ambassador-urges-students-49990.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Tuesday urged college students across the nation to become engaged in what he called the defining issue of the 21st century -- that is, the struggle between moderate and extremist Muslims over control of the Middle East. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33257" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 22:27:05 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>Lauri Gavel</author><title>UCLA School of Law launches $100 million endowment campaign</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-launches-100-49345.aspx?link_page_rss=49345</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-launches-100-49345.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of Law announced today that it has launched a campaign to raise $100 million to increase student scholarships, attract and retain faculty, and support centers and institutes that inform law and public policy. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=31090" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Lionel Richie to receive Gershwin Award at UCLA's Spring Sing</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/spring-sing-to-feature-ucla-s-49044.aspx?link_page_rss=49044</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/spring-sing-to-feature-ucla-s-49044.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Legendary singer, songwriter and producer Lionel Richie will receive the 21st annual George and Ira Gershwin Award for lifetime musical achievement at Spring Sing, UCLA's oldest and greatest musical tradition and student competition. Past recipients of the award include Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, James Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald and Natalie Cole. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=30745" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Students to receive humanitarian award for community service</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/young-humanitarians-win-prestige-49332.aspx?link_page_rss=49332</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/young-humanitarians-win-prestige-49332.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Three UCLA students who have distinguished themselves through their outstanding commitment to public service will be honored May 7 with the 2008 UCLA Charles E. Young Humanitarian Award at a private ceremony for friends and family. The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Charles Young Grand Salon at UCLA's Kerckhoff Hall. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=30859" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stan Paul</author><title>Panel to address issues facing aging population in Los Angeles</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/march-29-aging-in-la-panel-to-49215.aspx?link_page_rss=49215</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/march-29-aging-in-la-panel-to-49215.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A panel of government and community leaders and UCLA faculty members will discuss issues affecting the aging population in Los Angeles. Questions to be addressed include: What is the current state of aging in Los Angeles and what are the politics of aging in the city?  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=29730" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Laura Weishaupt</author><title>Seeds University Elementary School celebrates 125 years</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/corinne-a-seeds-university-elementary-49017.aspx?link_page_rss=49017</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/corinne-a-seeds-university-elementary-49017.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[At a time when only a handful of university laboratory schools remain in the United States, UCLA's innovative Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School (UES) is still going strong. On May 2 and 3, members of the UES community will gather to celebrate the school's 125th anniversary. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=29789" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>High school students to get close-up look at cutting-edge science</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/la-high-school-students-get-front-48796.aspx?link_page_rss=48796</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/la-high-school-students-get-front-48796.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 180 Los Angeles high school students will visit UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) for a day of workshops and scientific demonstrations designed to introduce them to the burgeoning fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=28326" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sandra Shagat</author><title>School of Dentistry celebrates expansion of Venice Dental Center</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-dentistry-celebrates-48191.aspx?link_page_rss=48191</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-dentistry-celebrates-48191.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of Dentistry will formally dedicate the new pediatric dentistry wing at the Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice Dental Center, recognizing the project's donors for their longstanding generosity and celebrating the official launch of the new community-based pediatric dentistry residency training program. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=27163" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Former Black Panther Elaine Brown to give Thurgood Marshall Lecture</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-bunche-center-honors-former-48174.aspx?link_page_rss=48174</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-bunche-center-honors-former-48174.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA alumna Elaine Brown, a former Black Panther leader and an advocate for radical reform of the criminal justice system, will deliver the 2008 Thurgood Marshall Lecture at UCLA on Thursday, April 17. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=27006" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:14:14 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>Office of Media Relations</author><title>UCLA statement on labor demonstrations</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-statement-on-labor-demonstrations-48131.aspx?link_page_rss=48131</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-statement-on-labor-demonstrations-48131.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Union protesters were arrested for blocking the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards near campus. In response, UCLA issued a statement saying the university values the dedication and many contributions of all our employees, including the UCLA Health System's patient care employees and UCLA's service workers. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=26480" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>Regents appoint Mark G. Yudof 19th president of UC</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/regents-appoint-mark-g-yudof-the-47724.aspx?link_page_rss=47724</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/regents-appoint-mark-g-yudof-the-47724.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California Board of Regents voted unanimously to appoint Mark G. Yudof, current head of the University of Texas system and a recognized leader in American higher education, the 19th president of the University of California.

