A Sunday New York Times article on rare book collections available to the public at U.S. libraries highlighted UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and its collections of works by William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and John Keats. Clark Library head librarian Bruce Whiteman was quoted.

Asian News International reported Sunday on research by Dr. Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, assistant clinical professor of nephrology at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, indicating that patients with lower body fat are at increased risk of dying during dialysis procedures. Kalantar-Zadeh was quoted.  

 

Forbes magazine reported Friday on the blog of Terence Tao, UCLA professor of mathematics and holder of the James and Carol Collins Chair in the UCLA College of Letters and Science, which the Fields Medal winner has turned into a graduate math seminar open to the general public. Tao was quoted.

 

The University of California and UCLA were featured Sunday in a New York Times special educational supplement article on the financial challenges facing public universities in light of reduced state support.

Leonard Kleinrock, UCLA distinguished professor of computer science, was interviewed Sunday on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" and Friday on NPR’s “Science Friday” about the 40th anniversary of the birth of the Internet at UCLA, which occurred when a team of UCLA computer scientists led by Kleinrock sent the first host-to-host message over the network on Oct. 29, 1969. The Las Vegas Sun reported Sunday, and San Francisco’s El Mensajero reported Friday, on the anniversary and on UCLA's Oct. 29 anniversary symposium exploring the future of the Internet. Kleinrock was cited in the Las Vegas Sun and quoted in El Mensajero.

 

Today's Los Angeles Times features a review of “The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis,” a UCLA Hammer Museum exhibition featuring the artist's new graphic illustrations of the Book of Genesis.

A CBS “60 Minutes” profile of Japanese Yakuza godfather Tadamasa Goto referenced liver transplants he and three other Japanese nationals with ties to organized crime received at UCLA between 2000 and 2004. The segment cited a UCLA statement regarding its policies on organ transplantation.

 

HealthDay News reported Thursday on a study led by Dr. Jennifer Sayles, assistant professor of general internal medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, that found that HIV-positive individuals who feel stigmatized are more likely to report poor access to health care and difficulty in sticking to their HIV medication.

Habibi, a lecturer in real estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted Saturday in a Bakersfield Californian story about a new company buying and leasing property in California's Central Valley.

 

Jentsch, UCLA professor of psychology and psychiatry, was cited Sunday in a Minneapolis Star-Tribune article about a national campaign by biomedical researchers to defend and promote the use of animals in medical research. 

 

Kleiman, professor of public policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, was quoted Saturday in an Oakland Tribune article about marijuana legalization efforts in California.

 

Landis, director of the David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, was quoted Sunday in an Associated Press article about clothing and jewelry inspired by TV shows like “Mad Men” and “True Blood.”

 

Mokover, associate dean for career services at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted Thursday in a BusinessWeek article about the difficult job market for recent business school graduates.

 

Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, was quoted Wednesday in a San Jose Mercury News article about economic lessons learned since the Great Depression.

 

Nunan, visiting assistant professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, is quoted today in a column in Tennessee's Chattanooga Times Free Press about why people become attached to the fictional characters they watch on TV.

 

Orfield, professor of education and co-director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA, was quoted Sunday in an Orlando Sentinel article about the Orange County, Fla., school district's failure to meet the commitments of a court-mandated desegregation plan.

 

Patel, assistant clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about the medical accuracy of heart transplants portrayed on a network television series.

 

Ringach, UCLA professor of neurobiology and psychiatry, was cited Sunday in a Minneapolis Star-Tribune article about a national campaign by biomedical researchers to defend and promote the use of animals in medical research. 

 

Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, was quoted Sunday in a New York Times article about whether signing a petition is a public or private act.