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<rss xmlns:contact="contact" xmlns:content="content:encoded" version="2.0" xmlns:default_file="default_file" xmlns:attachment="attachment"><channel><title>Newsroom Archive - UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu</link><description>Newsroom Archive</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 22:38:17 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 22:38:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>iPressroom</generator><item><title>Simply being called 'fat' makes young girls more likely to become obese</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/simply-being-called-fat-makes-young-girls-more-likely-to-become-obese</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Girls told by a parent, sibling, friend or teacher that they are too fat at age 10 were far likelier to be obese at age 19, UCLA psychologists found.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/simply-being-called-fat-makes-young-girls-more-likely-to-become-obese</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Breakthrough therapy allows four paraplegic men to voluntarily move their legs</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/breakthrough-therapy-allows-four-paraplegic-men-to-voluntarily-move-their-legs</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Four young men who have been paralyzed for years achieved groundbreaking progress — moving their legs — as a result of epidural electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, an international team of life scientists reports. ]]></description><author>Rebecca Laming and Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/breakthrough-therapy-allows-four-paraplegic-men-to-voluntarily-move-their-legs</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 02:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schools have limited success in reducing bullying</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/schools-have-limited-success-in-reducing-bullying</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Researchers say schools should consider evaluating their anti-bullying programs based on how much they help those who are victimized most, as opposed to just tracking incidents.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/schools-have-limited-success-in-reducing-bullying</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thucydides, the World's First Great Historian, is Underappreciated, Argues UCLA Classicist Steven Lattimore</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Thucydides-the-World-s-First-Great-1272</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Who were the greatest of the revered ancient Greeks?

Plato and Aristotle? Certainly.

Sophocles? Yes.

What about Thucydides? Although his name may not leap as quickly to
mind, he belongs at the top of this timeless list as well, says Steven
Lattimore...]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Thucydides-the-World-s-First-Great-1272</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA Holocaust Historian Named MacArthur Fellow</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/UCLA-Holocaust-Historian-Named-687</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[UCLA historian Saul Friedlander, who holds UCLA's 1939 Club endowed chair in history, was named a MacArthur Fellow today -- the fourth faculty member in the College of Letters and Science to receive the prestigious honor in the last six years. ]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/UCLA-Holocaust-Historian-Named-687</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA Chemists, Hewlett-Packard Labs Colleagues Report Significant Advances Toward Chemical Computers</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/UCLA-Chemists-Hewlett-Packard-320</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[A team of chemists at UCLA and researchers at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
today reports a significant step toward producing computers that will be
molecular rather than silicon-based. James R. Heath, professor of chemistry
at UCLA, led the research team...]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/UCLA-Chemists-Hewlett-Packard-320</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Therapy for your marriage — without the therapy</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/therapy-for-your-marriage-without-250147</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[The book provides dozens of new questions readers can use to assess their relationships and relationship conflicts — plus new exercises and tips — offering a convenient, inexpensive alternative to face-to-face therapy.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/therapy-for-your-marriage-without-250147</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obituary: Vladimir Keilis-Borok, 92, UCLA seismologist who predicted quakes</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/obituary-vladimir-keilis-borok-249045</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[In 2003, Keilis-Borok and his team accurately predicted a major temblor in Japan. He also used his techniques to forecast murder rates, unemployment rates and presidential elections.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/obituary-vladimir-keilis-borok-249045</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA neuroscientist's book explains why social connection is as important as food and shelter</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/we-are-hard-wired-to-be-social-248746</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Author Matthew Lieberman suggests that schools, sports teams, corporations, the military and other organizations would perform better if they were structured with an understanding of the basic human need to connect.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/we-are-hard-wired-to-be-social-248746</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientists ID compounds that target amyloid fibrils in Alzheimer's, other brain diseases</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-scientists-report-new-advances-247513</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[UCLA chemists and molecular biologists have for the first time used a "structure-based" approach to drug design to identify compounds with the potential to delay or treat Alzheimer's disease, and possibly Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig's disease and other...]]></description><author>UCLA Newsroom </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-scientists-report-new-advances-247513</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How the brain creates the 'buzz' that helps ideas spread</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/how-the-brain-creates-buzz-247204</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA["We're wired to want to share information with other people. I think that is a profound statement about the social nature of our minds," says UCLA's Matthew Lieberman.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/how-the-brain-creates-buzz-247204</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of Chemistry)'</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-chemistry-246695</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[For students in Neil Garg's organic chemistry course, making music videos isn't just fun -- it's a way to understand complex chemical reactions.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-chemistry-246695</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are children who take Ritalin for ADHD at greater risk of future drug abuse?</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/are-children-who-take-ritalin-246186</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Kids with the disorder are more likely to develop substance use problems as adolescents, but stimulant medications, UCLA researchers say, don't boost their risk.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/are-children-who-take-ritalin-246186</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA math students place third in prestigious North American competition</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-s-student-math-team-is-3-246022</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Led by two students finishing in the top 20, the team earns UCLA's best finish in the Putnam Competition since 1968.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-s-student-math-team-is-3-246022</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>While you're on your computer, why not strengthen your marriage?</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/while-you-re-on-your-computer-243905</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[With his free online program, UCLA psychologist Andrew Christensen is hoping to make couples counseling more broadly available and less time-consuming.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/while-you-re-on-your-computer-243905</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Cool' kids in middle school bully more, UCLA psychologists report</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/cool-middle-school-kids-bully-242868</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Both physical agression and spreading rumors seem to be rewarded by middle schoolers, with no difference between boys and girls, a new study shows.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/cool-middle-school-kids-bully-242868</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why older adults become fraud victims more often</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/why-older-adults-become-fraud-241076</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[UCLA scientists say a major clue may lie in a brain region that influences our ability to discern who is honest and who is trying to deceive us.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/why-older-adults-become-fraud-241076</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA astronomers discover star racing around black hole at center of our galaxy</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-astronomers-discover-star-239172</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Studying the star may help astronomers determine whether Albert Einstein was right in his fundamental prediction of how black holes warp space and time.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-astronomers-discover-star-239172</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Should I marry him?</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/should-i-marry-him-238482</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[UCLA psychologists report that when women have doubts before their wedding, their misgivings are often a harbinger of marital dissatisfaction and divorce.
]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/should-i-marry-him-238482</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA scientists discover how key enzyme involved in aging, cancer assembles</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-biochemists-identify-a-mechanism-235159</link><contentType>newsroom_archive</contentType><description><![CDATA[Understanding the telomerase assembly process may allow it to be turned "off," potentially preventing cancer cells from multiplying, biochemists say.]]></description><author>Kim DeRose </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-biochemists-identify-a-mechanism-235159</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>