﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:38:13 GMT</pubDate><title>Around Campus</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Today</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>Alec Rosenberg</author><title>UC to help reopen South L.A.'s MLK hospital</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-to-help-reopen-south-l-a-s-112842.aspx?link_page_rss=112842</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-to-help-reopen-south-l-a-s-112842.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas addresses the media after the UC regents approved a UC-county partnership to reopen Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital. Regent William De La Pe&ntilde;a and Chancellor Gene Block appear in... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355373" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:38:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus groups working with L.A. children, youth join forces</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-groups-working-with-city-112840.aspx?link_page_rss=112840</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-groups-working-with-city-112840.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Scores of campus organizations that deliver UCLA services to children and youth in Los Angeles-area schools came together recently to connect and collaborate.
 
Bruin Corps, the UCLA Volunteer Center, the Latin American Institute and Mattel... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355377" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:41:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Holiday season's the time to help those in need</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-joins-forces-to-help-others-112771.aspx?link_page_rss=112771</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-joins-forces-to-help-others-112771.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Every year, numerous UCLA departments invite the campus community to join them in making the holidays happier for many throughout Los Angeles. Here are some opportunities to get involved:
 
Holiday Toy Drive
 
Being hospitalized can be... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355370" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:06:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Mattel pediatricians offer tips on flu vaccines, healthy weight</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mattel-children-s-hospital-doctors-112710.aspx?link_page_rss=112710</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mattel-children-s-hospital-doctors-112710.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Doctors from Mattel Children's Hospital gave advice on the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine, along with tips for helping kids maintain a healthy weight, to UCLA staff and faculty at a Staff Assembly Learn-at-Lunch meeting on Nov. 10.
 
&quot;Each year,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355237" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:16:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shilo Munk</author><title>Sidebar: Putting presidents' words to music</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/putting-presidents-words-to-music-112659.aspx?link_page_rss=112659</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/putting-presidents-words-to-music-112659.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Read the main article: Lincoln inspires a return to the &quot;great books&quot;
 
Exactly 146 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most monumental speeches in United States history &ndash; the Gettysburg Address. President... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355189" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:49:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kelsey Sharpe</author><title>Connecting Watts with Westwood</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/watts-tutorial-program-combines-112210.aspx?link_page_rss=112210</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/watts-tutorial-program-combines-112210.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

A day in Watts, just 30 minutes from Westwood.

&ldquo;Going to UCLA, I feel like a lot of students are so caught up in this &lsquo;bubble&rsquo;,&rdquo; hardly aware of rough-edged Los Angeles beyond Westwood.
 
Terry Kim, who made... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355094" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:47:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathleen Micham</author><title>Lighting a fire for human rights</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/to-come-112168.aspx?link_page_rss=112168</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/to-come-112168.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Jack Healey, founder and president of the Human Rights Action Center, came to UCLA on Nov. 5, his purpose was clear: to inspire undergraduates to dedicate themselves to the universal struggle for human rights, as he has done for nearly three decades.

Jack... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355055" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:35:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Explore the Universe — on south campus</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/explore-the-universe-on-south-112008.aspx?link_page_rss=112008</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/explore-the-universe-on-south-112008.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The sun, the moon and the stars &mdash; enjoy all this and more during &ldquo;Exploring the Universe,&rdquo; a family-friendly open house presented by UCLA&rsquo;s departments of Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Space Sciences, and Atmospheric Sciences.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=355013" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>From war to Westwood: when soldiers become students</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/from-war-to-westwood-when-soldiers-112070.aspx?link_page_rss=112070</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/from-war-to-westwood-when-soldiers-112070.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new UCLA class is reaching out to a unique kind of incoming Bruin: veterans relearning how to live as civilians after service in the military. In the safety of the all-vets class, they discuss their impatience with students who think midterms... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354998" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Laura Perry</author><title>Prof reveals Florence Nightingale's political side</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/prof-reveals-florence-nightingale-111975.aspx?link_page_rss=111975</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/prof-reveals-florence-nightingale-111975.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Florence Nightingale's image and writings are on display at UCLA's Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, including the large blue book above. It's a 1,000-page report she wrote for a royal commission that was used to improve hospital... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354982" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Harry Mok</author><title>UC postdoc fellowship program encourages diversity</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-postdoc-fellowship-program-112087.aspx?link_page_rss=112087</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-postdoc-fellowship-program-112087.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A walk in the woods around Lake Arrowhead helped Wayne Yang solve a major career conundrum: whether to accept a coveted tenure-track faculty position at UC San Diego. Yang strolled in the forest with Sheila O'Rourke, director of the UC President's Postdoctoral... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354975" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:19:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>UCLA experts take lead in regional climate plan</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-experts-take-lead-in-regional-112040.aspx?link_page_rss=112040</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-experts-take-lead-in-regional-112040.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The LARC (Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability) hopes to transform the Los Angeles region.

