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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:25:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: U.S. jobless rate rises to 10.2%</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 10.2 percent in October, its highest level since 1983. In California, unemployment was at 12.2 percent. UCLA has faculty with expertise on unemployment and the economy.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355012" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA Library and Mazer Archives launch partnership</title>
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<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 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA experts take lead in regional climate plan</title>
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<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 11:09:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lincoln bicentennial celebration marks inauguration of new UCLA center</title>
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<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 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA Anderson presents Bruce Mallen Workshop in Motion Picture Industry Studies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The event brings together top academic scholars and industry professionals to discuss research on film financing, production, marketing, distribution and exhibition.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354956" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Statement by Gerald Levey</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Statement from Gerald S. Levey, vice chancellor of medical sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, on the naming of his successor:
 
I believe the selection of A. Eugene Washington to serve as the next dean of the David...<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354948" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:26:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A. Eugene Washington appointed as dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences at UCLA</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/a-eugene-washington-appointed-112067.aspx?link_page_rss=112067</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Message to UCLA administrative officers, deans, department chairs, directors, vice chancellors and faculty of the medical echool and medical sciences from Scott Waugh, executive vice chancellor and provost:
 
Dear Colleagues:
 
I...<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354947" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:06:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A. Eugene Washington appointed dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences</title>
<link>http://evc.ucla.edu/executive-searches/appointment-of-a.-eugene-washington-as-dean-of-the-david-geffen-school-of-medicine-and-vice-chancellor-of-health-sciences-at-ucla</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Washington was proposed to the Board of Regents as dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine and vice chancellor of health sciences at UCLA, effective February 1, 2010.
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Astellas, Medivation to develop, commercialize MDV3100 for treatment of prostate cancer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Jung, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and his research group designed and synthesized the molecule that has become Medivation's investigational prostate-cancer drug.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354949" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug lovastatin</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The laboratory research could potentially lead to the development of other compounds with similarly beneficial effects.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354901" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA astronaut K. Megan McArthur to speak at UCLA Engineering's annual awards dinner</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In May 2009, McArthur served aboard STS-125, the final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354899" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Colon cancer screening more effective earlier in day, study finds</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/colon-cancer-screening-more-effective-111759.aspx?link_page_rss=111759</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Early-morning colonoscopies yielded more polyps per patient than later screenings, researchers found.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354897" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New York Marathon winner</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UCLA alum Meb Keflezighi is the first American man to win the New York City Marathon since 1982<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354595" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Statement on UCLA's organ transplantation program</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Statement responding to Nov. 1, 2009, news broadcast on liver transplants at UCLA.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354594" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:56:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Mayor to announce new L.A. police chief</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-111940.aspx?link_page_rss=111940</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday will announce his selection of the city's new police chief, who will succeed William Bratton. UCLA has experts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354592" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:15:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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 15:48:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Collapse of communism, 20 years later</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-111809.aspx?link_page_rss=111809</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Twenty years ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, signaling the imminent collapse of communist rule throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union. UCLA faculty members with expertise on the subject are available to the media, and several will participate in a Nov. 6 UCLA symposium on the subject.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354552" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Why do animals, especially males, have so many different colors?</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/why-do-animals-especially-males-111815.aspx?link_page_rss=111815</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In new research, UCLA scientists claim that "secondary sexual traits" like coloring may let animals know which species to avoid fighting.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354553" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yeazell appointed interim dean at UCLA School of Law</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/interim-dean-appointed-at-law-111893.aspx?link_page_rss=111893</link>
<guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/interim-dean-appointed-at-law-111893.aspx</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Scott L. Waugh, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, announced the appointment in a message to campus leadership.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354524" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:18:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Nation's GDP rose 3.5 percent in third quarter</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-111876.aspx?link_page_rss=111876</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. economy grew last quarter for the first time in a year, with the nation's gross domestic product rising 3.5 percent between July and September. UCLA has experts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354516" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:13:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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 09:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<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 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pediatric patients experience Halloween fun at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pediatric-patients-experience-111760.aspx?link_page_rss=111760</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite being in the hospital, pediatric patients will get to celebrate Halloween by dressing up in costumes, face-painting and watching a magic show.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354448" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ray Mabus at UCLA</title>
<link>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/navy-secretary-thanks-ucla-team-111615.aspx</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Oct. 22 to learn more about Operation Mend and thank the medical staff who offer reconstructive surgery to soldiers wounded in the Middle East.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354444" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:25:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two UCLA Engineering professors named to endowed chairs in electrical engineering</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/two-ucla-engineering-professors-111448.aspx?link_page_rss=111448</link>