 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=25517" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:22:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix to speak on disarmament</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/hans-blix-to-speak-47457.aspx?link_page_rss=47457</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/hans-blix-to-speak-47457.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Hans Blix, chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission and former chief United Nations weapons inspector, will speak about nuclear disarmament at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations' "Time for a Revival of Disarmament?" forum. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=25173" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 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>Sarah Anderson</author><title>Paul Krugman to keynote UCLA School of Public Health dinner</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/noted-new-york-times-columnist-47140.aspx?link_page_rss=47140</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/noted-new-york-times-columnist-47140.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[he New York Times' Paul Krugman, considered by many to be the most important political columnist in America, will be the keynote speaker at the preeminent health industry event of the year &#151; the Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture and Dinner hosted by the UCLA School of Public Health. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=23457" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Former President Clinton to speak at UCLA commencement in June</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/former-president-clinton-to-speak-47149.aspx?link_page_rss=47149</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/former-president-clinton-to-speak-47149.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to address graduates at UCLA's main commencement ceremony this June. Clinton, who served two terms as president, from 1993 to 2001, will deliver the keynote at the UCLA College of Letters and Science ceremony, which is scheduled for June 13 at 5 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=23484" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Rhea Turteltaub named UCLA's vice chancellor for external affairs</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rheat-turteltaub-named-ucla-s-46851.aspx?link_page_rss=46851</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rheat-turteltaub-named-ucla-s-46851.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Rhea Turteltaub has been appointed vice chancellor for external affairs, after serving in an interim capacity since July 2006. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=21913" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>UCLA police investigating apparent drowning</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/student-drowns-46968.aspx?link_page_rss=46968</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/student-drowns-46968.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Police Department is investigating the apparent drowning of a student in a campus swimming pool early Friday morning. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=22321" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:08:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>Gov. Bill Richardson holds off on presidential endorsement</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/gov-richardson-holds-off-on-presidential-46860.aspx?link_page_rss=46860</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/gov-richardson-holds-off-on-presidential-46860.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Bill Richardson, the Democratic governor of New Mexico and an often-mentioned possible running mate on the Democratic Party ticket this year, said Tuesday that he was "torn" between endorsing Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=21920" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:45:30 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>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA hosts international conference on nanoscale research</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-international-conference-46492.aspx?link_page_rss=46492</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-international-conference-46492.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The third in a series of conferences held with Pacific Rim universities, this two-day event, sponsored jointly by the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and Waseda University of Tokyo&#146;s Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care, will focus on recent nanoscale research on biosenors, biomaterials and nanotoxicology and will feature presentations on on-chip sensor devices for medical care and the risk assessment of engineered nanoparticles. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=20149" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>Coach John Wooden resting comfortably in L.A. area hospital</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/coach-john-wooden-resting-comfortably-46590.aspx?link_page_rss=46590</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/coach-john-wooden-resting-comfortably-46590.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[John Wooden, UCLA's legendary former basketball coach, is resting comfortably in an unidentified hospital after falling at his home. Wooden, 97, suffered a fractured collarbone and wrist. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=19849" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:12:41 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>Lauri Gavel</author><title>UCLA Law holds symposium on avoiding entertainment snafus</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-to-present-46381.aspx?link_page_rss=46381</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-to-present-46381.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of Law will host the 32nd annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium, "When Disaster Strikes: The Ultimate Survival Guide," on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 29 and March 1, at the Freud Playhouse at UCLA's Macgowan Hall. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=19110" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Judge orders extremists to stop harassing UCLA researchers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/judge-orders-extremists-to-stop-45534.aspx?link_page_rss=45534</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/judge-orders-extremists-to-stop-45534.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA has sued extremists to stop a campaign of terrorism, vandalism and menacing threats directed at faculty and administrators who conduct or support research involving laboratory animals. After a hearing today, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the defendants from harassing UCLA personnel or coming within 50 feet of them during a demonstration. The restraining order also requires that personal information about UCLA personnel be removed from Web sites maintained by extremists. A hearing on a preliminary injunction is scheduled for March 12.