UCLA Headlines June 18, 2009
By Office of Media Relations
June 18, 2009
IN THE NEWS:
Pauley Pavilion Project, UCLA Budget Woes Highlighted
A Los Angeles Times column today highlightsconcernsrelated to the impact of the state budget crisis and the Pauley Pavilion renovation project onUCLA's academic programs.The column quotes Steve Olsen, UCLA vice chancellor for finance, budget and capital programs, and references acommunication from UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh.
Asian Americans and the Civil Rights Movement
China’s Xinhua News Service today reviews "Untold Civil Rights Stories: Asian Americans Speak Out for Justice," a textbook co-edited by Russell Leong, senior editor at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center and an adjunct professor of English, that examines the role of Asian Americans in the U.S. civil rights movement.
Helping Juvenile Offenders Reenter Society
La Opinión reported June 4 on the Juvenile Justice and Reentry Project, a program of the department of social welfare at the UCLA School of Public Affairs that fosters the reintegration of juvenile offenders into the community upon their release. Laura Abrams, UCLA assistant professor of social welfare, was quoted.
La Opinión reported June 4 on the Juvenile Justice and Reentry Project, a program of the department of social welfare at the UCLA School of Public Affairs that fosters the reintegration of juvenile offenders into the community upon their release. Laura Abrams, UCLA assistant professor of social welfare, was quoted.
Anderson Appoints New Marketing Prof
Advertising Age reports today on the appointment of Jim Stengel, former global marketing officer for Procter & Gamble, to the faculty of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Sanjay Sood, assistant professor of marketing at the Anderson School, is quoted.
QUOTABLE:
Gary Gates
Gates, a senior research fellow at the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, was quoted Wednesday in a San Jose Mercury News article about a U.S. Census Bureau study of gay and lesbian couples who consider themselves married.
Gilbert Gee
Gee, associate professor of community health sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health, was quoted Wednesday in an Asian Journal article about rising rates of childhood obesity in the Asian American community, particularly among Filipino Americans.
Edward Leamer
Leamer, Chauncey J. Medberry Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, was quoted Wednesday in a Riverside Press-Enterprise article about Southern California home prices.
Jerry Nickelsburg
Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, is quoted today in a San Diego Union-Tribune article about Southern California home prices.
May Wang
Wang, associate professor-in-residence of community health sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health, was quoted Wednesday in an Asian Journal article about rising rates of childhood obesity in the Asian American community, particularly among Filipino Americans.
Hossein Ziai
Ziai, director of Iranian studies at UCLA and a professor in the department of Near Eastern languages and cultures, was quoted Wednesday in an MSNBC.com article about how the political unrest in Iran is being reported on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.
