﻿<?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, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate><title>Campus News: UCLA Newsroom</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Newsroom</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Artist John Outterbridge to deliver UC Regents Lecture at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/noted-artist-john-outterbridge-112758.aspx?link_page_rss=112758</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/noted-artist-john-outterbridge-112758.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Artist and activist Outterbridge, former director of the Watts Tower Art Center, is known for using discarded objects to make sculptures and other pieces. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355390" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>Campbell Hall reopens for classes</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campbell-hall-opens-149133.aspx?link_page_rss=149133</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campbell-hall-opens-149133.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Protesters who locked themselves in Campbell Hall on the UCLA campus left voluntarily on Thursday evening. The building has been reopened and classes will be held as scheduled today.
 
The protesters' website said their occupation... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355380" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UC Regents approve fee hikes during a second day of protests at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/regents-thursday-112839.aspx?link_page_rss=112839</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/regents-thursday-112839.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California Board of Regents, meeting at UCLA, today approved an increase in student fees next year while raucous protesters gathered on campus for a second day.
 

Faced with a state funding gap of $1.2... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355369" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>Chancellor Block statement on students occupying Campbell Hall</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-on-students-112826.aspx?link_page_rss=112826</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-on-students-112826.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[About 30 to 50 protesters locked themselves overnight in Campbell Hall on the UCLA campus. Their website says the protest began about 12:30 a.m. and is linked to the UC Regents' plan to increase student fees. The site also refers to the... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355323" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>UC Regents advance fee increases amid protests, 14 arrests</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/regents-meeting-112756.aspx?link_page_rss=112756</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/regents-meeting-112756.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Protests by students from several campuses disrupted today's UC Board of Regents meeting to consider a budget plan and fee increases.
 
UC police said 12 students and two others were arrested and cited for... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355285" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA International Institute</author><title>UCLA ranks 8th in foreign students, 5th in number of students studying abroad</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-ranks-8th-in-foreign-students-112735.aspx?link_page_rss=112735</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-ranks-8th-in-foreign-students-112735.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA is the only UC campus listed in the top 10 in either category in an annual report on U.S. colleges and universities released this week. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355288" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>2009 UCLA Awards to honor alumni for outstanding service and achievements</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-alumni-awards-2009-111887.aspx?link_page_rss=111887</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-alumni-awards-2009-111887.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block, his wife, Carol, and the UCLA Alumni Association will honor six prominent alumni for their outstanding service and professional achievements. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355209" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UC Regents will meet at UCLA Nov. 17-19</title><link>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/22357</link><guid>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/22357</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California Board of Regents will hold its regular business meeting at Covel Commons on the UCLA campus. The Regents will be briefed on a variety of issues over the three-day meeting, including finances and efforts to reopen the Martin Luther King Hospital in Los Angeles County. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355184" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:48:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mike Rodewald</author><title>NanoSystems Institute at UCLA to host global symposium on nanobiotechnology</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-nano-institute-to-host-global-112208.aspx?link_page_rss=112208</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-nano-institute-to-host-global-112208.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The symposium will explore the impact of recent nanotechnology developments in health and medicine. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355180" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Dawn Setzer</author><title>UCLA Library and Mazer Archives launch partnership</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/mazer-partnership-112038.aspx?link_page_rss=112038</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/mazer-partnership-112038.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The partnership will expand access to collections held by the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives and expand the UCLA Library's holdings in lesbian and feminist history. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354976" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Today</author><title>UCLA experts take lead in regional climate plan</title><link>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-experts-take-lead-in-regional-112040.aspx</link><guid>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-experts-take-lead-in-regional-112040.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In a unique effort to address climate change, experts with UCLA's Institute of the Environment have been tapped to administer a new countywide collaborative and help create the group's regional climate plan. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354971" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:09:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>Lincoln bicentennial celebration marks inauguration of new UCLA center</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/lincoln-bicentennial-celebration-112059.aspx?link_page_rss=112059</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/lincoln-bicentennial-celebration-112059.