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=18007" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:00:00 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>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Bruins set to make dance marathon a million-dollar success</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/super-driven-bruins-make-dance-45145.aspx?link_page_rss=45145</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/super-driven-bruins-make-dance-45145.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Over Presidents Day weekend, Dance Marathon at UCLA will officially surpass the $1 million mark for funds raised for pediatric AIDS. Now in its seventh year, the annual event draws students, faculty, staff and their supporters to UCLA's Ackerman Union, which is temporarily transformed into an all-night dance hall for the 26-hour marathon. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17304" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Diana Greenwood</author><title>Bill Gross gives $1 million to Anderson School of Management</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pimco-founder-bill-gross-gives-45146.aspx?link_page_rss=45146</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pimco-founder-bill-gross-gives-45146.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[William H. Gross, founder and co-chief investment officer of the fund-management company PIMCO, has given an unrestricted gift of $1 million to the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Judy Olian, the school's dean, announced today. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17336" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:00:00 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>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>David Brooks to deliver lecture honoring journalist Daniel Pearl</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/david-brooks-to-speak-at-ucla-44150.aspx?link_page_rss=44150</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/david-brooks-to-speak-at-ucla-44150.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[New York Times columnist David Brooks will deliver the sixth annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at UCLA. 
 
Pearl was a prominent Wall Street Journal journalist covering the war on terrorism when he was kidnapped... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17273" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:54:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Dawn Setzer</author><title>Exhibition on Nazi book burnings opens at UCLA Feb. 24</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/book-burning-exhibit-44126.aspx?link_page_rss=44126</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/book-burning-exhibit-44126.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library presents "Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings" from Feb. 24 to April 20. Organized by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this traveling exhibition provides a vivid look at the 1933 book burnings and their legacy.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16156" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>Law School gets $1.5 million to establish Pete Kameron Chair</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-receives-1-44036.aspx?link_page_rss=44036</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-receives-1-44036.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA School of Law has received a $1.5 million commitment from the Shapiro Family Charitable Foundation to establish the Pete Kameron Endowed Chair in Law in honor of the long and distinguished career of Pete Kameron, a philanthropist and legendary music industry figure. The chair will be awarded to a legal scholar of the highest academic and professional caliber whose work addresses issues that have an impact on, or are related to, music, entertainment or intellectual property law. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15959" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama rally scheduled Sunday in Pauley Pavilion</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/barack-obama-campaign-rally-scheduled-44107.aspx?link_page_rss=44107</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/barack-obama-campaign-rally-scheduled-44107.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Barack Obama presidential campaign is holding a pre-election "get out the vote" rally at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 1:30 p.m. According to the campaign, media access begins at 10:30 a.m.  Doors open to the public at 11:30 a.m. The program begins at 1:30 p.m. Guests announced by the campaign include Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama and Caroline Kennedy. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15489" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:27:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Police release new information on Westwood crimes, ask help</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/police-release-new-information-44044.aspx?link_page_rss=44044</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/police-release-new-information-44044.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA police have released additional information about an attempted robbery and an attempted kidnapping off campus in Westwood and have asked for public assistance.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15299" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:19:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Dawn Setzer</author><title>UCLA Library opens Orsini family archive to online search</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/orsini-43780.aspx?link_page_rss=43780</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/orsini-43780.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Following a two-year cataloging and digitization effort, the UCLA Library has opened its extensive archive of the Orsini family, one of the oldest and most prominent clans in Italian history, and has posted a searchable selection of the archive's digitized materials online. The digitized materials, which now make the collection accessible to students and scholars around the world, can be found at http://digital.library.ucla.edu/orsini. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15355" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>UCLA tops nation again, with more than 55,000 freshman applicants</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-again-tops-the-nation-in-43872.aspx?link_page_rss=43872</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-again-tops-the-nation-in-43872.