UCLA Headlines July 17, 2008
By Office of Media Relations
July 17, 2008
IN THE NEWS:
Researchers ID Source of Northern Lights
Vassilis Angelopoulos, UCLA professor of Earth and space sciences, was featured Wednesday on a “Nova Science Now” television segment about a NASA-funded satellite mission studying the substorms in space that lead to the explosive releases of energy responsible for the aurora borealis, or northern lights. Angelopoulos is the mission’s principal investigator.
Chronic Stress Linked to Physical Illness
Asian News International reports today on research by Rita Effros, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, that found that a hormone released when individuals experience stress contributes to the aging of immune cells, potentially leading to physical illnesses. Effros was quoted.
Can Grief Be Addictive?
Research led by UCLA assistant professor of psychiatry Mary-Frances O’Connor that found that certain types of chronic grief activate reward centers in the brain, possibly giving sorrowful memories addiction-like properties, was featured Wednesday by KNBC-Channel 4 and today by MSNBC. O’Connor was quoted.
Prof’s Plan to Reduce L.A. Traffic
A proposed plan by UCLA professor of urban planning Donald Shoup to help ease traffic in Los Angeles by increasing the cost of public parking was featured today in a Los Angeles Times story on the City Council’s approval of an increase in parking-meter rates and hours of operation.
QUOTABLE:
Gary Gates
Gates, a senior fellow at the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, is quoted today in a Washington Post article about the U.S. Census Bureau’s recent decision not to include legal same-sex unions as marriages in its 2010 national count.
Eric Hoek
Hoek, UCLA assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, was quoted Wednesday in an Asian News International article about a newly developed water purification system.
Susan Love
Love, UCLA clinical professor of surgery, was quoted Wednesday in a U.S. News & World Report article about breast self-exams.
Mae Shores
Shores, assistant dean and director of M.B.A. admissions at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted Sunday in a BusinessWeek article about business school students who used a website that offered a “cheat sheet” for business school entrance examinations.