A Los Angeles Times blog, the San Francisco Chronicle and public radio's “California Report” report today on the controversy surrounding a proposed plan to increase student fees at University of California campuses. The UC Board of Regents will vote on the plan at its Nov. 17–19 meeting at UCLA. The issue was also highlighted Tuesday by the Merced Sun-Star and today by Los Angeles' KABC-Channel 7 and KCAL-Channel 9; Sacramento’s KCRA-Channel 3, KOVR-Channel 13 and KXTV-Channel 10; San Jose’s KNTV-Channel 11 and KICU-Channel 36; and San Francisco’s KPIX-Channel 5.Today's San Francisco Chronicle also features an editorial on the fee increases.

 

United Press International reports today on a study by scientists at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center that found that titanium dioxide nanoparticles, which are found in many common household items, can cause genetic damage and increase the risk of cancer in mice. Study author Robert Schiestl, UCLA professor of pathology, radiation oncology and environmental health sciences and a Jonsson Center scientist, is quoted.

 

Today's Los Angeles Times features an opinion piece about a Los Angeles County plan that would involve the creation of a University of California–supervised entity to run a private, nonprofit hospital and clinic on the site of Martin Luther King Jr.–Drew Medical Center in South Los Angeles. The UC Board of Regents will consider the proposal at its Nov. 17–19 meeting at UCLA.

 

Time magazine today features a Q&A with UCLA professor of history Peter Baldwin about his new book, “The Narcissism of Minor Differences,” which illustrates how social, environmental, health care and other differences between the United States and the nations of Western Europe are much smaller than is commonly assumed.

 

Today's Forbes features an op-ed by Lee Ohanian, professor of economics and vice chair of undergraduate studies for the UCLA Department of Economics, on the economic recovery in the U.S. and the persistent problem of high unemployment.

 

ThirdAge magazine reported Tuesday on research by Thomas Rice, UCLA vice chancellor for academic personnel and a professor of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health, and colleagues that found that older Americans are more likely to make poor choices when presented with a wide variety of drug plan options.

 

The Los Angeles Jewish Journal on Tuesday featured a short profile of Arnold Band, professor emeritus of comparative literature and founding director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, who was honored by the center Oct. 21.

 

KNBC-Channel 4 and KTLA-Channel 5 reported Tuesday on a new report released this week by the Institute of International Education showing that UCLA ranked eighth among U.S. universities during the 2008–09 academic year in the number of foreign students enrolled, with approximately 5,600.

 

 

Baron, chief of staff at Santa Monica–UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, is quoted today in a HealthDay News column about the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommending against routine mammograms for women under 50.

Habibi, a lecturer in real estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted Tuesday in a Glendale News Press article about home foreclosure in the Glendale, Calif., area.

Wright, a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy, was quoted Tuesday in a Reuters article and today in a Pasadena Star News article about the upcoming launch of NASA's new WISE telescope.