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Applications for freshman enrollment at UCLA jumped by more than 9 percent for fall 2008, with a record 55,369 applications received, making UCLA once again the most popular university in the country among new high school graduates. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14622" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Campus joins others nationwide to explore climate change solutions</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-joins-others-nationwide-43769.aspx?link_page_rss=43769</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-joins-others-nationwide-43769.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block heads the list of those participating at UCLA in "Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America," a series of student-led events to be held Jan. 31 on more than 1,500 college campuses nationwide to draw attention to climate change and rally for political action. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14478" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:13:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Students prep for Super Tuesday with parties, mock election</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-students-gear-up-for-super-43728.aspx?link_page_rss=43728</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-students-gear-up-for-super-43728.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On the UCLA campus, politically active Bruins are working to engage the entire student body in the political process. Activities include a campus-wide mock election, Republican and Democratic debate-watching parties, drives to get students to pledge to vote in the primary, and results-watching parties on February 5, Super Tuesday. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14410" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>School of Law receives major gift for climate change center</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-receives-major-43631.aspx?link_page_rss=43631</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-receives-major-43631.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA School of Law has received a commitment from Dan A. Emmett and his family for funds to establish a center on climate change and the environment. The Emmett gift, combined with a matching gift challenge, will provide a $10 million endowment fund to establish a center dedicated to the study, research and teaching of knowledge related to climate change and the environment. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14362" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>UCLA conference addresses science behind alternative medicine</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-conference-addresses-science-43757.aspx?link_page_rss=43757</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-conference-addresses-science-43757.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Millions of Americans turn to alternative and complementary therapies to meet their health needs, despite limited scientific proof of effectiveness. A unique UCLA conference will address the quest for scientific evidence in support of these treatments. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14338" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Val Zavala, veteran journalists to join panel on “Real News”</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/val-zavala-veteran-journalists-43624.aspx?link_page_rss=43624</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/val-zavala-veteran-journalists-43624.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Val Zavala, anchor of KCET&#146;s &quot;Life and Times,&quot; and Vice President of News and Public Affairs for the Los Angeles-based station, will join award-winning journalists Philip Bruce and Conan Nolan for a discussion on how the media cover social and policy... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14111" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:46:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>UCLA School of Law to host climate change symposium on Jan. 25</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-to-host-climate-43612.aspx?link_page_rss=43612</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-law-to-host-climate-43612.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[WHAT: UCLA Law Review will host a daylong symposium, &quot;Changing Climates: Adapting Law and Policy to a Transforming World.&quot; The public symposium will allow policymakers, legal scholars and environmental experts to address the impact of climate change... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=13992" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:06:02 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>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>University of California regents to meet at UCLA this week</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/university-of-california-regents-43064.aspx?link_page_rss=43064</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/university-of-california-regents-43064.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California Board of Regents will hold its regular business meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15, through Thursday, Jan. 17, at Covel Commons on the UCLA campus. The full agenda for the meeting is available on line. A press room will be open across from the meeting room. Parking is available in the garage at Covel Commons. The press room phone number is (310) 206-0409 and the fax number is (310) 206-4661. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=12083" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:32:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Media Relations</author><title>Most UCLA offices will close for the holidays, reopen Jan. 2</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/most-ucla-offices-will-close-for-42552.aspx?link_page_rss=42552</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/most-ucla-offices-will-close-for-42552.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Most campus offices at UCLA will be closed from Dec. 22 until Jan. 2, 2008. If news breaks that concerns the campus or the UCLA community, call the Office of Media Relations 24-hour operator at (310) 825-2585. The UCLA Newsroom will be updated if major news occurs. For news involving UCLA medical centers and hospitals, call the UCLA Health Sciences operator at (310) 825-6301 and ask the operator to page the on-call media relations officer. Media calls involving athletics should go to (310) 206-6831. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=8766" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:07:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Investigative journalist Greg Palast to speak at voting rights conference</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/investigative-journalist-and-author-42497.aspx?link_page_rss=42497</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/investigative-journalist-and-author-42497.