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA will host four days of theater, music and lectures in honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The Nov. 18–21 celebration is the inaugural event of UCLA's Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354970" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>UCLA awarded $12M for teacher preparation, professional development programs</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-awarded-14-5-million-for-111933.aspx?link_page_rss=111933</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-awarded-14-5-million-for-111933.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The grants to UCLA's Center X will fund programs designed to support teachers' development and boost student achievement at low-income Los Angeles schools. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354969" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>UCLA screenwriters win top prizes in 2009 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/goldwyn-111926.aspx?link_page_rss=111926</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/goldwyn-111926.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA students have taken the top three honors in 54th annual competition, which recognizes excellence in dramatic writing. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354607" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>Mayor honors American Indian Studies Center</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/city-honors-american-indian-studies-111924.aspx?link_page_rss=111924</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/city-honors-american-indian-studies-111924.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On Oct. 30, Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa and the Los Angeles City Council honored the UCLA American Indian Studies Center on the occasion of its 40th anniversary with an official proclamation. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354556" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:48:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Anderson</author><title>Kaiser Permanente gives $5.2 million to endow Center for Health Equity at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-kaiser-permanente-center-111410.aspx?link_page_rss=111410</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-kaiser-permanente-center-111410.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of Public Health has received a $5.2 million gift from Kaiser Permanente to endow the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity. The center, formerly known as the Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, is dedicated... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354506" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>State awards $49.2 million to UCLA stem cell scientists to develop new therapies for disease</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/state-grants-totaling-49-19-million-111822.aspx?link_page_rss=111822</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/state-grants-totaling-49-19-million-111822.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Three scientists were awarded major grants to translate leading-edge stem cell science into new therapies for sickle cell disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354493" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Stabbing victim released from hospital</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/stabbing-victim-released-from-111584.aspx?link_page_rss=111584</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/stabbing-victim-released-from-111584.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The student injured in the Oct. 8 stabbing in a campus chemistry lab has been released from Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354335" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:36:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UCLA places advertisement in support of animal research</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-places-advertisement-in-support-111386.aspx?link_page_rss=111386</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-places-advertisement-in-support-111386.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Building on efforts to promote the importance of lifesaving research involving animals, UCLA has placed a full-page advertisement in the Los Angeles Times urging people to sign a petition. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349360" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Today</author><title>Parents' Weekend 2009</title><link>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/big-bash-for-bruin-parents-111167.aspx</link><guid>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/big-bash-for-bruin-parents-111167.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Parents’ Weekend begins on Oct. 16, more than 3,300 Bruin parents, students and family members will converge on campus to share the best the university has to offer. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=341240" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:34:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Dianne Dillingham</author><title>Jacobs Engineering CEO to speak at UCLA Anderson on business leadership</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jacobs-engineering-ceo-to-speak-111270.aspx?link_page_rss=111270</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jacobs-engineering-ceo-to-speak-111270.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Craig Martin, president and CEO of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., will speak at UCLA Anderson on business leadership in the next decade. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=339353" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>UCLA, birthplace of the Internet, celebrates 40th anniversary of network's creation</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/birthplace-of-the-internet-celebrates-111333.aspx?link_page_rss=111333</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/birthplace-of-the-internet-celebrates-111333.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In honor of the 40th anniversary of the birth of the Internet at UCLA, UCLA Engineering presents a daylong celebration and forum exploring the online opportunities and challenges ahead. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=339845" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chancellor Gene D. Block</author><title>Follow-up to attack in Young Hall from Chancellor Block</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/follow-up-to-attack-in-young-hall-111334.aspx?link_page_rss=111334</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/follow-up-to-attack-in-young-hall-111334.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A message to the UCLA campus from Chancellor Gene Block as following up on the Oct. 8 stabbing attack on a student in Young Hall.
