UCLA Headlines June 5, 2008
By Office of Media Relations
June 05, 2008
IN THE NEWS:
Students Fast in Support of Union Members
La Opinión reports today on a three-day fast by UCLA students in support of union members in contract talks with the University of California. KFWB-980 AM, KRCA-Channel 62 and City News Service reported the story Wednesday. Chancellor Gene Block was quoted in the La Opinión and CNS stories.
Gay Marriage and the Economy
Reuters and the San Francisco Chronicle report today on a study by the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy that examined the potential impact of legalized same-sex marriage on the California economy. Study co-author M.V. Lee Badgett, UCLA visiting professor of law and research director at the institute, is quoted. The Spanish-language newspaper Hoy reported on the study Wednesday.
How the Internet Was Born
An article in July’s Vanity Fair on the evolution the Internet highlights the work of Leonard Kleinrock, professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, whose advances in data networking in the late 1960s provided the technological foundation on which the Internet is built. Kleinrock and Vint Cerf, who worked with Kleinrock as a UCLA graduate student, are quoted.
Race an Issue in Kidney Disease
HealthDay News reported Wednesday on a study led by Dr. Allen Nissenson, professor of nephrology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of UCLA’s Davita Dialysis Unit, that explored racial disparities in the progression and treatment of kidney disease in the U.S.
High School Dropout Receives Medical Degree
Today’s Los Angeles Wave features a front-page profile of Dr. Shauna Blake, 41, a former high school dropout and mother of two who achieved her dream of becoming a physician by graduating from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA last Friday.
Scientists ID Source of Epileptic Condition
Reuters reported Wednesday on research by UCLA scientists that identified the mutated gene responsible for the condition known as childhood absence epilepsy. Study co-author Dr. Richard W. Olsen, professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted.
QUOTABLE:
Stuart Gabriel
Gabriel, professor of finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about how shaky mortgages and plunging home values have led to foreclosures for many homeowners.