UCLA Headlines November 26, 2008

 

The Los Angeles Times and blogs in the Baltimore Sun and St. Petersburg Times report today on a study by the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA examining the impact of racially integrated magnet schools. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported on the research Tuesday. Gary Orfield, UCLA professor of education and co-director of the Civil Rights Project, is quoted in the LA Times.

 

Robert Kaplan, chair of the department of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health, was interviewed Tuesday on San Francisco’s KCBS-740 AM about a recent study suggesting that some breast cancers may disappear without treatment. Kaplan's editorial on the study was cited Tuesday in HealthDay News and Bloomberg articles.

 

A Monday FOXNews.com article about President-elect Barack Obama’s economic plans cites research by Lee Ohanian, professor of economics and vice chair of undergraduate studies for the UCLA Department of Economics, suggesting that poor economic policy decisions by President Franklin D. Roosevelt prolonged the Depression by seven years.

 

An editorial in today’s Santa Maria Times highlights research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showing that the health of California’s elderly population is deteriorating, with increasing rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.

 

An article on sex addiction in the Nov. 28 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education cites a new book by Giulia Sissa, UCLA professor of political science and classics, that examines views of sex and sensuality in the ancient world.

 

 

Chlebowski, professor-in-residence of medicine and chief of medical oncology at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, was quoted Monday in a Cleveland Plain Dealer article about healthful diets that may help reduce the risk of certain cancers.

 

Fonarow, UCLA's Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science and director of the Ahmanson–UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, was quoted Tuesday in a HealthDay News article about a study suggesting that a stressful relationship with one's boss may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

 

Glaspy, professor of hematology and oncology and a researcher at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about a decline in cancer rates in the United States.

 

Lifka, UCLA associate vice chancellor for student academic services, is quoted today in a Chronicle of Higher Education article about increased admittance of international and out-of-state students at the University of California, Berkeley.

 

McGinty, UCLA adjunct professor of psychology and behavioral neuroscience, was quoted Monday in an Associated Press article about research suggesting that naps can help boost memory.

 

Santos, UCLA assistant professor of education, is quoted in an article in the Nov. 28 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education about how funding cuts may affect enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities.