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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:42:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Embryonic stem cells, reprogrammed skin cells have inherent differences</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that the two cell types are clearly distinguishable from one another. 
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chancellor Block addresses scope of budget crisis, plans and priorities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In a letter to the UCLA campus community, Chancellor Gene Block describes the increasingly complex and worsening financial situation facing California and its impact on the University of California<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156034" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA collaboration identifies immune system link to schizophrenia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Following on their earlier work, researchers at UCLA and colleagues from around the world have, for the first time, identified additional genes that confirm the immune system may play a role in the development of schizophrenia.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155829" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA withdraws its appeal in lab death investigation</title>
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<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![CDATA[UCLA has withdrawn its limited appeal of the California Division of Occupational Safety & Health (Cal/OSHA) report dealing with that agency’s investigation into a December 29,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 14:15:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: GM-Toyota venture</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UCLA professor Wellford W. Wilms authored a book that includes a study of the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. joint venture between General Motors and Toyota<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155476" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:35:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Provost to talk budget on local public radio program</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Weekend flood reshuffles summer class locations in Dodd Hall </title>
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<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 15:25:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Conversing helps language development more than reading alone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Adult-child conversations have a more significant impact on language development than exposing children to language through one-on-one reading alone, according to a new study in the July issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Statement on the death of Michael Jackson at UCLA Medical Center</title>
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<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>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:05:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Michael Jackson</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson was an icon of music and popular culture. His death has triggered an intense global response as well as legal questions about the future of his family and estate. UCLA faculty members with expertise in several disciplines...<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155354" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:22:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Remembering what to remember and what to forget</title>
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<description><![CDATA[People in very early stages of Alzheimer’s disease already have trouble focusing on what is important to remember, a UCLA psychologist and colleagues report. 
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA study reveals how tiny levels of carbon monoxide could damage fetal brains</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A UCLA study has discovered that chronic exposure during pregnancy to miniscule levels of carbon monoxide damages the cells of the fetal brain.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155332" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Gov. Sanford and scandal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Juliet Williams, associate professor of women's studies at UCLA, is an expert on political sex scandals and the institution of marriage.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155307" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:55:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Budget town hall draws crowd to Pauley Pavilion</title>
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<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.

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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:06:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis named to Copley Chair at UCLA</title>
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<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.
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First direct visualization of memory formation in the brain</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UCLA and McGill University researchers have, for the first time, “photographed” a memory in the making.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155273" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hammer Museum awarded $1 million grant by James Irvine Foundation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The UCLA Hammer Museum has received a $1 million grant from the James Irvine Foundation's Arts Innovation Fund  to support the museum's efforts to create a new kind of interactivity in operations and exhibitions.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155241" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:25:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA ranked among nation's best pediatric hospitals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA ranks among the nation's top pediatric hospitals, according to the U.S. News Media Group's annual survey of the finest pediatric facilities in the United States.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155240" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alterations in brain's white matter key to schizophrenia, UCLA study shows</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the first study of its kind, UCLA researchers used a novel form of brain imaging to discover that white matter in the brains of adolescents at risk of developing schizophrenia does not develop at the same rate as healthy people.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155253" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:01:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Research explores interactions between nanomaterials, biological systems</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The increased use of engineered nanomaterials in commercial and medical applications raises questions about whether these human-nanomaterial interactions could have adverse health effects.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155235" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Long-term care costs exceed yearly income for many Calif. seniors living alone</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/out-of-reach-long-term-care-costs-94165.aspx?link_page_rss=94165</link>
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<description><![CDATA[(To see the data, visit www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/news_06182009b.html.) 
 
In Los Angeles County, being disabled can cost a year's income. That's because the annual cost of in-home care services for seniors living alone is now $319 more than this...<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155212" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA leads nation in protecting med students from drug industry influence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is one of only nine medical schools out of 149 to earn an 'A' grade in a nationwide survey of educational policies governing students' contact with the pharmaceutical industry.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155176" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Study IDs protein assemblies that may be key factor in causing Alzheimer's</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers found that small assemblies, or oligomers, made up of 12 units of the peptide amyloid-β42 appear to be a key neurotoxic agent in the development of Alzheimer's disease.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155162" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA cancer researchers develop model that may help identify cancer stem cells</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-cancer-researchers-develop-94307.aspx?link_page_rss=94307</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a unique model that will allow them to investigate lung cancer stem cells -- believed by many to be at the root of all lung cancers.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155090" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA Anderson Forecast: Economy healing but not out of hospital yet</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In its second quarterly report of 2009, the UCLA Anderson Forecast upgrades the condition of the national economy, moving it out of "intensive care" while noting that it is still "very sick."<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155077" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: LAUSD to lay off thousands of teachers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District and statewide are expected to be laid off as a result of the state budget crisis. UCLA's John Rogers is an expert.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155054" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:25:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Worsening state budget crisis prompts campus leaders' call to action</title>
