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Feb 10, 2012
UCLA Headlines February 10, 2012
IN THE NEWS: Electric Boost Helps Brain Learn Better Indian Express reported Thursday on a study led by Dr. Itzhak Fried, professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, showing for the first time that human...Feb 10, 2012
Endocrine Surgery Program receives grant to treat uninsured patients
The UCLA Endocrine Surgery Program has received a $25,000 grant from the Christopher Murphy Foundation to establish a fund to provide need-based financial assistance to patients being treated for thyroid cancer. Dr. Michael Yeh, ...Feb 10, 2012
Anderson School staff retiree gives back to colleagues
In her 40-year career as an administrator at UCLA Anderson School of Management, Mary Petersen wore many hats — from running the switchboard to supervising the move to the school's current campus. Retired since...Feb 10, 2012
UCLA partners with Zócalo to share campus expertise citywide
It’s been 17 years since National Football League teams battled it out on Los Angeles soil. But fans are hoping the dry spell may end soon as momentum builds over two proposals to give an NFL team a berth here. Still, the question of an...Feb 10, 2012
M.B.A. students to help L.A. firms export products, add jobs
For years, UCLA Anderson students have helped foreign companies go international. A new grant will use their expertise to help more Southern California companies export internationally, creating new jobs at home.Feb 10, 2012
School of Nursing, LAUSD get middle schoolers moving
Funded by a $1.2 million grant, Kynna Wright-Volel, assistant professor and Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholar, the UCLA School of Nursing and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) have launched Project SHAPE LA, a coordinate...Feb 10, 2012
UCLA School of Nursing, LAUSD get middle schoolers moving
SHAPE LA, a new NIH-funded school health program launched by UCLA and the LAUSD, aims to boost physical activity and combat obesity among students.Feb 10, 2012
Check off for cancer research on your state tax form
Supporting cancer research is easy, especially if you're about to complete your California tax form. Simply check box number 405 (California Breast Cancer Research Fund) and/or box number 413 (California Cancer Research Fund). Both...Feb 10, 2012
Distinguished NIH expert on physics of proteins to deliver three Regents lectures
William Eaton, who directs the NIH Laboratory of Chemical Physics, is serving as a 2012 Regents Lecturer at UCLA and will speak on Feb. 13, 16 and 17.Feb 09, 2012
Virginia bill could deny homes to children
Gary Gates serves as the Williams Distinguished Scholar at the Charles R. Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law. Gates co-authored The Gay and Lesbian Atlas and is a recognized national expert on...