In a unique effort to address climate change, experts with UCLA's Institute of the Environment (IOE) have been tapped... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354940" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:56:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Help a family in need</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/help-a-family-in-need-111919.aspx?link_page_rss=111919</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/help-a-family-in-need-111919.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For the past 17 holiday seasons, the UCLA Health System Auxiliary has coordinated the Adopt-a-Family Program, supporting hundreds of families who are experiencing extraordinary challenges. The program provides support for basic needs as well as holiday... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354547" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:22:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kelsey Sharpe</author><title>Comics artist R. Crumb recasts Bible's Book of Genesis</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/comic-artist-r-crumb-retells-the-111918.aspx?link_page_rss=111918</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/comic-artist-r-crumb-retells-the-111918.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[His hair flows back from his head and mingles with his long beard, and as he cups a swirling, black vortex in his hands, God begins “to create Heaven and Earth.”
 
Once difficult to imagine, this scene from the first paragraph of the Bible’s Genesis... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354548" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:09:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Campus map 2.0: Collaborators welcome</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-map-2-0-111911.aspx?link_page_rss=111911</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-map-2-0-111911.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
UCLA's newest map makes searching easier and includes additional useful information about campus buildings and points of interest.Last November, Campus General Services unveiled an online campus map that, for the first time, let users... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354543" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:17:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crime alert: Former faculty member is missing</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/crime-alert-a-missing-former-faculty-111857.aspx?link_page_rss=111857</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/crime-alert-a-missing-former-faculty-111857.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA police are looking for Philip Agre, a former associate professor of information sciences.
 
Agre, 49, was reported missing by his sister, who has not seen Agre since spring 2008. An out-of-state resident, Agre's sister said she... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354496" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:33:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>United Way's HomeWalk to help shelter homeless</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/united-way-s-homewalk-to-help-111834.aspx?link_page_rss=111834</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/united-way-s-homewalk-to-help-111834.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[There's a way you can help homeless families in greater Los Angeles get off the streets or out of their cars where people have sought shelter and into an apartment.
 
Come walk five kilometers with the United Way of Greater Los Angeles on Saturday,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354473" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:39:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Crime alert: Police seek suspect in sexual assault</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/police-seek-suspect-in-sexual-111816.aspx?link_page_rss=111816</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/police-seek-suspect-in-sexual-111816.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 23.
 
The victim left her vehicle parked near the intersection of Veteran Boulevard and Gayley Avenue around 1... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354445" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:51:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Change your mind, change your life</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/using-mindsight-to-change-your-111764.aspx?link_page_rss=111764</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/using-mindsight-to-change-your-111764.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Want to improve your life? Then rewire your brain, advises UCLA professor of clinical psychiatry Dr. Daniel Siegel in his new book, &ldquo;Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation.&rdquo; Dr. Siegel will talk about this breakthrough concept... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354443" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:20:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Internet turns 40 at UCLA</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/internet-turns-40-at-ucla-111586.aspx?link_page_rss=111586</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/internet-turns-40-at-ucla-111586.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s hard to imagine a world without the Internet, but 40 years ago it was only an idea &mdash; bold and untested. History was made Oct. 29, 1969, when computer scientists succeeded in transmitting the first message between two computers located... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354336" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:56:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kelsey Sharpe</author><title>Beat ’SC in fitness</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/beat-sc-in-fitness-111580.aspx?link_page_rss=111580</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/beat-sc-in-fitness-111580.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Boost your fitness and tackle UCLA’s cross-town rival in the 3rd annual Pac-10 Fitness Challenge October 26-30. Staff, faculty and students are encouraged to pursue a more vigorous daily routine and higher quality of life through a “Beat ’SC” competition... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354334" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:52:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Wounded warriors take on new challenges</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/wounded-warriors-at-the-wooden-111544.aspx?link_page_rss=111544</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/wounded-warriors-at-the-wooden-111544.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can,” reads a sign posted at the John Wooden Recreation Center, quoting UCLA’s legendary basketball coach. For some 70 injured soldiers who visited the center on Oct. 20, that can-do attitude... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354329" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:07:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Aaron Zarrow</author><title>Parents' Weekend welcomes spirited Bruins</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/parents-weekend-welcomes-spirited-111540.aspx?link_page_rss=111540</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/parents-weekend-welcomes-spirited-111540.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Chancellor Gene Block and his wife, Carol, greet Bruin parents.