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Just 10 days before California's presidential primary, Greg Palast, BBC investigative journalist and author of "Armed Madhouse" and "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," will keynote a UCLA voting rights conference titled "Coloring the Vote: Race, Politics, and Disenfranchisement." The event will also feature politicians, policymakers and academics. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=8753" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:18:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Report calls on universities to increase community engagement</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/report-released-by-ucla-calls-40914.aspx?link_page_rss=40914</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/report-released-by-ucla-calls-40914.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A report published by UCLA recommends that research universities engage undergraduate and graduate students in research that addresses local community needs, develop courses that enable students to link their academic studies to service, and convene faculty seminars on civic engagement. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5756" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:26:30 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>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>UCLA holds Beat 'SC parade, rally and bonfire Nov. 29</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/beat-sc-parade-rally-and-bonfire-40543.aspx?link_page_rss=40543</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/beat-sc-parade-rally-and-bonfire-40543.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Thousands of Bruins and Bruin fans, joined by the UCLA Spirit Squad and the Bruin Marching Band, will parade through the UCLA campus to Wilson Plaza for the traditional Beat 'SC rally and bonfire. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=4758" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Carolyn Campbell</author><title>UCLA announces new Herb Alpert School of Music</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-enters-a-new-era-in-music-40261.aspx?link_page_rss=40261</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-enters-a-new-era-in-music-40261.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA announced today the formation and naming of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and a $30 million endowment gift made possible through the generosity of the renowned performer, producer and philanthropist Herb Alpert and his wife, Lani Hall Alpert. This gift from the Herb Alpert Foundation in support of the new school is the largest ever made to the arts in the University of California system and is the single largest individual gift to music higher education in the western United States. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=4103" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>UCLA ranked in top 10 for numbers of foreign students and studies abroad</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-one-of-top-schools-for-foreign-40353.aspx?link_page_rss=40353</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-one-of-top-schools-for-foreign-40353.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In a new nationwide report, UCLA ranked eighth in the number of foreign students it hosted during the 2006&#150;07 academic year and was seventh in the number of students who traveled abroad to study during 2005&#150;06. UCLA was the only University of California campus listed in the top 10 in both categories. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=3425" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:51:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Lecture by former US Ambassador to Soviet Union</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/lecture-by-former-us-ambassador-40317.aspx?link_page_rss=40317</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/lecture-by-former-us-ambassador-40317.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The International Institute will host a free public lecture titled "Living with Russia" by Jack Matlock, former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, on Monday, Nov. 19, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at UCLA (A39). <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=3186" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:57:58 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>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Israeli ambassador to U.N. to speak on Middle East Nov. 9</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/israeli-ambassador-to-un-to-speak-40174.aspx?link_page_rss=40174</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/israeli-ambassador-to-un-to-speak-40174.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Dan Gillerman, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, will present a talk titled "The Impact of the Middle East on the Global Agenda: A View From the U.N." at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, at UCLA's Dodd Hall (Room 147). <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1294" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:06:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Death of UCLA grad in Iraq inspires memorial to Bruins killed in action</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/death-of-2nd-lt-mark-j-daily-in-40210.aspx?link_page_rss=40210</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/death-of-2nd-lt-mark-j-daily-in-40210.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Army 2nd Lt. Mark J. Daily, a 23-year-old Irvine, Calif., native who wrote a poignant account of his reasons for fighting in a war he was at times ambivalent about, was killed Jan. 15 by a roadside bomb in Mosul, Iraq. His death has inspired a UCLA memorial honoring all the UCLA men and women killed in action during U.S. military conflicts since 1920. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1617" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:17:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Buddhist Scholar Robert Thurman to Speak</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/buddhist-scholar-robert-thurman-39644.aspx?link_page_rss=39644</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/buddhist-scholar-robert-thurman-39644.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[One of Time magazine's 25 most influential Americans in 1997, Robert Thurman, professor of Buddhist studies at Columbia University, will address the role of Tibetan Buddhist art, science and religion in academia and in the culture at large. His lecture... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=143" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:57:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Proposition 209 pioneer to discuss affirmative action Nov. 5</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/prop-209-pioneer-ward-connerly-40165.aspx?link_page_rss=40165</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/prop-209-pioneer-ward-connerly-40165.