The Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the LA Weekly and La Opinión report today on Thursday's rallies and other activities on the UCLA campus by students, faculty and union members participating in a statewide day of protests aimed at addressing budget cuts and reduced funding for higher education. The day's events were covered Thursday by CNN, KCBS-Channel 2, KTLA-Channel 5, KABC-Channel 7, KCAL-Channel 9, KTTV-Channel 11, KFI-640 AM and KNX-1070 AM, among other media. Many outlets filed multiple reports throughout the day.

 

A New York Times blog today features commentaries by Vivian Sobchack, UCLA professor emeritus of film and television, and Maria Elena de las Carreras, UCLA visiting assistant professor of film and television, on how the Academy Awards influence filmmaking and the filmmaking industry in both positive and negative ways.

 

Chang, professor-in-residence of digestive diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is quoted today in a Reuters article about a study showing that biofeedback may help individuals who suffer from chronic constipation.

Rossman, UCLA assistant professor of sociology, was quoted Thursday in a Smart Money article about how an Academy Award for best picture significantly boosts a film's box-office revenues.

Small, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and director of the UCLA Center on Aging, was quoted Wednesday in a WebMD article about a study examining whether meditation can help reverse memory loss in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.

Smith, UCLA professor of geography, was quoted Thursday in a New Scientist article about the discovery of methane gas bubbling out of the Arctic Ocean, a phenomenon that could be the result of global warming.