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May 07, 2013
'Instant recess' at UCLA honors legacy of Antronette (Toni) Yancey
Chancellor Gene Block and UCLA staff members gathered today for 10 minutes of exercise to honor Dr. Antronette (Toni) Yancey, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and advocate for health equity and proponent of "Instant Recess."
April 25, 2013
Antronette Yancey, professor who championed national fitness, health equity, dies
April 19, 2013
UC Santa Cruz's Virginia Steel named UCLA University Librarian
A library director for more than 11 years, Steel has significant leadership experience within the UC system and at Association of Research Libraries institutions. "She brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise and perspective to this critical role," wrote Scott Waugh, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost.
March 28, 2013
Anthropologists help bring Western health care to the world
The realization that caring for indigenous people requires more than medical knowledge and skills has brought a physician, anthropologists and others from across UCLA to learn from each other.
March 27, 2013
The Lyder side of Westwood
Courtney Lyder, the charismatic dean of UCLA’s School of Nursing, has become a regular at Westwood eateries — so much so that several of them have named cocktails or dishes after him.
March 22, 2013
Engineer invents bionic eye to help the blind
For UCLA bioengineering professor Wentai Liu, more than two decades of visionary research burst into the headlines last month when the FDA approved what it called “the first bionic eye for the blind.”
March 01, 2013
Website draws together speakers of endangered indigenous languages
A professor of world arts and cultures has set up a UCLA user-driven website where speakers of languages that could go extinct can contribute to a working dictionary, chat, post audio and video clips, play word games and create a language-learning workbook.
February 19, 2013
Obituary: Armen Alchian, 98, professor emeritus of economics at UCLA
February 15, 2013
Q&A: Terrorism expert Jeffrey Simon on Christopher Dorner and other ‘lone wolves’
Jeffrey Simon, a visiting professor of political science and expert on terrorism and political violence, is the author of a new book, “Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat."
January 25, 2013
Look to traditional cultures to solve modern-day problems, says Jared Diamond
Professor of geography Jared Diamond has spent decades exploring traditional cultures around the globe, contemplating what the modern world can learn from them and turning his observations into books that engage millions of people in new ways of thinking.