&ldquo;Parents&rsquo; Weekend was a perfect excuse for us to get on campus and see our daughter, but it turned out to be a lot more than that,&rdquo; said Laurie Shepard, who,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=354313" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:05:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kelsey Sharpe</author><title>Have breakfast (or lunch) with the chancellor</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/have-breakfast-or-lunch-with-the-111319.aspx?link_page_rss=111319</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/have-breakfast-or-lunch-with-the-111319.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
On Friday, Nov. 6, 13 randomly selected staff members will have a chance to sit down, eat and talk with Chancellor Gene Block during this fall's &ldquo;Breakfast with the Chancellor.&rdquo;  Due to scheduling constraints, it will technically... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=336645" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:06:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Prof revives lost art of printing press</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/prof-revives-lost-art-of-printing-press-111145.aspx?link_page_rss=111145</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/prof-revives-lost-art-of-printing-press-111145.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Professor Johanna Drucker inks her printing press as her grad-student assistant Nora Bloch looks on. Students in Drucker's new class will learn about the press and fonts this quarter. Photos by Alison Hewitt.

For Professor Johanna Drucker, a font... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=324623" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Aaron Zarrow</author><title>Big bash for Bruin parents</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/big-bash-for-bruin-parents-111167.aspx?link_page_rss=111167</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/big-bash-for-bruin-parents-111167.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Fun times at Parents' Weekend 2008.When Parents’ Weekend begins on Oct. 16, more than 3,300 Bruin parents, students and family members will converge on campus to share the best the university has to offer. From talks with deans and faculty... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=324571" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:20:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>UCLA's ambassador of international admissions</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ambassador-of-international-admissions-111146.aspx?link_page_rss=111146</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ambassador-of-international-admissions-111146.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Gloria Nathanson came to work in UCLA’s admissions office in 1949, the administration building — now Murphy Hall — where she worked had just been built.
 
Surrounded by acres of rolling hills and craggy arroyo, the campus was comprised of... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=321980" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:56:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kelsey Sharpe</author><title>Bicycling, skateboarding to be banned in 'dismount zones'</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bicycling-skateboarding-to-be-111066.aspx?link_page_rss=111066</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bicycling-skateboarding-to-be-111066.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Starting on Oct. 12, the UCPD will begin issuing warnings to people using their bicycles, skateboards, scooters or rollerblades when traveling in any of three new &lsquo;dismount zones.&rsquo; The zones will be located along Bruin Walk, in Bruin Plaza,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=318533" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:26:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>New competition pool a win for athletes, rec swimmers</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-competition-pool-a-win-for-102605.aspx?link_page_rss=102605</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-competition-pool-a-win-for-102605.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[


A view of the Spieker Aquatics Center pool and diving tower, amidst the pine trees.

UCLA's newest sports facility &ndash; a sparkling Olympic-length, diving-depth competition pool &ndash; opened Saturday, Sept. 26, on the Hill, boasting a sky-scraping... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=301944" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:07:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Preparing for H1N1 flu</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/preparing-for-swine-flu-102442.aspx?link_page_rss=102442</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/preparing-for-swine-flu-102442.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
From the flu salute and the Obama fist-bump to hand hygiene and &quot;respiratory etiquette,&quot; a cultural change is taking place on campus as preparations to prevent H1N1 influenza go into high gear at UCLA.
 
These are the buzz words of flu season... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=286786" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:14:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Army of Bruin volunteers clean up city</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/army-of-frosh-volunteers-clean-102342.aspx?link_page_rss=102342</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/army-of-frosh-volunteers-clean-102342.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[


UCLA volunteers fill in a &quot;Where the Wild Things Are&quot; mural at Kester Elementary School.

&quot;I haven't gotten up this early all summer,&quot; yawned Monique Ho, a new freshman in the middle of her orientation week at UCLA. On her schedule Sept. 22:... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=282164" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:03:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crime alert: three women robbed in campus elevator</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/crime-alert-three-women-robbed-102260.aspx?link_page_rss=102260</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/crime-alert-three-women-robbed-102260.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA police are looking for a suspect who robbed three women on a parking structure elevator located at the southeast corner of the Intramural Field Friday, Sept. 18.
 
The man, described as Hispanic, approximately 18 years old and about... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=278902" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:06:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Parents are Bruins too</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bruin-parents-families-102085.aspx?link_page_rss=102085</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bruin-parents-families-102085.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

 
A family enjoys a special moment during move-in weekend last year.Sending a child off to college doesn’t make a mother or father any less concerned as a parent. They’ll want to know that their son or daughter is eating healthily, getting along... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=268029" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:20:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Will it burn? Fire class has the answer</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/will-it-burn-fire-class-has-answer-102084.aspx?link_page_rss=102084</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/will-it-burn-fire-class-has-answer-102084.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[



Stereotypically, a college student will flip burgers to pay for college. Larry Loeher found another route. He became a firefighter. Loeher, the associate vice provost of the Office of Instructional Development, was just looking for a summer job... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=268027" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:11:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Amy Albin</author><title>Mattel holiday cards deliver message with a meaning</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mattel-holiday-cards-deliver-message-102061.aspx?link_page_rss=102061</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mattel-holiday-cards-deliver-message-102061.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Young patients, plus a celebrity designer, have created meaningful cards for the upcoming holiday season.
 
Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA is announcing the arrival of the 2009 holiday card collection created by pediatric patients.
 
Proceeds... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=265272" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:41:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Amputee triathlete's Cinderella story</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/amputee-triathlete-101903.aspx?link_page_rss=101903</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/amputee-triathlete-101903.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA student Scout Bassett spent her childhood scrubbing floors in a Chinese orphanage wearing a homemade prosthetic leg kept on with belts and masking tape. &quot;Then a miracle happened,&quot; she says. Now, she's a triathlete. Photos by Alison Hewitt.UCLA junior... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=251988" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:50:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Managing your money when times are tough</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/managing-your-money-when-times-101896.aspx?link_page_rss=101896</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/managing-your-money-when-times-101896.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[With pay cuts and furloughs now in effect across the UC system, it’s probably no surprise that nearly every seat was taken for a campus presentation about personal money management. “Living with Less: Building a Better Budget,” hosted by the UCLA Staff... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=249615" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:48:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Suspects arrested in thefts of catalytic converters</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/suspects-arrested-in-thefts-of-101629.aspx?link_page_rss=101629</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/suspects-arrested-in-thefts-of-101629.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Two men were arrested Friday, Sept. 4, as suspects in a recent rash of catalytic converter thefts from UCLA, LAX, USC and other locations. UCPD had reports of 26 such thefts occurring from cars in campus parking structures.

Juan Carlos Calderon,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=247128" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:03:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Understand your credit score and more</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/understand-your-credit-score-and-101172.aspx?link_page_rss=101172</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/understand-your-credit-score-and-101172.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Staff and Faculty Counseling Center invites employees to &ldquo;Your Credit: Facts, Myths and Scams,&rdquo; a free Learn-at-Lunch presentation on Wednesday, Sept. 23, noon-to-1 p.m. at the Semel Institute Auditorium.
Guest speaker Eduardo Martinez... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=268026" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:02:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>L.A. County Fair UCLA Day Oct. 1</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/l-a-county-fair-ucla-day-oct-1-100947.aspx?link_page_rss=100947</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/l-a-county-fair-ucla-day-oct-1-100947.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA faculty, staff and students get free admission to the Los Angeles County Fair on UCLA Day, Thursday, Oct. 1. The fair runs Sept. 4 - Oct. 5 at the Pomona Fairplex. Enjoy rides, booths, music and more. Print your UCLA Day coupon from the UCLA Staff... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=233964" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:54:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Advance your campus career with this campus program</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/enrich-your-professional-skills-100943.aspx?link_page_rss=100943</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/enrich-your-professional-skills-100943.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA staff members are invited to apply to the 2010 Staff Enrichment Program, designed to foster career development and provide skills training for employees in staff positions. This highly successful career enhancement program, offered by Campus Human... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=233961" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:12:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shilo Munk</author><title>Art staff's talent extends beyond classroom, lab</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/art-staff-s-talent-extends-beyond-100689.aspx?link_page_rss=100689</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/art-staff-s-talent-extends-beyond-100689.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Steven Simon, sculpture lab supervisor, created &quot;Link&quot; out of pasta and paint.Their creations are as diverse as their disciplines. 

Ben Evans, for example, explores the spectrum of light in his latest painting and the fourth dimension of space in... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=232422" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:37:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>International Institute cooks up recipe for teacher success</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/international-institute-cooks-100498.aspx?link_page_rss=100498</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/international-institute-cooks-100498.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[How do you stimulate a student’s appetite for knowledge? 

You talk about food. 


 
Barbara Petzen led teachers used grape leaves to talk about Middle Eastern culture, history, religion and more.
 
That’s what 60 teachers from the L.A. Unified... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=226646" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:48:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crime alert: Thieves target vehicles' catalytic converters</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/crime-alert-thieves-target-vehicles-100070.aspx?link_page_rss=100070</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/crime-alert-thieves-target-vehicles-100070.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
If you see anyone loitering suspiciously near vehicles in a campus parking structure, campus police want you to call (310) 825-1491 immediately.

There were 19 reports of catalytic converter thefts from vehicles parked in Structures 1, 8 and 9 between... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=221862" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:17:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Build a better budget during tough times</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/learn-to-build-a-better-budget-99877.aspx?link_page_rss=99877</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/learn-to-build-a-better-budget-99877.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[If today’s economic times have you wondering how your bills are going to get paid from paycheck to paycheck, it may be time to make some hard choices. But where to start? A budget is the most powerful tool available for establishing financial control.
 
On... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=215843" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:51:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Tea-time at the Fowler</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/tea-time-at-the-fowler-99847.aspx?link_page_rss=99847</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/tea-time-at-the-fowler-99847.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Curator Beatrice Hohenegger leads guests on a tour of the tea exhibit, which opens with this mural depicting different steps of the tea-making process.

