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UCLA Center Hosts Forum on Affirmative Action
Apr 29, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African
American Studies and the Black Graduate Student Association will host a forum
on affirmative action on May 2 and 3 that will examine the current status of
increasing access and diversity in California's higher-educatio...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
Correction for Wednesday, May 28:UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology Jazz Ensembles Concert
Apr 29, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
Correction
for Wednesday, May 28
UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology Jazz Ensembles Concert
Following is an updated and
corrected listing for the concert by the UCLA Jazz Ensembles on May 28. Gerald
Wilson, originally announced as a guest artist...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
UCLA Receives Grant to Support Long-term Study of Service Learning
Apr 28, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
The Higher Education Research
Institute at UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies has
received a $798,000 grant from Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc. to study how
service learning affects students after they finish college...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
Producer Barbara Boyle to Head UCLADepartment of Film, Television and Digital Media
Apr 28, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
Producer Barbara Boyle has been
named chair of the UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media. The
announcement was made April 28 by Robert Rosen, dean of the UCLA School of
Theater, Film and Television.
"Barbara Boyle's stellar career
embodie...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
City National Corporation Declares First-Quarter Dividend
Apr 28, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
LOS ANGELES, Apr 28, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The board ofdirectors of City National Corporation (NYSE:CYN) today announced aquarterly common stock cash dividend of $0.205 per share for the firstquarter of 2003, payable on May 19, 2003, to stockholder...
Industry: Banks , Financial Services
Posted by: City National Bank
Owen Roizman Named UCLA Cinematographer-in-Residence;Screening of True Confessions April 28
Apr 25, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
Owen Roizman, ASC, has been named Kodak
Cinematographer-in-Residence at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and
Television. The residency program, conceived by production vice chair and
professor William McDonald, is sponsored by the Kodak Student Filmmake...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
World's First Farmers Sowed Seeds for Modern Languages, Say UCLA, Australian Researchers
Apr 24, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
As the first farmers spread agriculture across the globe,
they also sowed seeds for most of today's languages, researchers from UCLA and
the Australian National University conclude in the most up-to-date survey of
research in the field.
"For th...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
UCLA Seeks Male Volunteers With M.S. to Test Effects of Testosterone on Disease
Apr 24, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
The UCLA Multiple Sclerosis Research & Treatment Program
seeks men with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (M.S.) for a two-year
study to test the effect of testosterone on the disease.
Volunteers must be men ages 18 to 65 who can wal...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
Seymour Lubetzky, UCLA Professor Emeritus and Pioneer in Cataloging, Dies at 104
Apr 23, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
Seymour Lubetzky, a pioneer in the field of cataloging
theory, died of heart failure in Los Angeles on April 5. He was 104.
Lubetzky, a professor emeritus from UCLA, was most renowned
for his prolific contributions to cataloging theory and hi...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
SARS triggers dramatic public health response
Apr 22, 2003 12:00 AM Pacific
As my students returned from spring break, they had several questions. What are the chances of bioweapons being used in the Gulf war? What are the dangers of bioterrorism here at home? What are the risks from SARS? And, of course, what were the scores ...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Today
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