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<description><![CDATA[M.C. Frank Chang will hold the Wintek Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering, and Alan N. Willson Jr. will hold the Charles P. Reames Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354419" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA historian attempts to revive reputation of Union general, Reconstruction president</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-historian-attempts-to-revive-109861.aspx?link_page_rss=109861</link>
<guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-historian-attempts-to-revive-109861.aspx</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In a new book, UCLA historian Joan Waugh argues that Ulysses S. Grant deserves to be remembered with as much reverence and gratitude as Abraham Lincoln.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354412" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ocean protector</title>
<link>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/10-questions-for-richard-ambrose-111439.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:31:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Twin efforts to increase student support announced</title>
<link>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/22193</link>
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<description><![CDATA[We must ensure that students have the financial means to attend and thrive at UCLA," Chancellor says of $500 million Bruin Scholars Initiative launched in January 2009.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354364" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fowler Museum presents 'Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth,' Jan 10–May 30, 2010</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/fowler-museum-presents-the-traveling-111442.aspx?link_page_rss=111442</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The exhibition includes 35 of the Chicago-based artist's "Soundsuits" — mixed-media sculptures named for the sounds made when the "suits" are performed.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354363" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA report finds volunteerism up, revenues down at Los Angeles nonprofits</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-report-finds-volunteerism-111537.aspx?link_page_rss=111537</link>
<guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-report-finds-volunteerism-111537.aspx</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nonprofits face difficult challenges in the economic downturn, but many have fared better than expected in preserving staffing, programs and expenditures, new research shows. 
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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 10:36:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center receives award for excellence in heart care</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ronald-reagan-ucla-medical-center-111419.aspx?link_page_rss=111419</link>
<guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ronald-reagan-ucla-medical-center-111419.aspx</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The hospital has been honored by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association for its success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354304" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care, study finds</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/feelings-of-stigmatization-often-111188.aspx?link_page_rss=111188</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The feeling of stigmatization patients often experience doesn't only exact a psychological toll — it may also lead to negative health outcomes.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354311" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>KCET’s Val Zavala Opens 2009-2010 Senior Fellows Cohort at the UCLA School of Public Affairs</title>
<link>http://www.spa.ucla.edu/main2.cfm?d=xr&amp;f=news.cfm&amp;s=school&amp;news_id=25482</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:27:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Message on the budget from Chancellor Gene Block</title>
<link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/message-on-the-budget-from-chancellor-111494.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:12:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2009 “Alternative Nobel Prize” Winner Headlines UCLA U.S.-Canada Energy Event</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The conference explores current policy issues and explores how entrepreneurs, innovators and energy companies are working to design solutions to lead North America to a greener economic future.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354248" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:42:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Karzai's election victory invalidated in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-111478.aspx?link_page_rss=111478</link>
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<description><![CDATA[A U.N.–backed panel has found that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's August election victory was marred by nearly 1 million fraudulent votes. A runoff election between Karzai and former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has been scheduled for Nov. 7. UCLA has experts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=352723" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:45:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Obama tells feds not to target medical pot buyers, sellers</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-111445.aspx?link_page_rss=111445</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In a memo released today, U.S. Justice Department officials instructed prosecutors and federal drug agents not to target for federal prosecution those who use or provide medical marijuana in compliance with state laws. UCLA has experts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349925" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:15:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nanosystems institute at UCLA, Photron to collaborate on specialized instrumentation</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/the-california-nanosystems-institute-111232.aspx?link_page_rss=111232</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Photron USA has donated three state-of-the-art motion analysis cameras for use in the California NanoSystems Institute's Advanced Light Microscopy/Spectroscopy (ALMS) lab.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349851" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nearly all Californians would potentially be insured under national health care reform</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/93-percent-of-californians-would-111330.aspx?link_page_rss=111330</link>
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<description><![CDATA[If national health care reform is enacted, 93 percent of California's non-elderly population would have access to health insurance, according to new UCLA research.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349852" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First-time Internet users find boost in brain function after just one week</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-time-internet-users-find-111275.aspx?link_page_rss=111275</link>
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<description><![CDATA[After just a week of Internet training at home, older individusals with minimal online experience displayed brain activation patterns very similar to those of savvy Internet users.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=349582" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parents' Weekend 2009</title>
<link>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/big-bash-for-bruin-parents-111167.aspx</link>
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<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 10:34:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA Department of Design|Media Arts announces events for fall 2009</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-design-media-109849.aspx?link_page_rss=109849</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The UCLA Department of Design|Media Arts (DMA) is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall, including exhibitions, seminars and symposia.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=339957" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: 20th anniversary of Loma Prieta earthquake in Bay Area</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-111338.aspx?link_page_rss=111338</link>
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<description><![CDATA[This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake in the Bay Area, which caused 63 deaths and $10 billion in damage and halted the 1989 World Series. UCLA has faculty with earthquake-related expertise.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=337981" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:52:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Follow-up to attack in Young Hall from Chancellor Block</title>
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<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 15:12:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA Department of Music announces events for fall 2009</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-music-announces-111168.aspx?link_page_rss=111168</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The UCLA Department of Music is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=336004" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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