Discovery Channel online reported Wednesday on the creation by UCLA scientists of an artificial muscle that can heal itself. Study author Qibing Pei, UCLA professor of material sciences and engineering, was quoted.

 

The Los Angeles Times reports today on the history of the UCLA Varsity Band fight song “Strike Up the Band for UCLA,” a tune originally written by George and Ira Gershwin. Gordon Henderson, UCLA professor of music and director of the marching band, is quoted.

 

The Los Angeles Times reports today on a recent UCLA workshop that fostered cross-cultural collaboration among high school students from African American, Mexican, Hawaiian and Indian music and dance groups. The groups will perform together this weekend at the World Festival of Sacred Music. Judy Mitoma, UCLA professor of world arts and cultures and director of the UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance, is quoted.

 

The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that UCLA police are investigating the death of 21-year-old UCLA senior Elias Ibrahim, who apparently drowned March 14 in a campus swimming pool.

 

Dr. Gary Small, clinical professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and director of the UCLA Center on Aging, was interviewed Wednesday on NBC’s “Today Show“ about baby boomers developing Alzheimer’s disease.

 

 

Leamer, Chauncey J. Medberry Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, is quoted today in a San Francisco Chronicle article about the Federal Reserve’s efforts to prevent a recession.

 

Losen, a senior education law and policy associate at the UCLA Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, is quoted today in a New York Times article about inconsistencies in various states’ data on high school dropout rates.

 

Loza, UCLA professor of ethnomusicology, is quoted today in a La Opinión article about Spanish-language network Univision’s purchase of Universal Music Group, a leading company in the Latino recording industry.

 

Pirnazar, a UCLA lecturer in history, was quoted Wednesday in a Los Angeles Daily News article about the children of mixed Iranian-American marriages.

 

Shemin, UCLA professor and chief of cardiothoracic surgery, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about a study showing link between transfusions using blood stored for more than two weeks and higher patient mortality rates.