IN THE NEWS:
New UCLA Medical Facility Opens Its Doors
The Associated Press, the Chinese Daily News, KCBS-Channel 2, KNBC-Channel 4, KCAL-Channel 9, KTTV-Channel 11, KNX-1070 AM and KFWB-980 AM reported Monday on the opening of the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center following Sunday’s relocation of hundreds of UCLA hospital patients to the new facility.
Film School Competes With USC for Gifts
The Los Angeles Times reports today on comments by Richard Walter, professor of film, television and digital media and director of the screenwriting program atUCLA's School of Theater, Filmand Television, regarding donors’ contributions to the film and television programs at UCLA and USC.
Selecting Cancer-Free Embryos
Susan Love, UCLA clinical professor of surgery, was interviewed Monday on NBC’s “Today Show” about a pregnant woman who used in vitro fertilization and genetic screening to select an embryo free of the BRCA-1 gene, which increases an individual’s risk of breast cancer.
Chinese Politics and the 2008 Olympics
Redbook magazine’s July issue features a short column by Richard Baum, UCLA professor of political science, about the Chinese economic and political issues that have made the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing so controversial.
What Did I Miss? An Olympic-Protest Cheat Sheet
QUOTABLE:
Thomas Bradbury
Bradbury, professor of psychology and co-director of the Relationship Institute at UCLA, is quoted today in a USA Today article about changing views of what constitutes marital infidelity.
Gary Nash
Nash, professor emeritus of history and director of the National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA, is quoted today in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about the story of a woman who was a slave in the household of George Washington.
Howard Suber
Suber, UCLA professor of film and television, is quoted today in a Wall Street Journal article about Hollywood films based on classic board games.
Richard Walter
Walter, professor of film, television and digital media and director of the screenwriting program atUCLA's School of Theater, Filmand Television, is quoted today in a Wall Street Journal article about Hollywood films based on classic board games.
Dr. Karol Watson
Watson, UCLA assistant professor of cardiology, was quoted Monday in a U.S. News & World Report article about recent research linking low levels of “good” cholesterol to an increased risk of memory loss.