 
To the Campus Community:
 
I know that many of you are feeling unsettled and perhaps even vulnerable in... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=337843" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:12:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>Student stabbing victim out of danger, suspect pleads not guilty</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/student-stabbing-victim-out-of-111266.aspx?link_page_rss=111266</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/student-stabbing-victim-out-of-111266.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA senior who was injured in an Oct. 8 stabbing attack on campus is recovering, doctors said today. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=334469" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy Birthday, Coach Wooden</title><link>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/happy-birthday-coach-111276.aspx</link><guid>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/happy-birthday-coach-111276.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Oct. 14, Coach John Wooden is turning 99 — and you can help him celebrate by wishing him a happy birthday. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=334700" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:26:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media relations &amp; Public Outreach</author><title>Great California ShakeOut drill coming on Thursday morning</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/great-american-shakeout-message-111205.aspx?link_page_rss=111205</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/great-american-shakeout-message-111205.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Jack Powazek, UCLA associate vice chancellor for general services, sent this message to the campus regarding an earthquake drill to be held Thursday, Oct. 15, at 10:15 a.m. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=334101" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Anderson</author><title>UCLA gets $4.8M to create Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-public-health-awarded-111156.aspx?link_page_rss=111156</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-public-health-awarded-111156.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The CDC award will fund efforts to improve the ability of public health agencies to prepare for and deal with disasters. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=334701" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kelsey Sharpe</author><title>UCLA alumna Elinor Ostrom wins 2009 Nobel Prize in economics</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-alumna-elinor-ostrom-wins-111209.aspx?link_page_rss=111209</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-alumna-elinor-ostrom-wins-111209.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Elinor Ostrom, the 2009 Nobel laureate in economics, is the fifth UCLA graduate and the first alumna to win a Nobel. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=330873" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>Police investigate stabbing in campus teaching lab; victim improving</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/incident-111158.aspx?link_page_rss=111158</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/incident-111158.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Block visited the victim in the hospital on Oct. 9 as UCLA police and the LAPD continued their investigation into the Oct. 8 attack. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=321711" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations &amp; Public Outreach</author><title>Chancellor Block's statement on stabbing incident in Young Hall</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-s-statement-on-incident-111179.aspx?link_page_rss=111179</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-s-statement-on-incident-111179.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Chancellor Gene Block issued this statement on the Oct. 8 stabbing of a student in Young Hall:
 
To the Campus Community:
 
We are all shocked by the attack that occurred in one of our chemistry teaching labs today.  I know you... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=324624" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:27:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Minne Ho</author><title>Crime forum</title><link>http://www.spa.ucla.edu/main2.cfm?d=xr&amp;f=news.cfm&amp;s=school&amp;news_id=25443</link><guid>http://www.spa.ucla.edu/main2.cfm?d=xr&amp;f=news.cfm&amp;s=school&amp;news_id=25443</guid><description><![CDATA[Addressing record incarceration rates across the U.S. and the boom in the prison population, the UCLA School of Public Affairs launched the first in a series of public discussions on critical national issues with the opening of the Rosenfield Forums at the National Press Club in Washington DC. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=321433" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:16:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shilo Munk and Caroline Blackburn</author><title>Architect Thom Mayne, UCLA students create floating house for New Orleans residents</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/professor-students-create-floating-111023.aspx?link_page_rss=111023</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/professor-students-create-floating-111023.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As part of a mission to catalyze the redevelopment of flood-ravaged New Orleans, Professor Thom Mayne and seven UCLA graduate students have created the first floating house permitted in the U.S.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=315854" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:55:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Two of three students arrested in stabbing released from custody</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/two-of-three-students-arrested-109859.aspx?link_page_rss=109859</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/two-of-three-students-arrested-109859.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA students, arrested in connection with a Sept. 22 fight and stabbing at an off-campus party, were released Oct. 5, pending further investigation. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=313847" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:22:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shaukat Aziz at UCLA</title><link>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/former-pakistani-pm-urges-open-102706.aspx</link><guid>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/former-pakistani-pm-urges-open-102706.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As the Obama administration decides whether to send thousands of additional U.S. troops into Afghanistan, the former Pakistani prime minister told more than 200 people at the James West Alumni Center that the conflict cannot be ended by a military solution alone. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=306635" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:44:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Police arrest seven in stabbing at fraternity party</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/police-arrest-seven-in-stabbing-102656.aspx?link_page_rss=102656</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/police-arrest-seven-in-stabbing-102656.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The suspects were arrested in connection with a fight and stabbing that left three students injured, one seriously, at an off-campus party hosted by a fraternity last month. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=303695" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>UCLA gets $2.5M to fund development program for computer science teachers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-receives-2-5-million-grant-102576.aspx?link_page_rss=102576</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-receives-2-5-million-grant-102576.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The grant from the National Science Foundation supports a UCLA-LAUSD partnership to address the need for high-quality computer science instruction in Los Angeles public schools. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=303238" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Students, faculty, staff rally on campus&amp;nbsp;in response to&amp;nbsp;budget crisis&amp;nbsp;</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/students-faculty-and-staff-rally-102459.aspx?link_page_rss=102459</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/students-faculty-and-staff-rally-102459.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of students, faculty and staff rallied in Bruin Plaza today to express their concern about the future of UCLA and the UC amid an unprecedented reduction in state funding and the institution of fee increases, furloughs and layoffs to address the budget crisis. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286782" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:02:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mona Gable</author><title>A target of violence</title><link>http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/target_of_violence.html</link><guid>http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/target_of_violence.html</guid><description><![CDATA[More than at any other university, UCLA faculty have been the targets of violent animal rights extremists. The work these scientists do saves lives, and the subjects of their research are treated humanely and with great compassion. But that hasn't stopped the bombs, the death threats or the predations of fanatics for whom no compromise is acceptable. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286780" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mona Gable</author><title>A target of violence</title><link>http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/target_of_violence.html</link><guid>http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/target_of_violence.html</guid><description><![CDATA[More than at any other university, UCLA faculty have been the targets of violent animal rights extremists. The work these scientists do saves lives, and the subjects of their research are treated humanely and with great compassion. But that hasn't stopped the bombs, the death threats or the predations of fanatics for whom no compromise is acceptable. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286780" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Gene Block</author><title>Chancellor Block message regarding flu caused by H1N1 virus</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-message-regarding-102453.aspx?link_page_rss=102453</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-message-regarding-102453.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Chancellor Gene Block distributed this message to UCLA staff on Sept. 24, 2009, the first day of the fall quarter's classes.