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On the 11th anniversary of the implementation of California's Proposition 209, chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute and former University of California regent Ward Connerly will join UCLA law professor Richard Sander and former chairman of the board of the Ayn Rand Institute Peter Schwartz for a panel discussion on affirmative action. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=772" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>Arrowhead conference center reopens after serving fire workers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/lake-arrowhead-40150.aspx?link_page_rss=40150</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/lake-arrowhead-40150.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Shut down for 10 days because of the threat of fire, UCLA's Lake Arrowhead Conference Center will reopen Thursday to welcome an international conference from UC Santa Cruz and prepare for the annual Bruin Woods Family Thanksgiving weekend. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=666" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:58:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chancellor Gene Block</author><title>Statement of Chancellor Gene Block regarding animal rights extremists</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/statement-of-ucla-chancellor-gene-40060.aspx?link_page_rss=40060</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/statement-of-ucla-chancellor-gene-40060.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Block condemned "in the strongest possible terms" a recent act of vandalism at the home of a UCLA professor and reiterated the university's "steadfast commitment to the legal use of animals in research to benefit society."  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=408" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:10:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stan Paul</author><title>Advocate for homeless to speak at School of Public Affairs Nov. 1</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/real-solutions-to-homelessness-40040.aspx?link_page_rss=40040</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/real-solutions-to-homelessness-40040.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Advisory for THURSDAY, NOV. 1
 
Joel John Roberts, author and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles-based organization People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), will speak at noon on Thursday, Nov. 1, at the UCLA School of Public Affairs.... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=494" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz</author><title>Mongolia's first lady visits UCLA Oct. 29</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-lady-of-mongolia-to-visit-40034.aspx?link_page_rss=40034</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-lady-of-mongolia-to-visit-40034.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA's International Institute will host Mongolia's first lady, Tsolmon Onon Enkhbayar, during her visit to the UCLA campus. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=327" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>Chancellor Block's statement on Southern California wildfires</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-s-statement-on-39998.aspx?link_page_rss=39998</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-s-statement-on-39998.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block today issued the following statement to the UCLA community:
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=328" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:40:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Liz Kivowitz</author><title>Inner-city kids visit dorms for safe trick-or-treating Oct. 24</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/trick-or-treat-ucla-residence-39660.aspx?link_page_rss=39660</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/trick-or-treat-ucla-residence-39660.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As part of UCLA's 19th annual "All Hill Halloween," campus residence halls will host more than 3,000 underprivileged kids for trick-or-treating and other Halloween activities.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=238" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:12:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Anderson</author><title>Summit examines impact of climate change on human health</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/toll-of-climate-change-on-human-39845.aspx?link_page_rss=39845</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/toll-of-climate-change-on-human-39845.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Preparedness was a recurrent theme during a panel discussion hosted Oct. 17 by the UCLA School of Public Health on the potential impact that changes in climate could have on people's health. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=329" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:48:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stan Paul</author><title>British consul general to discuss Northern Ireland Oct. 25</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/consular-connection-39834.aspx?link_page_rss=39834</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/consular-connection-39834.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Honorable Robert Peirce, British consul general in Los Angeles, will speak on policing and conflict resolution in Northern Ireland from noon to 1:30 p.m on Thursday, Oct. 25, at UCLA. The talk, part of the UCLA School of Public Affairs' Consular... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=330" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:51:12 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>Matthew Chin</author><title>California Secretary of State to discuss electronic voting machines at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/california-secretary-of-state-39617.aspx?link_page_rss=39617</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/california-secretary-of-state-39617.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Advisory for OCTOBER 10, 2007



WHAT: 
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, the state's chief elections officer, will deliver the keynote address at the UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing's fifth annual research review. Bowen will speak... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=8" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:33:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Harlan Lebo</author><title>Celebrating undergraduate education</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/celebrating-undergraduate-education-39627.aspx?link_page_rss=39627</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/celebrating-undergraduate-education-39627.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

UCLA hosts its first annual event to highlight innovations in undergraduate education. 

