IN THE NEWS:
Man-Made Enzymes Hold Vast Potential
United Press International reported Monday on the creation by UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry Kendall Houk and colleagues of “designer enzymes” that have the potential to help produce more effective medications and to deactivate pathogenic agents used in biological warfare. Houk was quoted.
Tribute to Local Music Hot Spot
The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday on an upcoming UCLA Live reunion concert in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Ash Grove, a landmark Hollywood music club that operated in the 1960s and ‘70s. The event will take place April 18 at Royce Hall.
Organ Donations Saving Lives
Dr. Gabriel Danovitch, medical director of UCLA’s kidney transplantation program, was interviewed Saturday for a KABC-Channel 7 special about organ donation in the United States.
QUOTABLE:
Jonathan Kuntz
Kuntz, UCLA visiting associate professor of film and television, is quoted today in a Washington Post article about the box-office failures of films dealing with the war in Iraq.
Dr. Andrew Leuchter
Leuchter, UCLA professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, is quoted today in an MSNBC.com article about a study that examined the cost benefit of free drug samples from pharmaceutical companies.
Donald Shoup
Shoup, UCLA professor of urban planning, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about the impending destruction of a multilevel parking structure in downtown Los Angeles known as the “Erector set.”
Brian Taylor
Taylor, UCLA professor of urban planning and director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, is quoted today in a Honolulu Advertiser article about Honolulu’s commuter rail system.
