The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Long Beach Press-Telegram and KTTV-Channel 11 report today that a number of University of California employees represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees initiated a strike today at UC campuses across the state, including UCLA. KNBC-Channel 4 reported on the union’s activities Sunday.

 

The Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Daily News, KCBS-Channel 2, KNBC-Channel 4, KCAL-Channel 9, KNX-1070 AM and KFWB 980 AM reported Friday that UCLA Medical Center had been ranked the No. 3 hospital in the country— and the best in the western U.S. for the 19th consecutive year— in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “America’s Best Hospitals” survey. The Long Beach Press-Telegram reported the rankings Sunday. Dr. Gerald S. Levey, vice chancellor for medical sciences and dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted by KNBC and KCBS. Dr. David Feinberg, chief executive officer and interim vice chancellor of the UCLA Hospital System, was interviewed by KCBS, KNBC, KCAL, KNX and KFWB.

 

Reuters and BBC News reported Friday, and China’s Xinhua news service reports today, on a study led by Dr. Lily Wu, a researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, that used an engineered common cold virus to track prostate cancer cells as they spread to the lymph nodes using positron emission tomography. Wu is quoted in the coverage.

 

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency news service reported Sunday that television writer and producer Michael Ross has donated $4 million to endow an academic chair in Yiddish language and culture through UCLA’s Center for Jewish Studies. David Myers, professor of history and director of the center, was quoted.

 

Today’s Los Angeles Times features a story about the history of UCLA’s Dickson Court bridge. Bob Parker, manager of customer relations with the UCLA Facilities Management department, is quoted.

 

An article in today’s Los Angeles Times highlights research by Michael Lu, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, on the ways in which pregnant mothers’ health habits may affect their babies’ risk of obesity.

 

HealthDay News reported Thursday on research by Sally Blower, professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and a member of the UCLA AIDS Institute, that found that vaginal microbicides may be of more benefit to men than women in preventing HIV infection.

 

An op-ed piece on immigration in today’s Austin American Statesman highlights a recent UCLA study by Edward Telles, UCLA professor of sociology, and Vilma Ortiz, UCLA associate professor of sociology, that examined assimilation trends among Mexican Americans over the past four decades.

 

The Ventura County Star reports today on a UCLA brain-cancer vaccine program led by Dr. Linda Liau, professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center.

 

 

Caplan, UCLA professor emerita (recalled) of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, was quoted Thursday in Associated Press and WebMD articles about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision not to place “black box” suicide warnings on epilepsy drugs.

 

Dobkin, professor of neurology and director of the neurological rehabilitation and research unit at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted Sunday in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about patients who seek experimental stem-cell treatments overseas.

 

Dukakis, UCLA visiting professor of public policy, was quoted Friday in a Chicago Tribune article about efforts by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to unite the Democratic Party.

 

Gates, a senior fellow at the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, was quoted Friday in a San Jose Mercury News article about the U.S. Census Bureau’s recent decision not to include legal same-sex unions as marriages in its 2010 national count.

 

Geschwind, the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted Friday in a U.S. News & World Report article about recent research on autism and genetics.

 

Goldschmidt, a research analyst with the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing at UCLA, was quoted Sunday in a Virginian-Pilot article about loopholes that allow Virginia public schools to report higher rates of student progress than are actually achieved.

 

LoPucki, UCLA professor of law, was quoted Sunday in a Honolulu Advertiser article about legal fees incurred by a Hawaiian airline that filed for bankruptcy.

 

McCabe, physician-in-chief at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA and co-director of the UCLA Center for Society, the Individual and Genetics, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about companies that provide genetic testing kits to consumers.

 

Paige, UCLA professor of Earth and space sciences, was quoted Thursday in an Associated Press article about electrical problems that may cut short the Phoenix Mars lander’s study of soil on Mars.

 

Pregler, clinical professor of general internal medicine and health services research and director of the Iris Cantor–UCLA Women's Health Center, is quoted today in a USA Today article about physicians testing patients for vitamin D deficiencies.

 

Reuben, professor and chief of geriatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is quoted today in an Associated Press article about how Sen. John McCain’s age is raising doubts about his fitness to serve as president.

 

Rhoads, UCLA professor of education, is quoted today in a San Francisco Chronicle article about teenage philanthropists who raise money for global causes.

 

Shoup, UCLA professor of urban planning, was quoted Saturday in a New York Times article about a wireless network being developed in San Francisco that will alert drivers to unoccupied metered parking spaces.

 

Slusser, assistant professor of pediatrics at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and the UCLA School of Public Health, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about obesity.

 

Swerdloff, professor-in-residence and chief endocrinologist at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, was quoted Sunday in a Chicago Tribune article about male contraceptive options.

 

Vendlinski, a researcher with the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, was quoted Saturday in a Fresno Bee article about a new state policy requiring all California eighth graders to take algebra.

 

Wilson, professor emeritus of management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted Thursday in a Creators Syndicate column by Larry Elder about gun violence statistics and the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on a Washington, D.C., gun-control law.