The week of events, October 8-12, includes programs that showcase UCLA&#146;s innovative programs, multidisciplinary experiences, specialized seminars, and opportunities... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=331" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kevin Roderick</author><title>Chancellor greets students</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-greets-students-39531.aspx?link_page_rss=39531</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-greets-students-39531.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block greeted students moving into residence halls on The Hill. He gave his business card to Freshman Albert Hu, who didn't recognize the new campus leader.  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=239" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:15:01 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>Seth Odell</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 27, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-27-2-8254.aspx?link_page_rss=39395</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-27-2-8254.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
NASA Mission Blasts Off
Christopher T. Russell,
UCLA professor of geophysics and space physics and principal
investigator for NASA's Dawn mission, discussed the mission's objectives in a New Zealand Herald story published today. The Daw... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=332" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:29:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Seth Odell</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 26, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-26-2-8250.aspx?link_page_rss=39391</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-26-2-8250.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
UCLA Performs Kidney
'Swap'
The Los
Angeles Daily News reports today on a living donor kidney &quot;swap&quot; performed Sept.
20 at UCLA Medical Center, in which two young donors each gave a kidney to the
other's parent. Dr. Jeffrey Veale, UCL... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=333" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:05:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Seth Odell</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 25, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-25-2-8248.aspx?link_page_rss=39389</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-25-2-8248.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
Long-Term Care for
Cancer Survivors
The Associated
Press reports today on an initiative led by Dr. Patricia Ganz, UCLA
professor of medicine and health services, to develop guidelines that will help
cancer survivors manage their long-term... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=334" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:04:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Seth Odell</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 24, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-24-2-8246.aspx?link_page_rss=39387</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-24-2-8246.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
Stress of Racism May
Shorten Lives
Today's Los
Angeles Times highlights recent research by the UCLA Center
for Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communication on Minority
Health Disparities on possible links between racial discriminatio... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=335" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:57:15 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>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 21, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-21-2-8241.aspx?link_page_rss=39382</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-21-2-8241.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
UC Board of Regents
Rejects Ban
Today's San
Francisco Chronicle reports on a UC Board of Regents decision to allow
tobacco industry-funded research grants.
 
Opinion: Tobacco
Grants Should Be Allowed
Thursday's Sacramento Bee featured
a... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=336" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:58:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 20, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-20-2-8238.aspx?link_page_rss=39379</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-20-2-8238.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
UCLA Gives Beauty
Schools a Boost
Today's Los
Angeles Times highlights a UCLA Anderson School of Management program
designed help beauty salon owners run their businesses more effectively. Alfred
Osborne, the school's senior associate dean... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=337" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:33:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stacey Ravel Abarbanel</author><title>John M.D. Pohl named a curator at Fowler Museum at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/John-M-D-Pohl-Appointed-Fowler-8229.aspx?link_page_rss=39370</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/John-M-D-Pohl-Appointed-Fowler-8229.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

John M.D. Pohl has joined the Fowler Museum at UCLA as its first curator of the arts of the Americas. In this newly created position, Pohl will assume responsibility for developing exhibitions, publications and programs on the arts and expressive... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=147" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:02:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 19, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-19-2-8232.aspx?link_page_rss=39373</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-19-2-8232.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
Prof Examines Green Living
The October edition of Reader's
Digest features an article co-authored by Matthew E. Kahn, professor at the
UCLA Institute of the Environment, analyzing the environmental fitness of
countries around the world.
 
Fre... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=338" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:46:26 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>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 18, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-18-2-8228.aspx?link_page_rss=39369</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-18-2-8228.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
New Hope for Brain
Cancer Patients
An ongoing clinical trial at UCLA's Jonsson
Comprehensive Cancer Center
that uses tissue from cancer patients' excised brain tumors to create
individualized vaccines was featured Sunday on a nationall... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=339" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:15:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 17, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-17-2-8224.aspx?link_page_rss=39365</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-17-2-8224.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
Is
Loneliness in Our Genes? 