Tea has been brewing for millennia. But the first teapots
didn't whistle until the 1500s.





Tidbits... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=214287" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:20:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Latino youth come to campus to broaden their horizons</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/latino-youth-come-to-campus-to-99801.aspx?link_page_rss=99801</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/latino-youth-come-to-campus-to-99801.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 200 Latino high school students had a chance to sample the Bruin lifestyle on the Hill under the tutelage of UCLA students, hear from motivational speakers and meet some real-life Hispanic &quot;heroes,&quot; many of them UCLA staff and alumni. 
 
High... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=214283" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:44:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Preliminary work begins on $1 billion I-405 widening project</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/work-begins-on-1-billion-i-405-99562.aspx?link_page_rss=99562</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/work-begins-on-1-billion-i-405-99562.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Get ready for some good news/bad news about your commute to and from UCLA. 

The good news is that we are on our way to getting a new 10-mile-long carpool lane that is being added to the northbound I-405 from the Ventura Freeway to the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=211290" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:57:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Power misers scour campus for ways to save energy</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/power-misers-scour-campus-for-98589.aspx?link_page_rss=98589</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/power-misers-scour-campus-for-98589.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Powering UCLA costs more than $50 million each year, so it's
no wonder that David Johnson, director of Energy Services and Utilities, is
always looking for ways to save energy.





That's why his energy manager, Robert Striff, is going from
building... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=205008" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:32:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Staff honors, week of Aug. 10</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-honors-week-of-aug-10-98565.aspx?link_page_rss=98565</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-honors-week-of-aug-10-98565.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Francesca Vega, assistant director of UCLA's Government and Community Relations office, has been selected as a &quot;Shero&quot; by state Senator Curren Price, D-Los Angeles. The third annual &quot;51 Sheroes&quot; event was begun by Price in 2007 to honor women who make... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=203411" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:50:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Managers' group covers everything from budget to balance</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/managers-group-covers-everything-98296.aspx?link_page_rss=98296</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/managers-group-covers-everything-98296.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Are you a manager who would like to meet campus colleagues and share ideas and support? UCLA's Administrative Management Group (AMG) can help. 

The campuswide organization for UCLA managers and senior professionals — also open to aspiring managers... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=201711" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:15:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Brad A. Greenberg</author><title>Mexico versus the Martians</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mexico-versus-the-martians-98216.aspx?link_page_rss=98216</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mexico-versus-the-martians-98216.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Imagine a masked Mexican wrestler replacing Sigourney Weaver in Alien. Sprinkle science, mysticism, modernism and tradition on top of an outrageous storyline, and what do you have? The basis for the type of science-fiction films that characterized the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=200272" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:11:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kevin Matthews</author><title>Russian spoken here: Intensive language courses hit the streets</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/russian-spoken-here-intensive-98214.aspx?link_page_rss=98214</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/russian-spoken-here-intensive-98214.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Unless you can read the Russian sign outside, you wouldn't likely take the dim stairwell up from Santa Monica Boulevard. 

Heaven Books, as the store is known in English, is not just a second-floor shop catering to West Hollywood's Russian-speaking community.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=200271" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:19:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>New program to create clean-tech leaders wins NSF stimulus funding</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-program-to-create-clean-tech-97803.aspx?link_page_rss=97803</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-program-to-create-clean-tech-97803.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As the country presses forward in developing green energy and Los Angeles strives to become a hub of clean technology, UCLA Associate Professor Diana Huffaker noticed there was one thing still missing: a program to train the future leaders of environmental... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=193760" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:55:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Joan Voight</author><title>Mind games: creativity in the 21st century</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-creativity-in-the-21st-97627.aspx?link_page_rss=97627</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-creativity-in-the-21st-97627.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Creativity is a restless spirit. It thrives when new ways and new thoughts are a necessity and old habits and assumptions are easily dismissed. Which means creativity has a pretty important job in the 21st century. At UCLA, there is no shortage of fascinating... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=190377" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:09:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Athlete returns for the kids</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/athlete-returns-for-the-kids-97625.aspx?link_page_rss=97625</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/athlete-returns-for-the-kids-97625.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[“Hi! How are you doing?” 
 
The Lakers' Jordan Farmar comes back to campus to bring a little happiness to the lives of sick young people at Mattel Children's Hospital.

When professional basketball player Jordan Farmar dropped into the rooms of pediatric... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=190374" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:00:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mind games: flights of fancy</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-flights-of-fancy-97624.aspx?link_page_rss=97624</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-flights-of-fancy-97624.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Bruin faculty from North and South campus offer their unique visual perspectives on creativity in these images, as part of the story Mind Games.

