The San Diego Union-Tribune reports today on research by scientists at UCLA, UC San Diego and New York University that found that treatments using a protein known as brain-derived neurotrophic factor improved neural and cognitive function in animals with Alzheimer’s disease–like symptoms. Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological science, is quoted.

 

Thursday’s Business Week featured an op-ed piece by John de Figueiredo, associate professor of strategic management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the UCLA School of Law, suggesting that a commission of outside experts could help keep political influence and favoritism out of the $800-plus billion economic stimulus bill currently making its way through Congress.

 

Sunday’s Washington Post featured a review of “A. Lincoln,” a new biography of Abraham Lincoln by Ronald White, a lecturer in the UCLA Department of History and the author of two previous books on Lincoln.

 

Saturday’s Washington Post featured a review of the world premiere of “Saudade,” a dance-theater production by UCLA world arts and cultures professor David Roussève.

 

An article in Saturday’s New York Times about the growing demand for digital archivists highlighted the UCLA Library’s Digital Collections program. Jacob Nadal, a preservationist with the UCLA Library, and Victoria McCargar, a preservation consultant and lecturer in the UCLA Department of Information Studies, were quoted in the article.

 

Sunday’s La Opinión featured an op-ed piece by Otto Santa, UCLA associate professor of Chicano studies, about perceived bias in television coverage of the 2007 May Day immigration rally at Los Angeles' MacArthur Park, where dozens of marchers and bystanders were injured by police.

 

The Science Channel reported Friday on the development by Aydogan Ozcan, UCLA assistant professor of electrical engineering, and colleagues at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science of a prototype cell phone that uses a lens-free imaging technique to analyze blood, saliva and other fluid samples. Ozcan, who is also a member of UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute, was interviewed.

 

A column in Saturday's New York Times about the psychology of altering people's behavior in positive ways highlights a proposal by Shlomo Benartzi, professor of accounting at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, to change the 401(k) retirement savings system.

 

 

Ettenger, professor and chief of pediatric nephrology and medical director of UCLA's pediatric kidney transplant program, was quoted Sunday in an article in Alabama’s Birmingham News about a woman awaiting her third heart transplant.

 

Irwin, Cousins Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and director of the UCLA Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about a new law cracking down on massage centers that serve as fronts for prostitution.

 

Kleiman, UCLA professor of public policy, was quoted Saturday in an Associated Press article about President Barack Obama's policy on medical marijuana.

 

Leap, adjunct associate professor of social welfare at the UCLA School of Public Affairs and an adviser to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on gangs, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Daily News article about an anti-gang program in Los Angeles' Antelope Valley.

 

Lieberman, UCLA clinical professor of psychology, was quoted Saturday in a San Jose Mercury News article about child abuse.

 

Mitchell, professor emeritus at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and distinguished professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, was quoted Friday in a New York Times article about recent strife within the Screen Actors Guild.

 

Steven Shoptaw

Shoptaw, professor of family medicine and psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the UCLA Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, is quoted today in a CNN.com article about research suggesting that smoking marijuana may increase men's risk of testicular cancer.

 

Sood, assistant professor of marketing at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Business Journal article about how local advertisers are reacting to cutbacks at Los Angeles–area newspapers.

 

Sorvillo, associate professor-in-residence at the UCLA School of Public Health, was quoted today in a Los Angeles Times column about how medical procedures are depicted on the television show “Private Practice.”