The public launch of the Arhoolie Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings at UCLA, the largest online digital archive ofits kind, was reported Thursday by the Associated Press Latin Wire, a Los Angeles Times blog, La Opinión, the Los Angeles Daily Breeze, KPCC-89.3 FM, KSCA-101.9 FM, KMEX-Channel 34, and television networks Televisa, Notimex andAzteca America and Friday by aChronicle of Higher Education blog,La Opinión and the Telemundo network's "Al Rojo Vivo." The digitization of the archive, which is now available through the UCLA Library, was funded by a donation from the popularnorteño group Los Tigres del Norte to UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center. Center director Chon Noriega was quoted by the AP and La Opinión.

 

A Wall Street Journal blog reported Thursday that UCLA is one of approximately 100 colleges and universities now uploading educational content on YouTube’s new YouTube Edu channel. The piece highlighted UCLA videos on prom-dress rugby and mathematics professor Terence Tao. Genevieve Haines, director of integrated communications for UCLA University Communications, was quoted.

 

The Indo-Asian News Service reported Sunday, and the Spanish-language wire service EFE reported Friday, on a study led by Sarosh Motivala, assistant professor of psychiatryat the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, that found that insomnia disrupts one of two hormones in the human body that regulate appetite. Motivala was quoted.

 

Inside Higher Ed reported Friday on the opposition of a group of UCLA students to the selection of actor and UCLA alumnus James Franco as UCLA's 2009 commencement speaker. Julie Sina, chief of staff of the UCLA College of Letters and Science, was quoted.

 

Sunday’s Los Angeles Timesfeatured a profile of choreographer and UCLA world arts and cultures professor David Roussève, whose current dance-theater production, “Saudade,” which was co-commissioned by UCLA Live, premieres this week at the Freud Playhouse. Roussève, assistant professor of world arts and cultures Cheng-Chieh Yu and UCLA Live director David Sefton were quoted.

 

Friday’s Seattle Times featured an op-ed piece co-authored by Sanford Jacoby, Howard Noble Professor of Management and vice chair of academic affairs at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, comparing the American and Japanese economies and styles of corporate capitalism.

 

Friday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal featured a profile of Greg Graffin, UCLA lecturer in life sciences and longtime leader of the punk rock band Bad Religion. Graffin was quoted.

 

J.R. DeShazo, associate professor of public policy and director of the Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, was interviewed Sunday on NBC's "Today" show and Saturday on CBS News about "Earth Hour," a worldwide initiative that encouraged businesses and households to turn off their lights for one hour on March 28.

 

An Agence France-Presse article published Saturday about recent U.S. Department of Justice figures indicating that Asian Americans experience less violent crime than other racial groups highlights education and income data on Asian Americans compiled by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.

 

San Diego's Spanish-language newspaper El Latino reported Thursday on research by Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, UCLA associate professor of Chicano studies, on the impact of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Hinojosa-Ojeda was quoted.

 

The Los Angeles Daily News reported Friday that Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center has been selected as one of thecountry'sleading hospitals, and one of the most highly recommendedin a number of medical specialties, in a major survey ofphysicians across the nation. The survey results are published in the May–June issues of AARP The Magazine.

 

 

Alter, professor emerita of world arts and cultures, was quoted Sunday in a Los Angeles Daily News article about a lawsuit alleging that a former Los Angeles County registrarengaged in misconduct.

 

Bergman, UCLA professor emeritus of law, was quoted Friday in a Los Angeles Times article about the unsolved 1985 murders of a San Marino couple.

 

Clayman, UCLA professor of sociology, was quoted Friday in a Pittsburg Post-Gazette article about President Barack Obama’s frequent use of the word “look” in his speeches.

 

Dhir, dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, was quoted Sunday in a Los Angeles Times article about a recent increase in university students pursuing studies and careers in clean energy.

 

Dukakis, visiting professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, was quoted Sunday in a Miami Herald article about the use of the terms “liberal” and “progressive” in describing politicians.

 

Fonarow, UCLA's Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science and director of the Ahmanson–UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, was quoted Sunday in a HealthDay News article about a study demonstrating the ineffectiveness of a surgical procedure for hearth failure.

 

Frieder, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology and a staff obstetrician-gynecologist at Santa Monica–UCLA Medical Center, was quoted Thursday in a HealthDay News article about research on pregnant women and smoking.

 

Gayton, executive director of the Entertainment Media Management Institute at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted Thursday in a Hollywood Reporter article about Netflix.

 

Loukaitou-Sideris, UCLA professor of urban planning, is quoted today in an Edmonton Journal article about improved security for public transportation in Edmonton, Alberta.

 

Dr. Neil Martin, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery, was quoted Thursday in a Time magazine article about brain injuries.

 

Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, was quoted Sunday in a "CBS Evening News" story about job seekers. He was quoted Thursday in a San Diego Union-Tribune article about San Diego County's economy.

 

Shulman, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, was quoted Thursday in a MSN Money article about the U.S. economy.

 

Small, Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, is quoted today in a U.S. News & World Report article about a link between blood sugar levels and memory loss.

 

Turteltaub, UCLA vice chancellor for external affairs, was quoted Thursday in a Chronicle of Philanthropy article about research indicating that fundraisers who stay with the same institution for many years are more successful at raising money than those who change jobs frequently.