 
Dear Colleagues,
 
As we begin classes today, we are aware that there is widespread concern regarding flu... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286764" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:04:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>Background on Sept. 24 rally at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/sept-24-rally.aspx?link_page_rss=102436</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/sept-24-rally.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Information regarding rally planned by labor unions, faculty and students for Thursday, Sept. 24, on all University of California campuses. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286779" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:05:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Thousands of UCLA students&amp;nbsp;blanket city for Volunteer Day</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/4-600-blanket-city-for-volunteer-102334.aspx?link_page_rss=102334</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/4-600-blanket-city-for-volunteer-102334.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In what is believed to be the nation's largest-ever university-organized volunteer day, 4,300 UCLA students fanned out across Los Angeles Tuesday morning to make the city a better place. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=281941" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:59:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCPD crime alert reminds campus community to stay alert and safe</title><link>http://www.ucpd.ucla.edu/2009/09-2265.pdf</link><guid>http://www.ucpd.ucla.edu/2009/09-2265.pdf</guid><description><![CDATA[Police post description of a suspect in an evening robbery in the elevator of parking structure 7. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=278903" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:04:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther and Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>UCLA deploying 5,000 new students to volunteer throughout L.A. on Sept. 22</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-deploying-5-000-new-students-101980.aspx?link_page_rss=101980</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-deploying-5-000-new-students-101980.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Expanding its commitment to community service, UCLA will send thousands of freshmen and transfer students to sites in local neighborhoods. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=268031" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sandra Shagat</author><title>UCLA School of Dentistry to build new cancer research facility</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dental-school-to-build-new-cancer-101847.aspx?link_page_rss=101847</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dental-school-to-build-new-cancer-101847.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The NIH has awarded the dental school more than $5 million for the state-of-the-art complex, which will consolidate and expand the school's ongoing translational research on oral cancer.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=259604" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UCLA, LAUSD partner to open pilot school</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-lausd-partner-to-open-pilot-100494.aspx?link_page_rss=100494</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-lausd-partner-to-open-pilot-100494.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Community School, an innovative new UCLA–LAUSD pilot school partnership, is committed to providing high-quality education in one of the city's most underserved neighborhoods. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=247102" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Waxman, Pavley and others link security and climate at UCLA forum</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/climate-forum-at-ucla-100016.aspx?link_page_rss=100016</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/climate-forum-at-ucla-100016.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Environmental experts, from professors doing the research to elected officials shaping the policies, convened at UCLA Aug. 21 for a forum tackling climate change. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=217442" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:59:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>Rep. Henry A. Waxman, state Sen. Fran Pavley host climate change forum at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rep-henry-a-waxman-state-sen-fran-99881.aspx?link_page_rss=99881</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rep-henry-a-waxman-state-sen-fran-99881.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Watch live webcast of Waxman-Pavley climate change forum from UCLA Friday, Aug. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=217319" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:16:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>Subway to the sea progress</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/subway-to-the-sea-progress-99875.aspx?link_page_rss=99875</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/subway-to-the-sea-progress-99875.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Chancellor Gene Block joined Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other local officials at an Aug. 20 press conference in Westwood announcing the completion of exploratory drilling for the proposed Westside Subway Extension.