 
Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Greg Lynn's &quot;first-generation prototypes of high-technology... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=190380" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:57:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>By Paul Sterman</author><title>Mind games: The digital poet</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-the-digital-poet-97622.aspx?link_page_rss=97622</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-the-digital-poet-97622.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
A screen capture from one of Stefans' digital poems, &quot;Scriptor, v.o.2.&quot;Like any great art form, poetry has had many experimental movements in its history — from the Romantic poets of 18th- and 19th-century England to the Beats spinning out verse... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=190381" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:48:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Bethany Powers</author><title>Mind games: digital humanities</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-digital-humanities-97621.aspx?link_page_rss=97621</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-digital-humanities-97621.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
A visit to Digital Karnak.The world of Digital Humanities offers everything from an in-depth look at ancient cities to a unique and progressive way to learn more about meth addictions.
 
Start with the Digital Karnack and take an in-depth... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=190379" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:42:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Joan Voight</author><title>Mind games: the art and science of creativity</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-the-art-and-science-97619.aspx?link_page_rss=97619</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mind-games-the-art-and-science-97619.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
&quot;Creative Sparks&quot; by Hugh Kretschmer.

Creativity is a restless spirit. It thrives when new ways and new thoughts are a necessity and old habits and assumptions are easily dismissed. Which means creativity has a pretty important job in the 21st century.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=190378" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:56:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Emilia Barrosse</author><title>Professor's gift of chamber music lives on after him</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/professor-s-gift-of-chamber-music-97594.aspx?link_page_rss=97594</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/professor-s-gift-of-chamber-music-97594.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Inspiration can strike at any moment if you are open to it. 


 
Henry J. Bruman.It took hold of Henry J. Bruman the first time he attended a chamber music festival at UC Berkeley as a student in 1935. From that time on, Bruman felt inspired to spread... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=188728" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:50:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Mindfulness reduces stress, promotes resilience</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/using-mindfulness-to-reduce-stress-96966.aspx?link_page_rss=96966</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/using-mindfulness-to-reduce-stress-96966.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[You're worrying, hurrying, scurrying about. You have a dozen things on your mind -- but stop for a moment: Are you being mindful?

Mindfulness -- paying attention on purpose and without judgment -- will help you deal with life's challenges more calmly... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=179207" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA Volunteer Day seeks staff and faculty leaders</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-volunteer-day-seeks-staff-97145.aspx?link_page_rss=97145</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-volunteer-day-seeks-staff-97145.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Employee volunteers are being sought to staff the first-ever UCLA Volunteer Day on Tuesday, Sept. 22, when more than 5,000 new students will participate in restoration and beautification projects at eight locations in Los Angeles: Griffith Park, Point... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=177240" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:30:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Emilia Barrosse</author><title>Country blues, rock, soul mix with sounds of jazz at the Hammer</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/country-blues-rock-soul-mix-with-97123.aspx?link_page_rss=97123</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/country-blues-rock-soul-mix-with-97123.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA’s Hammer Museum is bringing “all that jazz” back to the public this summer with Jazzpop, a 4-year-old jazz fest showcasing adventurous jazz artists three Thursdays in a row, beginning July 30. Encompassing nearly every style in this genre imaginable,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=177230" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:59:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Toy stories</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/toy-stories-97020.aspx?link_page_rss=97020</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/toy-stories-97020.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Associate Professor Dan Froot, sitting, with puppeteer Dan Hurlin, in front of one of the toy theater stages. Photo by Rachel Benioff.Serving up hot meals in homeless shelter food lines and &quot;pulling up a curb&quot; to sit and chat with diners, Associate... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=177195" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:18:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Emilia Barrosse</author><title>Join in on campus activities that combine fun, fitness</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/join-in-on-campus-activities-that-97021.aspx?link_page_rss=97021</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/join-in-on-campus-activities-that-97021.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When the faculty and staff at UCLA decided in 2006 that simply exercising their minds was not enough, they found a fun, convenient way to exercise their bodies as well. The FITWELL program was the answer — a no-cost way for employees to stay healthy... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=171122" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:37:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>UCLA offers adventurous start to college life</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-offers-adventurous-start-96989.aspx?link_page_rss=96989</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-offers-adventurous-start-96989.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Recreation has an unusual way of giving new Bruins a head start on college life: Hook them up to a harness and challenge them to take a leap of faith from a pole 40 feet above the ground toward a waiting trapeze. Then load them up in a van and drive... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=171117" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:50:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Outdoor warning system to be tested July 22</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/outdoor-warning-system-to-be-tested-96801.aspx?link_page_rss=96801</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/outdoor-warning-system-to-be-tested-96801.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Portions of the BruinAlert emergency notification system, including outdoor sirens, will be tested Wednesday, July 22, between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. 

