Inside Higher Ed reports today and the Los Angeles Times, the San Jose Mercury News, the Santa Cruz Sentinel, United Press International and the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Saturday on the unanimous approval of aa University of California-sponsored bill in the state Legislature that aims to protect researchers at UCLA and other universities from harassment and violence by groups and individuals opposed to the use of animals in laboratory research.

 

KABC-Channel 7'sVista L.A. on Sunday highlighted the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance of “América Tropical” by UCLA ethnomusicology professor Steven Loza at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The piece was accompanied by a narrative, multimedia display created by UCLA theater professor Jose Luis Valenzuela and Judy Baca, a professor in the UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies and co-founder of UCLA’s Social and Public Art Resource Center. Loza, Valenzuela and Baca were quoted as well as Octavio Pescador, visiting assistant professor of Chicano studies and associate director of the UCLA Center for Community Learning.

 

Anthony Butch, director of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory, was interviewed Thursday in an ABC News story about the relatively small number of Olympic athletes who have tested positive for banned substances this year.Butch also discussed the testing challenges inherent in catching athletes who use banned performance-enhancing supplements at the Olympics in an Aug. 13 NBC News story.

 

An article in today’s Washington Post about the correlation between earthquake prediction and presidential elections features earthquake forecasting research by Vladimir Keilis-Borok, professor‑in‑residence in UCLA's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.

 

Sunday’s Los Angeles Times features a profile of Richard Ehrlich, UCLA clinical professor of urology, who has photographed the Holocaust Archives at the International Tracing Service in Berlin.

 

An article in today’s Christian Science Monitor about the disparities in pay between workers and business executives highlights research by Geoffrey Tate, assistant professor of finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, on the effects that success has on CEO performance.

 

 

Baum, UCLA professor of political science, was quoted Sunday in a Scotsman (U.K) opinion piece about how China has used the Olympics as a public relations tool.

 

Blasi, UCLA professor of law, is quoted today in a Voice of San Diego article about a cap on taxicab permits issued by the city of San Diego.

 

Brown, professor at the UCLA School of Public Health and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted Sunday in a Los Angeles Times article about an increase in health insurance premiums for low-income families.

 

Cooper, UCLA associate professor of education, was quoted Sunday in a Los Angeles Daily News article about skepticism surrounding Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to reform 10 low-performing LAUSD schools.

 

Hunt, professor of sociology and director of UCLA's Bunche Center for African American Studies, was quoted Saturday in a Los Angeles Times article about debate surrounding coverage of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by cable networks that cater to African American interests such as TV One and BET.

 

Leamer, Chauncey J. Medberry Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, is quoted today in a Reuters article about the rising value of the U.S. dollar.

 

MacLellan, a researcher with the Broad Stem Cell Research Center and an associate professor of cardiology and physiology, was quoted Sunday in a Science News magazine article on stem cell differentiation.

 

Mnookin, professor and vice dean at the UCLA School of Law, was quoted Sunday in a San Gabriel Valley Tribune article about the use of handwriting analysis to solve murder cases.

 

Pedretti, UCLA Armand Hammer Chair in Leonardo Studies, was quoted Saturday in a New York Times article about the recent discovery of a portrait that may have been drawn by Leonardo da Vinci.

 

Ratcliff, an economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, was quoted Friday in an East Bay Business Journal article about the job market in the San Francisco East Bay area.

 

Shoup, UCLA professor of urban planning, was quoted Sunday in a Philadelphia Inquirer story about proposed parking and citation fees in Philadelphia.

 

Volokh, UCLA professor of law, is cited today in a Rocky Mountain News (Colorado) story about the efficacy of “everyman” reviews of products online.