 
Also... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=215851" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:58:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>UCLA ends student Undie Run due to safety concerns</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-ends-student-undie-run-due-97231.aspx?link_page_rss=97231</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-ends-student-undie-run-due-97231.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Primarily citing safety concerns, UCLA administrators told student leaders Tuesday that the university will no longer allow the Undie Run, an unofficial campus tradition. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=180698" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Dawn Setzer</author><title>UCLA Library project to highlight L.A.'s cultures, communities, histories</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/collecting-los-angeles-96365.aspx?link_page_rss=96365</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/collecting-los-angeles-96365.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["Collecting Los Angeles" will gather, preserve, interpret and make accessible special collections, photo archives, oral histories, maps and materials on Los Angeles history, politics and the arts. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=171121" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>UCLA scientists present first genetic evidence for why placebos work</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-genetic-evidence-for-why-96163.aspx?link_page_rss=96163</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-genetic-evidence-for-why-96163.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers report that in people suffering from major depressive disorder, genes that influence the brain's reward pathways may modulate the response to placebos. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=166672" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Campus lab safety committee presents recommendations to chancellor</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-lab-safety-committee-presents-96081.aspx?link_page_rss=96081</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-lab-safety-committee-presents-96081.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On the heels of significant steps already taken in the last six months to improve laboratory safety programs, a campus committee conducting a comprehensive review has recommended a number of additional changes that would expand outreach and training and develop a stronger culture of safety.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=161465" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>Local teachers to eat up international studies at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/local-teachers-to-eat-up-international-95779.aspx?link_page_rss=95779</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/local-teachers-to-eat-up-international-95779.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA's 10-day summer training workshop for K-12 teachers looks at food's role in culture, politics, history, society, class, ethnicity, identity and religion. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156833" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>UCLA not impacted by fire in Sepulveda Pass</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-not-impacted-by-fire-in-sepulevda-95506.aspx?link_page_rss=95506</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-not-impacted-by-fire-in-sepulevda-95506.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A brush fire west of the Interstate 405 freeway is being monitored by campus officials. UCLA is not within the fire zone and has not been affected.
 
Media reports say the J. Paul Getty Museum and Mount St. Mary's College are being evacuated... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156776" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:07:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>Ken Ziffren of Ziffren Brittenham gives $1 million to UCLA School of Law</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ken-ziffren-of-ziffren-brittenham-94996.aspx?link_page_rss=94996</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ken-ziffren-of-ziffren-brittenham-94996.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA School of Law has received a minimum $1-million leadership gift in support of the law school’s $100-million Campaign for UCLA School of Law. The gift from Ellen and Ken Ziffren, ’65, will support the highest priority needs of the school, under the direction of the dean. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156772" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UCLA withdraws its appeal in lab death investigation</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-drops-appeal-in-lab-death-95060.aspx?link_page_rss=95060</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-drops-appeal-in-lab-death-95060.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA has withdrawn its limited appeal of the California Division of Occupational Safety & Health (Cal/OSHA) report dealing with that agency’s investigation into a December 29, 2008, laboratory accident and subsequent death of staff research associate Sheharbano (Sheri) Shangji. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155502" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:15:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>Provost to talk budget on local public radio program</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/provost-on-kcrw-95066.aspx?link_page_rss=95066</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/provost-on-kcrw-95066.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155475" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:15:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Weekend flood reshuffles summer class locations in Dodd Hall </title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dodd-hall-flooding-reshuffles-95018.aspx?link_page_rss=95018</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dodd-hall-flooding-reshuffles-95018.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than a dozen summer classes were relocated after a pipe burst in Dodd Hall over the weekend, flooding the first and second floors of the building. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155429" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:25:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>Statement on the death of Michael Jackson at UCLA Medical Center</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/media-reports-that-michael-jackson-94914.aspx?link_page_rss=94914</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/media-reports-that-michael-jackson-94914.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson, passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 2:26 p.m.  The cause of his death is unknown until results of the autopsy are known. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155349" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:05:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Budget town hall draws crowd to Pauley Pavilion</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/budget-town-hall-94863.aspx?link_page_rss=94863</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/budget-town-hall-94863.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[An estimated 2,500 UCLA employees massed in Pauley Pavilion today for a Q&A with Chancellor Gene Block and other campus officials, seeking details about a proposed UC-wide pay cut and other budget issues.