Students, faculty, staff and visitors to campus may hear a new alert tone and amplified voices coming... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=168199" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:25:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Emilia Barrosse</author><title>Summer jobs help young people hone skills for college, work</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/summer-jobs-help-young-adults-96362.aspx?link_page_rss=96362</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/summer-jobs-help-young-adults-96362.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In the middle of the U.S.’s worst economic collapse since the Great Depression, some teens are managing to keep their heads up and their eyes focused forward into the future. For one, Maria Dominguez, 18, realized that as jobs get more difficult for... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=166668" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:57:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yudof letter updates UC on approval of furlough plan</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-letter-updates-uc-on-approval-96287.aspx?link_page_rss=96287</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-letter-updates-uc-on-approval-96287.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UC President Mark G. Yudof sent this letter to the UC community on July 16 in the wake of the UC Regents' approval of his furlough plan. 
 
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY 

Dear Colleagues: 

I write to update you on The Regents' actions this... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=159881" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:38:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Pauley financing approved</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/pauley-financing-approved-96274.aspx?link_page_rss=96274</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/pauley-financing-approved-96274.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UC regents unanimously approved a financing plan and environmental review Thursday, July 16, for the renovation of Pauley Pavilion, after Chancellor Gene Block reassured them that the money for the arena could not legally be used to solve the campus'... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=159887" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:28:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Weekday farmers market returns to Westwood Village</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/weekday-farmers-market-returns-96243.aspx?link_page_rss=96243</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/weekday-farmers-market-returns-96243.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Louisa Ovanesian (left) and Diane Bentley of Communications Technology Services aim to visit the new farmers market every Wednesday.More than three years after Westwood's bustling Thursday farmers market was forced to pack up its stalls and leave... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=158409" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:02:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Law students champion cause of taco truck vendors</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/law-students-champion-cause-of-96061.aspx?link_page_rss=96061</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/law-students-champion-cause-of-96061.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Angélica Ochoa found more than a good fight when she and a fellow UCLA law student decided to lock horns with the City of Los Angeles over an issue that threatened the livelihood of hundreds of taco truck vendors who sell food all over the city. 

She... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156888" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:26:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Assess and grow your management skills</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/management-assessment-training-95891.aspx?link_page_rss=95891</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/management-assessment-training-95891.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Current and aspiring UCLA managers are invited to apply for a spot in UC’s 2009 Management Skills Assessment Program (MSAP), Oct. 12-15 at Lake Arrowhead Conference Center. Eight slots are available for UCLA employees, according to Robert Gibson, director... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156874" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:48:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Swords of Westwood</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/swords-of-westwood-95794.aspx?link_page_rss=95794</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/swords-of-westwood-95794.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Takahiro Ito and Michael Siedlecki, two kenshi from the UCLA Kendo Club.
Walk by the Gold Room of UCLA's John Wooden Center on any given Monday or Wednesday night, and you'll hear some very loud — and downright scary — yelling. Peek inside and you'll... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156836" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:50:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jack Feuer</author><title>Preparing for jobs of the future</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/future-jobs-95358.aspx?link_page_rss=95358</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/future-jobs-95358.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Where will you be working in five years? 

Perhaps in a job that doesn't even have a name yet. Despite the recession, there are bright lights of opportunity in the workplace as new industries emerge, new technologies create whole new job categories,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156734" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:29:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Green tech could save UCLA $2.5 million</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/green-tech-could-save-ucla-2-5-95130.aspx?link_page_rss=95130</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/green-tech-could-save-ucla-2-5-95130.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As the recession and state budget crisis force UCLA to look high and low to save money, a group of techies think they have found a way for the university to save about $2.5 million by thinking greener when it comes to office technology.

Make that several... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156733" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:13:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Provost Scott Waugh outlines next budget steps for UCLA</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/provost-scott-waugh-outlines-next-95270.aspx?link_page_rss=95270</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/provost-scott-waugh-outlines-next-95270.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh sent this letter addressing the budget crisis on July 2.
 
Dear Colleagues:

As a result of the dramatic fall in state funding for the University of California, we must restructure UCLA’s academic... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156687" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Staff leap into action as Jackson creates campus' biggest media surge in memory</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-leap-into-action-as-jackson-95128.aspx?link_page_rss=95128</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-leap-into-action-as-jackson-95128.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Michael Jackson's ambulance arrived at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Thursday, June 25, the star was soon followed by hordes of paparazzi, TV reporters, fans and more. The crowd only grew from there. 


 
News crews swarmed outside the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=156410" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:44:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Emilia Barrosse</author><title>Children leave legacy, thanks to famed muralist, UCLA students</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/sixth-graders-leave-legacy-to-95070.aspx?link_page_rss=95070</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/sixth-graders-leave-legacy-to-95070.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Scott C. Smith’s students at UCLA Lab School have proven that age is no standard by which to judge an artist's merit. 

