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UCLA Biochemist Paul Boyer Wins 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Oct 15, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
NOTE: More information about Paul Boyer's Nobel Prize-winning
work can be found on the Nobel Foundation's World Wide Web site, at
http://www.nobel.se/announcement-97/chemistry97.html
UCLA biochemist Paul Boyer has won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
fo...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
UCLA Researchers Receive Grant from The California Endowment to Provide Technical Assistance to Community Groups
Oct 15, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has received a $754,000 three-year
grant from The California Endowment to conduct health policy workshops
and provide technical assistance to community-based organizations.
Organizations such as free medica...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
World-renowned Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra and Guests Perform New Works at Veterans Wadsworth Theater Oct. 24
Oct 14, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
UCLA Center for the Performing Arts presents the acclaimed Toshiko Akiyoshi
Jazz Orchestra, featuring saxophonist/flutist Lew Tabackin and special
guest Miya Masaoka on Japanese koto, at the Veterans Wadsworth Theater
on Friday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. Ther...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
World-renowned Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra and Guests Perform New Works at Veterans Wadsworth Theater Oct. 24
Oct 14, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
UCLA Center for the Performing Arts presents the acclaimed Toshiko Akiyoshi
Jazz Orchestra, featuring saxophonist/flutist Lew Tabackin and special
guest Miya Masaoka on Japanese koto, at the Veterans Wadsworth Theater
on Friday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. Ther...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
Elgart/Yates Duo in Concert Oct. 18
Oct 10, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
The Elgart/Yates Guitar Duo will present works by Busoni, Haubenstock-Ramati
and Bartok, as well as music for prepared guitar, on Saturday, Oct. 18,
at 8 p.m. in UCLA's Jan Popper Theater.
Matthew Elgart and Peter Yates formed the Elgart/Yates Guita...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
Macarthur 'Genius' Richard Foreman's West Coast Premiere of 'Pearls for Pigs,' a Manic Vaudevillian Spectacle Nov. 5-9
Oct 10, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
Avant-garde master Richard Foreman invites us to enter the brave new
world of theater in the West Coast premiere of "Pearls for Pigs,"
presented by UCLA Center for the Performing Arts, Nov. 5-9 at UCLA's Freud
Playhouse. Performances will b...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Newsroom
ADVOCATE FOR ACCESS
Oct 10, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
Douglas Martin was a Regents scholar, but that didn�t make any difference when he went to enroll at the University of Nebraska. In spite of his proven academic excellence, he was asked to leave.Why? Because Douglas Martin is handicapped. He has been ...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Today
CHE SHOW ONLY GLORIFIES PORTRAIT OF A RUTHLESS KILLER
Oct 10, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
The decision by the Fowler Museum of Cultural History to mount the exhibition "Che Guevara: Icon, Myth and Message" has painfully shocked and offended the Cuban-American community of Los Angeles.As it is, this exhibition demonstrates how Guevara�s ...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Today
DEBATE HEATS UP IN, OUT OF LAW CLASSROOMS
Oct 10, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON TRIALFaculty and students at the School of Law are continuing to hold court over the ramifications of Proposition 209 and SP-1, the decisions by California voters and the UC Board of Regents to ban affirmative action. On Sept. ...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Today
FEST HELPS AVERT DISASTER
Oct 10, 1997 12:00 AM Pacific
ELECTRIC HERBGarlic to the rescue!That's how it turned out on Sept. 28 when a water main broke at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Ashton Avenue, flooding the lower parking levels of the UCLA Wilshire Center, frying the building's transformer and ...
Industry: Education
Posted by: UCLA Today
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