 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155306" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:06:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>Costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis named to Copley Chair at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/costume-designer-deborah-nadoolman-94585.aspx?link_page_rss=94585</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/costume-designer-deborah-nadoolman-94585.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Deborah Nadoolman Landis, an Academy Award-nominated costume designer and scholar, will occupy the David C. Copley Chair for the Study of Costume Design at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155289" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>UCLA's main commencement ceremony</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/activist-dolores-huerta-musician-94107.aspx?link_page_rss=94107</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/activist-dolores-huerta-musician-94107.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Some 4,100 graduating students and approximately 9,000 family, freinds and guests are expected to attend the commencement ceremony June 12 in Pauley Pavilion. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154621" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>UCLA student filmmakers to be honored with directing awards</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-student-filmmakers-honored-93907.aspx?link_page_rss=93907</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-student-filmmakers-honored-93907.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA has announced the winners of its Directors Spotlight competition, nine outstanding student filmmakers whose work will be screened at Westwood's Mann Bruin Theater June 11. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154493" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>Statement regarding Cal/OSHA citations</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-files-technical-appeal-93727.aspx?link_page_rss=93727</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-files-technical-appeal-93727.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Kevin Reed, UCLA vice chancellor for legal affairs, has released a statement about Cal/OSHA's citations concerning UCLA laboratory safety programs. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154139" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>Linkin Park's Brad Delson to keynote UCLA commencement</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/linkin-park-s-brad-delson-to-keynote-93860.aspx?link_page_rss=93860</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/linkin-park-s-brad-delson-to-keynote-93860.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Brad Delson, a UCLA alumnus and lead guitarist for the Grammy-winning band Linkin Park, will deliver keynote remarks at the UCLA College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony on June 12, campus officials announced today. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154115" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:26:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>Oscar-winning 'Milk' screenwriter to be honored at UCLA film festival event</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/oscar-winning-milk-screenwriter-93687.aspx?link_page_rss=93687</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/oscar-winning-milk-screenwriter-93687.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA alumnus and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black will be honored with UCLA's Distinguished Achievement in Screenwriting award at the Screenwriters Showcase June 10. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154036" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>James Franco not speaking at UCLA commencement ceremony</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/james-franco-not-speaking-at-commencement-93699.aspx?link_page_rss=93699</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/james-franco-not-speaking-at-commencement-93699.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Actor and UCLA alumnus James Franco will not speak, as previously scheduled, at UCLA's College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony on June 12 at Pauley Pavilion, campus officials announced. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154003" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Caroline Blackburn</author><title>UCLA's Architecture and Urban Design Dept. opens 'Rumble' exposition</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-architecture-and-urban-design-93235.aspx?link_page_rss=93235</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-architecture-and-urban-design-93235.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The exposition features projects completed by students in conjunction with departmental faculty and work by department alumni that redefine the provocative opportunities confronting the next generation of architects.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=153605" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Minne Ho</author><title>Juvenile reentry from incarceration: Families speak out at UCLA event</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/juvenile-reentry-from-incarceration-93295.aspx?link_page_rss=93295</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/juvenile-reentry-from-incarceration-93295.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Parents of youth returning from the juvenile justice system share their experiences and discuss their support needs with social service practitioners, corrections professionals and social work researchers. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=153515" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Minne Ho</author><title>Word from the streets: Former gang members speak out through poetry</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/word-from-the-streets-former-gang-93293.aspx?link_page_rss=93293</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/word-from-the-streets-former-gang-93293.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Department of Social Welfare presents a public reading of poetry written by the poets of Homeboy Industries — one of the most widely recognized gang intervention and reentry programs in America. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=153514" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>More than 1,000 young students come to UCLA for Teach Africa Youth Forum</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/1200-middle-and-high-school-students-92822.aspx?link_page_rss=92822</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/1200-middle-and-high-school-students-92822.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The daylong Teach Africa Youth Forum will provide young people and educators with a better understanding and greater appreciation of Africa and its role in the global community. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=153199" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>Chancellor Block 'greatly concerned' about budget deficit</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-on-budget-93202.aspx?link_page_rss=93202</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chancellor-block-on-budget-93202.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor says in a statement hat "we do know that the cuts will be severe, and there is no question that we are facing difficult and painful choices." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=153034" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:07:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Minne Ho</author><title>Climate planning in action: Strategies for compliance with California legislation</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/climate-planning-in-action-strategies-93193.aspx?link_page_rss=93193</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/climate-planning-in-action-strategies-93193.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA's Leon Hoffman Urban Technology Symposium on Climate Action Planning brings together leading practitioners and researchers to address questions facing those tasked with implementing state, regional and local climate action plans. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=153033" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 23:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>UCLA student body president to deliver speech at UCLA commencement</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/usac-president-homaira-hosseini-92890.aspx?link_page_rss=92890</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/usac-president-homaira-hosseini-92890.