<link>http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/worsening-state-budget-crisis-94283.aspx</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Although the State Legislature is still at odds over how to slash the state budget to deal with a $24 billion deficit, it is very likely that the governor's proposed $619 million cut to UC's budget for 2009-10 will stand, UCLA's budget chief told the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, June 11. UCLA's share of that cut would amount to a $109 million reduction — 16 percent of its general fund. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:25:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Depression may increase Alzheimer's risk in people with memory problems</title>
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<description><![CDATA[People with memory problems who are depressed are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who aren't, but a common Alzheimer's drug my delay their progression, according to a new UCLA study.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155000" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two altruistic donors launch rare kidney transplant chains at UCLA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[One is a Michigan firefighter who wanted to honor the memory of his son, who died at age 24 in a tragic snowmobile accident. The other is an Air Force technical sergeant from Iowa who specializes in intelligence analysis. Besides their public service...<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154941" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Iranians protest result of presidential election</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-94259.aspx?link_page_rss=94259</link>
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<description><![CDATA[More than 100,000 Iranian opposition supporters defied a government ban and massed in central Tehran today, protesting Friday's election victory by incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad and calling for an investigation into alleged voting irregularities. UCLA has experts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154841" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:50:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New 'Idol' grabs spotlight: Study IDs enzyme that controls 'bad' cholesterol</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UCLA scientists have discovered a new mechanism that controls cells' production of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the so-called "bad" cholesterol that is often linked to medical problems like heart disease, stroke and clogged arteries.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154715" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Leading UCLA researchers present latest findings on aging, age-related issues</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/leading-ucla-researchers-present-94153.aspx?link_page_rss=94153</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers will present their latest findings on age-related issues, including Alzheimer's disease, diet and nutrition, exercise, breast cancer, fall-prevention, dementia, and much more.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154704" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Iranians vote in pivotal presidential election</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Iranians will vote June 12 in a presidential election pitting hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadenijad against reformist former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Moussavi. The results will have strong implications for Iran's future relations with the West. UCLA has experts.
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:02:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: MTA to introduce toll lanes, set prices</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In an effort to reduce traffic congestion, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will allow solo drivers to pay to use carpool lanes on portions of the 10 and 110 freeways. The MTA has scheduled public hearings in advance of its July 23 price-setting vote. UCLA has experts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154687" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:34:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Professor to lead NASA mission's effort to map moon's surface temperatures</title>
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<description><![CDATA[David Paige will head the mission's Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, which will perform the first global survey of the temperature of the lunar surface and search for evidence of water.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154620" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Air pollution from freeway extends further than previously thought</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/air-pollution-from-freeway-extends-93857.aspx?link_page_rss=93857</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers found that the distance air pollution from the freeway extends during pre-sunrise hours is 10 times greater than previously measured daytime impacts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154614" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA named state lead center in new effort to combat pediatric brain injury</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-named-as-lead-center-for-93847.aspx?link_page_rss=93847</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The UCLA will serve as California's lead center for research on pediatric brain injuries as part of a new collaborative national network announced June 5 in Washington, D.C.
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Close social ties make baboons better mothers, study finds</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/close-social-ties-make-baboons-94055.aspx?link_page_rss=94055</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Baboons whose mothers have strong relationships with other females are more likely to survive to adulthood than those with less social mothers, according to a new study by UCLA researchers and colleagues.
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Study details quality of life for prostate cancer patients 4 years out of treatment</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-details-quality-of-life-93906.aspx?link_page_rss=93906</link>
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<description><![CDATA[A long-term UCLA study found that the three most common treatments for localized prostate cancer had significant impacts on patients' quality of life, a finding that could help guide doctors and patients in making treatment decisions.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154546" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA Headlines June 9, 2009</title>
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Linkin Park Guitarist to Keynote Commencement
The Los Angeles Times reports today that Brad Delson, a UCLA alumnus and lead guitaristfor the Grammy-winning band Linkin Park, will deliver keynote remarks at the UCLA College of Letters...<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154544" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:20:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA student filmmakers to be honored with directing awards</title>
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<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 10:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA Headline June 8, 2009</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:55:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Run-walk event to benefit pediatric cancer program at UCLA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The San Fernando Valley Bruins are celebrating Father's Day a week early with the annual Dad's Day Dash, a run/walk event in which all proceeds go to benefit the pediatric cancer program at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154335" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fowler exhibition tells story of tea through art from Asia, Europe, U.S.</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/fowler-exhibition-tells-story-93693.aspx?link_page_rss=93693</link>
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<description><![CDATA["Steeped in History: The Art of Tea," on display at the Fowler Museum at UCLA from Aug. 16 through Nov. 29, brings together art from three continents to explore the history and culture of tea.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154302" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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 08:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<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>
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<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>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:26:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: 9.4% unemployment rate highest since 1983</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Labor announced June 5 that the national unemployment rate rose to 9.4 percent in May, up from 8.9 percent in April. Some 14.5 million people are currently out of work. UCLA has experts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154114" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:03:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: SAG vote on new contract expected to be close</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After nearly a year without a labor contract, Screen Actors Guild members will go to the polls June 9 in what is expected to be a close vote on a new contract with Hollywood studios. UCLA has experts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154113" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:44:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oscar-winning 'Milk' screenwriter to be honored at UCLA film festival event</title>
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<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 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Obama to speak to Muslims around world</title>
<link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-93723.aspx?link_page_rss=93723</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In his June 4 speech in Cairo, President Obama is expected to address Muslims around the world and to discuss how the U.S. and Muslim communities can bridge some of the differences that have divided them. UCLA has experts.<img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154015" height="1" width="1" />]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:03:30 GMT</pubDate>
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