The San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Daily Breeze report today on research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the California Center for Public Health Advocacy providing the first scientific evidence of a link between soda consumption and obesity. The Marin Independent Journal reported the story Thursday. Susan Babey, project director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in the S.F. Chronicle and the Marin Independent Journal.

 

The Associated Press reports today on first moon-temperature data returned by the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which indicate that in certain moon craters, temperatures are colder than at any other known point in the solar system. UCLA professor of planetary science David Paige, the principal investigator on the Diviner Experiment, is quoted.

 

An article in today's Politics Daily about opposition to President Obama and his policies cites research co-authored by UCLA associate professor of political science Lynn Vavreck exploring the role Obama’s race played in voters’ decisions during the 2008 presidential election. Vavreck is quoted.

 

Dr. Daniel Silverman, associate professor of molecular and medical pharmacology and head of the neuronuclear imaging section at UCLA's Ahmanson Biological Imaging Center, was interviewed Monday on National Public Radio’s “Here & Now” about his book "Your Brain After Chemo," which outlines steps patients can take to address the memory and cognitive problems that often occur after chemotherapy.

 

David Silver, a senior researcher at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing at UCLA, was interviewed Wednesday on KPCC-89.3 FM's “AirTalk” about the release of California's Academic Performance Index scores, which measure the performance of K–12 schools.

 

Space Daily reported Wednesday on the development of the Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a powerful space telescope that will have the ability to detect dark and dim objects — including asteroids, dwarf stars and dust clouds — in the spaces between planets and stars. Edward Wright, UCLA professor of physics and astronomy and the principal investigator on WISE, was quoted.

 

The current edition of the Santa Monica Mirror reports that more than 60 UCLA student volunteers helped to clean up and restore the Ballona Creek Estuary in Playa del Rey as part of a nationwide day of volunteer service on Sept. 11.

 

Florida's Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported Thursday on the UCLA Anderson Forecast’s latest quarterly outlook on the U.S. and California economies. Jerry Nickelsburg, a Forecast senior economist, was quoted.

 

Burt, professor emeritus of clinical psychiatry and director of the UCLA Women's Life Center, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about new guidelines issued by two of the nation’s leading physicians groups for the treatment of depression during pregnancy.

 

Gregory Cole, professor of medicine and neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and associate director of UCLA's Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, was quoted Thursday in a HealthDay News article about the difficulties of diagnosing early-stage Alzheimer's disease in individuals with mild cognitive impairment.

Leamer, Chauncey J. Medberry Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the Anderson Forecast, was quoted Wednesday in a Los Angeles Times article about home prices in Southern California.

 

Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson forecast, was quoted Thursday in an article in California's Victorville Daily Press about home prices in Southern California.

 

Sood, assistant professor of marketing at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted Wednesday in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about plans by Blockbuster Video to close more than 900 underperforming stores by the end of 2010.