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Homaira Hosseini, who fled war-torn Afghanistan as a young child, says she dedicated to aiding "people afflicted by the scourge of conflict and injustice." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=153022" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 21:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>UCLA students pitch their films to pros at Producers Marketplace competition</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-students-pitch-their-films-92369.aspx?link_page_rss=92369</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-students-pitch-their-films-92369.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Five graduate students from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television will present their film ideas to a distinguished panel of judges during the annual Producers Marketplace event on Monday, June 8. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=152612" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Teri Bond</author><title>'Simpsons' animator David Silverman to be honored at UCLA animation festival</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/simpsons-animator-silverman-to-91079.aspx?link_page_rss=91079</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/simpsons-animator-silverman-to-91079.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA alumnus David Silverman, director of numerous episodes of the hit show "The Simpsons," as well as the 2007 feature film based on the FOX series, will be honored as the first recipient of UCLA's Outstanding Contribution to Animation award on Saturday, June 6. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=152535" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jessie Singh</author><title>UCLA presents Cole Porter's 'Anything Goes'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-presents-cole-porter-s-anything-92481.aspx?link_page_rss=92481</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-presents-cole-porter-s-anything-92481.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[With music and lyrics by Cole Porter and an original book by, among others, P.G. Wodehouse, "Anything Goes" is one of the most enduringly popular musicals in the American repertory. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=152517" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 22:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>David Chute</author><title>UCLA Festival 2009 celebrates student work in film and theater</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-festival-2009-celebrates-92474.aspx?link_page_rss=92474</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-festival-2009-celebrates-92474.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["UCLA Festival 2009: New Creative Work" (June 5-13) features the newest work by students from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. More than 100 films will be screened at UCLA and other locations throughout the week.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=152297" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>Anderson Cooper delivers Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/cooper-speaks-at-ucla-92486.aspx?link_page_rss=92486</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/cooper-speaks-at-ucla-92486.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Anderson told the audience of 900 that he while can't save lives or change the course of history, he can "bear witness to people's struggles and tell their stories." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=152175" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 20:20:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>UCLA and former student settle Taser case</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-and-former-student-settle-92329.aspx?link_page_rss=92329</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-and-former-student-settle-92329.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The student and UCLA issue a public announcement concerning the resolution of litigation concerning the student's interaction with campus police in November 2006. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=152058" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>VC Powe</author><title>Prominent Mexican entrepreneur to discuss microfinance, social responsibility</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/prominent-mexican-entrepreneur-91577.aspx?link_page_rss=91577</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/prominent-mexican-entrepreneur-91577.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of Public Affairs and the Center for International Business Education Research present a discussion with Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego, chairman and founder of Grupo Salinas, one of the most successful business conglomerates in Mexico. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=151981" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Businessman convicted in scheme to sell body parts</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/businessman-convicted-in-scheme-91701.aspx?link_page_rss=91701</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/businessman-convicted-in-scheme-91701.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A Los Angeles County jury found a Rancho Cucamonga businessman guilty of grand theft by embezzlement, tax evasion and other felonies in connection with a scheme to sell body parts donated to UCLA's medical school. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=151975" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:33:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mona Gable</author><title>UCLA to host fourth annual Latina/o Education Summit</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-the-fourth-annual-latina-91561.aspx?link_page_rss=91561</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-the-fourth-annual-latina-91561.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and UC/ACCORD host this a one-day conference focusing on critical issues affecting immigrant and undocumented students in the education pipepline. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=151884" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mona Gable</author><title>UCLA Asian American Studies Center celebrates 40th anniversary</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-asian-american-studies-91451.aspx?link_page_rss=91451</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-s-asian-american-studies-91451.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Asian American Studies Center, founded in 1969, is widely recognized as the leading research and teaching institution in Asian American studies in the country. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=151757" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Anthropologist approved by UC Regents as UCLA's dean of social sciences</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/anthropologist-selected-by-uc-91068.aspx?link_page_rss=91068</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/anthropologist-selected-by-uc-91068.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UC Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Alessandro "Sandro" Duranti, a linguistic anthropologist, as dean of the UCLA Division of Social Sciences, one of five components that make up UCLA's College of Letters and Science. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=151101" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 07:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>Huffington, Stone, Franco top list of UCLA commencement speakers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/arianna-huffington-oliver-stone-89350.aspx?link_page_rss=89350</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/arianna-huffington-oliver-stone-89350.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Political columnist Arianna Huffington, filmmaker Oliver Stone, actor James Franco and a host of other distinguished speakers will deliver keynote remarks at UCLA's commencement ceremonies, which begin May 8 and run through June 13. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=151052" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Susanna Park</author><title>UCLA Anderson hosts panel on global climate change</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-anderson-hosts-panel-on-global-90545.aspx?link_page_rss=90545</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-anderson-hosts-panel-on-global-90545.