IN THE NEWS:
Publisher Gives $6 Million for Costume Center
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports today, and the Associated Press, Variety and the Hollywood Reporter reported Thursday, that publisher David C. Copley has given a $6 million gift to the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television to endow a chair and center for the study of costume design. Robert Rosen, the school’s dean, was quoted in Union-Tribune article.
Multimedia Project Maps History of Berlin
Today’s Los Angeles Jewish Journal profiles Todd Presner, UCLA associate professor of Germanic languages and Jewish studies, and highlights his new Web-based multimedia project, Hypermedia Berlin, which tracks the history of the German capital from the 13th century to the present. Presner is quoted.
A Virtual Visit to the World’s Fair
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports today on a virtual reality model of Chicago's 1893 World's Fair designed by architectural historian Lisa Snyder, a senior member of UCLA's Urban Simulation Team.
State Cuts May Result in More Uninsured
Thursday’s Ventura County Star cited figures from the California Health Interview Survey, conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, in an article about the potential increase in uninsured Californians following anticipated state budget cuts.
Keeping Your Brain Healthy
Dr. Gary Small, clinical professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and director of the UCLA Center on Aging, was interviewed Thursday on NBC’s “Today Show” about maintaining brain health.
No More Kosher Meals in Dorms
The Los Angeles Jewish Journal reports today on the discontinuation of a kosher meal plan in the UCLA residential halls due to a lack of participants.
QUOTABLE:
E. Richard Brown
Brown, professor at the UCLA School of Public Health and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted Wednesday in an Oakland Tribune story about the potential increase in uninsured Californians following anticipated state budget cuts.
Anthony Butch
Butch, director of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory, is quoted today in an Associated Press article about athletes using Viagra as an athletic performance-enhancing drug.
David Paige
Paige, UCLA professor of Earth and space sciences, was quoted Thursday in an Associated Press article about the recent discovery of soil on Mars that could theoretically sustain primitive life-forms.
Ryan Ratcliff
Ratcliff, an economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, is quoted today in a Bloomberg article about rising mortgage rates.
Eugene Volokh
Volokh, UCLA professor of law, was quoted Thursday in a Time magazine article about presidential candidates’ reactions to recent Supreme Court decisions. Volokh is quoted today in an Associated Press article about Thursday’s Supreme Court’s ruling on a Washington, D.C., gun-control law.
Adam Winkler
Winkler, UCLA professor of law, is quoted today in a Delaware News Journal article about Thursday’s Supreme Court’s ruling on a Washington, D.C., gun-control law.