Saturday's Los Angeles Times featured a Reuters
article on research by Dr. Steven Cole, UCLA associate
professor-in-residence of hematology and oncology at the David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA, that foun... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=340" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:05:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 14, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-14-2-8223.aspx?link_page_rss=39364</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-14-2-8223.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
Is Loneliness in Our
Genes?
The Washington
Post , WebMD
and Fox News.com
report today on research by Dr. Steven Cole, UCLA associate
professor-in-residence of hematology and oncology at the David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA, tha... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=341" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:19:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 13, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-13-2-8221.aspx?link_page_rss=39362</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-13-2-8221.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
Anderson Forecast Predicts Further Housing Woes
Today's USA
Today cites a UCLA Anderson Forecast economic report released Wednesday in
an article about the high percentage of minority homeowners who took out subprime
mortgages in 2006. Th... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=342" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:34:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 12, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-12-2-8217.aspx?link_page_rss=39358</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-12-2-8217.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
Anderson Forecast Predicts Near-Recession
The UCLA Anderson Forecast's quarterly report, released
today, on the U.S. and California economies is highlighted today by the Los
Angeles Times, the San
Francisco Chronicle, the Washington
Post... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=343" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:03:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 11, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-11-2-8215.aspx?link_page_rss=39356</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-11-2-8215.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
UCLA Stem
 Cell Center Gets $20 Million Boost
The
announcement of a $20 million gift from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to
fund stem cell research at UCLA was reported today and Monday by the Los
Angeles Daily News, The
Associate... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=344" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:59:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 10, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-10-2-8209.aspx?link_page_rss=39350</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-10-2-8209.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
UCLA Stem Cell Center Gets $20 Million
Boost
Today's
Los
Angeles Times and Los Angeles
Daily News report on a $20 million gift from the Eli and Edythe Broad
Foundation to fund stem cell research at UCLA. Dr. Owen Witte, director of
UCLA'... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=345" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:26:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>The Broad Foundation Donates $20 Million to UCLA Stem Cell Institute</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/The-Broad-Foundation-Donates-20-8208.aspx?link_page_rss=39349</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/The-Broad-Foundation-Donates-20-8208.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is donating $20 million to fund adult and embryonic stem cell research at UCLA, enhancing a program that brings together biologists, chemists, engineers, geneticists and other scientists to develop new and more... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=13" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:14:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 7, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-7-20-8205.aspx?link_page_rss=39346</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-7-20-8205.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
UCLA Alumni Donate
Medical Texts to Iraqi Doctors
The Los
Angeles Daily News reports today on the UCLA Medical Alumni Association's
donation of thousands of medical texts to physicians and health care workers in
Iraq. KPCC-89.3
FM an... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=346" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:19:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute Appoints Interim Director</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-s-California-NanoSystems-Institute-8200.aspx?link_page_rss=39341</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-s-California-NanoSystems-Institute-8200.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Leonard H. Rome, senior associate dean for research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a professor of biological chemistry, has been named interim director of UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), pending the approval of... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=347" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:43:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 6, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-6-20-8202.aspx?link_page_rss=39343</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-6-20-8202.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
Fashion Designers
Seek Copyright Protection
Kal Raustiala, UCLA professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle
 Center for International
Relations, was interviewed Wednesday on National Public Radio's Talk
of the Nation about Congressiona... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=348" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:41:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chris Stanton</author><title>UCLA Headlines September 5, 2007</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-5-20-8199.aspx?link_page_rss=39340</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Headlines-September-5-20-8199.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
New UC Think Tank
Focuses on Asian American Issues
The Sept. 5 edition of Diverse Issues
in Higher Education reports on the establishment of the University
of California's Asian American and Pacific Islander policy research program,
headquartere... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:06:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>UCLA Neurosurgery goes hog-wild over award for Tim Allen</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Neurosurgery-Goes-Hog-Wild-8189.aspx?link_page_rss=39330</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Neurosurgery-Goes-Hog-Wild-8189.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The
division of neurosurgery at UCLA Medical Center
announced today that actor and comedian Tim Allen will receive the Rodney
Respect Award Oct. 4 at its 2007 Visionary Ball fundraiser in Beverly Hills.


One
of the leading forces in television... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1290" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:51:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>