Sunday’s Ventura County Star featured a profile of R. Edward Geiselman, UCLA professor of inter-disciplinary psychology, who developed an interviewing technique used by law enforcement officials to question possible suspects in criminal investigations. Geiselman was quoted.

 

Asian News International reported Friday on research by UCLA physiologists Ernest Wright and Jeff Abramson that used X-ray crystallography to reveal the structure of a class of proteins that pump glucose into cells. The proteins are used in the treatment of chronic diarrhea in children and may be helpful in the development of drugs to treat diabetes and obesity. Abramson was quoted.

 

The New York Times reported Saturday on the recent restoration of “The Exiles” — a 1961 film about a group of Native Americans living in Los Angeles’ Bunker Hill neighborhood — by Ross Lipman, a preservationist with the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

 

Today’s Baltimore Sun features an op-ed piece by Dr. Claire Panosian Dunavan, clinical professor of infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, discussing the factors that may contribute to the high rate of suicide among physicians.

 

Canada’s Ottawa Citizen reports today on a brain-imaging study by Golnaz Tabibnia, a postdoctoral fellow at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, UCLA associate professor of psychology Matthew Lieberman and UCLA psychology graduate student Ajay Satpute that showed that the human brain responds to being treated fairly the same way it responds to winning money and eating chocolate. The article also highlights a follow-up study by Tabibnia, Lieberman and colleagues at England’s University of Cambridge showing that serotonin levels can affect the way in which individuals perceive fair and unfair treatment. Tabibnia and Lieberman are quoted.

 

The New York Times reported Thursday on the winners of the 2008 Gerald Loeb Awards, presented annually by the UCLA Anderson School of Management for outstanding business journalism.

 

A study by Dr. Alcino Silva, professor of neurobiology and a member of the UCLA Brain Research Institute, and Dan Ehninger, a UCLA postgraduate researcher in neurobiology, that found that learning disorders resulting from a genetic mutation that causes autism in humans can be reversed in mice was featured by the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday and by the Spanish–English newspaper chain Eastern Group Publications on Thursday. Silva was quoted in the coverage.

 

The July edition of Entrepreneur magazine features a brief article on Peter Guber, visiting professor of film, television and visual media at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, and his views on the importance of using storytelling techniques in entrepreneurship.

 

The Los Angeles Times reports today on 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. O’Connor is quoted.

 

 

Appleby, UCLA professor emerita of history, was quoted in the June 27 edition of U.S. News & World Report about American and French cooperation during the American Revolution.

 

Dobkin, professor of neurology and director of the neurological rehabilitation and research unit at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted Saturday in Illinois’ Belleville News-Democrat about patients who seek experimental stem cell treatments in China.

 

Esrailian, clinical instructor of digestive diseases and director of general gastroenterology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about the growing popularity of gluten-free foods.

 

Fessler, associate professor of anthropology and director of the UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution and Culture, was quoted Wednesday in a New Scientist article about the evolutionary history of the emotion of disgust.

 

Froines, professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health and director of UCLA's Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, was quoted Sunday in a San Francisco Chronicle article about a woman’s battle with a chemical company she claims is responsible for worker illnesses and damage to the environment.

 

Harber, professor of family medicine and chief of occupational and environmental medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted Sunday in a San Francisco Chronicle article about a woman’s battle with a chemical company she claims is responsible for worker illnesses and damage to the environment.

 

Juvonen, UCLA professor of psychology, was quoted Saturday in a Pasadena Star-News article about the Pasadena Unified School District’s plans to restructure its school’s by grade level.

 

Kim, UCLA assistant professor of dermatology, was quoted Sunday in a Los Angeles Times article about anti-aging cosmetic products.

 

Loukaitou-Sideris, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Urban Planning, was quoted Sunday in a Glendale News-Press article about the Glendale city planning department’s new urban design committee.

 

Milkman, professor of sociology and director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about legislation that would mandate that businesses provide a certain amount of paid sick days for their employees.

 

Mitchell, distinguished professor of public policy and Ho-su Wu Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article on California's budget crisis.

 

Motomura, visiting professor at the UCLA School of Law, is quoted today in a Washington Post article about the growing field of immigration law.

 

Orfield, professor of education and co-director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA, was quoted Sunday in a Baltimore Sun article about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the current presidential race.

 

Seeman, UCLA professor of geriatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted Wednesday in a Prevention magazine column about optimism and its health benefits.

 

Small, clinical professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and director of the UCLA Center on Aging, is quoted today in Investor’s Business Daily about software programs designed to help improve memory.

 

Taylor, chair of the UCLA Department of Urban Planning and director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UCLA, was quoted Sunday in a Los Angeles Times story on Disneyland's monorail upgrade and the history of monorail systems.