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Panelists will explain the scientific uncertainties and ongoing debate over climate change and will provide insight into future climate change policies. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=150898" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 18:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>DOE to fund multimillion-dollar energy research center at UCLA Engineering</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-multi-million-dollar-energy-90536.aspx?link_page_rss=90536</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-multi-million-dollar-energy-90536.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The new center will focus on the creation and production of nanoscale materials for use in converting solar energy into electricity, electrical energy storage, and capturing and separating greenhouse gases. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=150589" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>CNN's Anderson Cooper to deliver Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/cnn-s-anderson-cooper-to-deliver-90496.aspx?link_page_rss=90496</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/cnn-s-anderson-cooper-to-deliver-90496.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The lecture series, which honors murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, features scholars, journalists and policymakers who have contributed original analyses or constructive approaches to problems of international concern. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=150354" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>Campus receives findings in lab death, recommits to safety</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-accepts-finding-in-lab-90542.aspx?link_page_rss=90542</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-accepts-finding-in-lab-90542.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA has received the findings of an investigation by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) into a UCLA laboratory accident that led to the death of a staff research assistant on Jan. 16. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=150093" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 04:53:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon</author><title>4 UCLA students to receive UCLA humanitarian award for community service</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/4-ucla-students-to-receive-ucla-90390.aspx?link_page_rss=90390</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/4-ucla-students-to-receive-ucla-90390.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This year's student honorees — who will receive their awards at a private ceremony May 6  — will each receive $700, to be donated to a public service project of their choice. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=149588" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 16:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>3 UCLA professors elected to National Academy of Sciences</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/three-ucla-professors-elected-90382.aspx?link_page_rss=90382</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/three-ucla-professors-elected-90382.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The election of this year's UCLA members — who are among 72 new members from across the U.S. and 18 foreign associates from 15 countries — brings the number of current UCLA academy members to 33. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=147569" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:12:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Minne Hong Ho</author><title>UCLA forum brings together experts to address California's foreclosure crisis</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-forum-brings-together-experts-90249.aspx?link_page_rss=90249</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-forum-brings-together-experts-90249.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This UCLA conference brings together academics, community-based practitioners, policymakers, private-sector actors and the foundation community to discuss the local effects of the crisis and chart a new course for recovery. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=147476" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swine flu questions and answers for the UCLA community</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/swine-flu-questions-and-answers-90294.aspx?link_page_rss=90294</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/swine-flu-questions-and-answers-90294.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Dr. Jo Ann Dawson, director of UCLA's Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, answered questions about the swine flu outbreak that triggered the declaration of a U.S. public health emergency:
 
Q: What are the symptoms of the swine... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=146780" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:34:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Office of Media Relations</author><title>3 injured when heavy winds knock down scaffolding at book festival</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/3-injured-when-heavy-winds-knock-89820.aspx?link_page_rss=89820</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/3-injured-when-heavy-winds-knock-89820.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Three people were injured today when heavy winds blew over a truss at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus, UCLA police and fire officials said. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=146018" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Rewards offered in crimes targeting campus researchers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rewards-offered-in-crimes-targeting-89770.aspx?link_page_rss=89770</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rewards-offered-in-crimes-targeting-89770.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA, the FBI, the city of Los Angeles and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are offering up to $475,000 in reward money in connection with crimes targeting UCLA researchers who use animals in their work. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=146002" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:03:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Roxanne Moster</author><title>UCLA ranks 11th among U.S. medical schools in annual survey</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-ranks-in-top-20-among-u-s-89487.aspx?link_page_rss=89487</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-ranks-in-top-20-among-u-s-89487.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ranks 11th among the nation's research-based medical schools and 10th among primary care medical school programs, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of the best graduate schools in the United States. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=145582" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:01:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Minne Ho</author><title>Report finds troubling health trends in state's Asian, Pacific communities</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-uncover-trends-89243.aspx?link_page_rss=89243</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-uncover-trends-89243.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new report by UCLA researchers reveals higher-than-average rates of cancer, childhood obesity and diabetes, and an alarmingly high population of the uninsured, among California's Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=145473" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Supporters of biomedical research rally on campus</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/supporters-of-biomedical-research-89486.aspx?link_page_rss=89486</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/supporters-of-biomedical-research-89486.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Several hundred UCLA faculty, students and staff gathered at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue Wednesday morning to support biomedical research that involves laboratory animals. They are expected to march through campus to the Court of Sciences for a noon rally.
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