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Topic: the economy

Topic: the economy

Some of the world's brightest economic minds came together at the UCLA Anderson School of Management to discuss the current financial crisis. Moderated by Bloomberg News' bureau chief Seth Lubove, the panel discussion focused on events leading up to the crisis and possible solutions. Watch the video
Around Campus
On terrorism

On terrorism

Gen. Wesley K. Clark, former supreme allied commander of NATO and a current fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, discusses whether an Iraq-style surge would work in Afghanistan, how best to fight al-Qaeda and the role of diplomacy in dealing with Iran. Watch the video
White House ceremony

White House ceremony

President George W. Bush presented UCLA Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Leonard Kleinrock with the National Medal of Science at a ceremony. White House release with video | UCLA release | Video: First Internet message
Future of freedom

Future of freedom

UCLA Magazine asked thinkers in different fields what freedom means to them and where it's headed.

Precautions can help prevent spread of virus affecting colleges

In response to the outbreak of a contagious gastrointestinal virus at a local university campus, UCLA is recommending that its students, faculty and staff take precautions to prevent contracting the illness.

Famed Beijing opera troupe performs at UCLA on Oct. 8

Famed Beijing opera troupe performs at UCLA on Oct. 8
The world-renowned Mei Lanfang Beijing Opera Company will give a free performance and demonstration at Schoenberg Hall, the troupe's first U.S. appearance.

Bullying of teenagers online is common, psychologists report

Bullying of teenagers online is common, psychologists report
Nearly three in four teenagers say they were bullied online at least once during a recent 12-month period, according to a new study by UCLA researchers.

Chancellor Gene Block urges campus community to vote

In a statement distributed on campus and posted on his website, UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block reminded the community to register by Oct. 20 and to vote in the Nov. 4 election. Chancellor Block's message
 
Related: Election blog by UCLA faculty, The Sprint

Governor signs law to strengthen protections for researchers

AB 2296 enhances law enforcement's ability to protect academic researchers and their families from acts of violence and intimidation by anti-animal research extremists. Chancellor Block statement

Restless nights put older adults at risk for depression recurrence

Nearly 60 percent of the nation's elderly have trouble sleeping, whether it's a lot of tossing and turning or outright bouts of insomnia.

UCLA researchers develop world's fastest bar code reader

Building on recent breakthroughs, engineers have designed a bar code reader that is nearly a thousand times faster than any device currently in use.

Light cigarettes don't spare the brain from nicotine, study shows

For decades tobacco makers have marketed lower nicotine cigarettes with the implication that they are less harmful to smokers' health.

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High court in session

High court in session

The Supreme Court begins its new term Oct. 6 and is expected hear cases involving the public display of religious monuments, profanity on TV and the right of allegedly abused terrorism suspects to sue the U.S. UCLA Law School experts can explain the significance of these and other cases.
UCLA In the News

Racial prejudice

"When we fixate on the racist individual, we're focused on the least interesting way that race works. Most of the way race functions is without the need for racial animus."
 
Phillip Goff,
UCLA assistant professor
of psychology
New York Times

The Great Depression

"But corporate leaders also acted, as UCLA's Lee Ohanian has shown, out of fear, because Hoover made it clear he was the only thing between them and unionization."
 
U.S. News & World Report

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