Each year, the graduating sixth grade class gives a gift to the school. This year, students, parents and teachers decided that their... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155477" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:37:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Amy Albin</author><title>Support Mattel Children's Hospital at Ralph's</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/your-groceries-support-mattel-95013.aspx?link_page_rss=95013</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/your-groceries-support-mattel-95013.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Here's an easy way to support Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA. Next time you're at your neighborhood Ralphs supermarket, toss your spare change into the collection canister at the checkout stand. 

Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA is one of six children's... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155410" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:04:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Budget Town Hall transcript</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/read-a-transcript-of-the-budget-94900.aspx?link_page_rss=94900</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/read-a-transcript-of-the-budget-94900.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Staff Assembly sponsored a Budget Town Hall on June 24 at Pauley Pavilion. Making remarks and responding to questions were Chancellor Gene Block, Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen, and Associate Vice Chancellor Lubbe Levin. Following is a transcript.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155342" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:17:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>UCLA's biggest summer session gives departments a cash boost</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uclas-biggest-summer-session-94899.aspx?link_page_rss=94899</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uclas-biggest-summer-session-94899.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Studying keeps happening during the summer at UCLA. Photo by Stephanie Diani.While recession woes force some California colleges to cut back on summer classes — Cal Poly Pomona even canceled summer session altogether — UCLA is looking ahead to its... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155356" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:12:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Go green and save money with Green IT</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/go-green-and-save-money-with-green-94891.aspx?link_page_rss=94891</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/go-green-and-save-money-with-green-94891.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Learn how to use office technology to go green and save money this Thursday afternoon, June 25, at the Green IT campus meeting. 
 
A group of campus support coordinators (CSC) have researched the best ways to turn IT to cost-effective green use.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155336" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:48:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Dan Gordon</author><title>Weight Watching</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/weight-watching-94786.aspx?link_page_rss=94786</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/weight-watching-94786.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Illustration by Juliette Borda.
Summer is a time when we break away from routines and break out the bathing suits — a potentially lethal combination for the many among us who wage a constant war struggling to shed those excess pounds.
 
&quot;Two... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155297" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:32:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Emilia Barrosse</author><title>Free at the Fowler</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/free-at-the-fowler-94762.aspx?link_page_rss=94762</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/free-at-the-fowler-94762.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[While the shaky economy has many thinking twice about spending hard-earned cash on entertainment, the Fowler Museum at UCLA presents a most affordable option: free concerts, performances and films running in conjunction this summer with two current exhibitions... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155274" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:44:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Teaching literacy in the city benefits learners, tutors</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/teaching-literacy-in-the-city-94676.aspx?link_page_rss=94676</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/teaching-literacy-in-the-city-94676.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The mostly immigrant adults attending Centro Latino for Literacy in downtown Los Angeles usually speak only Spanish. They come to learn to read and write their language, motivated by a panoply of hard-luck tales that they share with the UCLA interns... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155252" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:54:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin and Mark Wheeler</author><title>On a quest for breakthroughs in treating brain injuries</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/aiming-for-breakthroughs-in-treating-94661.aspx?link_page_rss=94661</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/aiming-for-breakthroughs-in-treating-94661.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Actress Natasha Richardson’s death this past March from a brain injury — the result of a skiing accident — was not, unfortunately, an uncommon event. Nor was the UCLA student sent into a coma on June 17 after a punch to the face during a music concert... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155219" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:20:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Workers rush in to turn dorms into conference digs for summer</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/workers-rush-in-to-turn-dorms-94630.aspx?link_page_rss=94630</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/workers-rush-in-to-turn-dorms-94630.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When the last commencement banner comes down and the 2009 graduation scene fades into a warm memory, a sense of quiet envelops the campus that only days before reverberated with the jabber of thousands of happy conversations and jubilant cell phone calls.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155217" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:24:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Campus leaders to hold Staff Town Hall on budget</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-leaders-to-hold-staff-town-94606.aspx?link_page_rss=94606</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-leaders-to-hold-staff-town-94606.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Staff will have an opportunity to learn the most up-to-date information on the state of the UC and UCLA budgets at a Town Hall meeting set for Wednesday, June 24, from noon to 1 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion.

Chancellor Gene Block and Vice Chancellor for... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155215" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:23:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Building's green makeover wins high score UC-wide</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/building-s-green-makeover-wins-94602.aspx?link_page_rss=94602</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/building-s-green-makeover-wins-94602.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Behind-the-scenes changes are making a big difference in UCLA's Public Affairs Building. By finding out when everyone leaves the building for the day, Facilities Management has calculated down to the minute when they can turn off air-conditioning or... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155214" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:03:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>All-Staff Picnic is cancelled due to budget</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/picnic-cancelled-94559.aspx?link_page_rss=94559</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/picnic-cancelled-94559.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
This year's All-Staff Picnic has been cancelled due to budget constraints, announced Kyrie Bass, president of UCLA Staff Assembly, co-hosts the picnic with the Office of the Chancellor. 
 
&quot;After serious consideration, Staff Assembly has... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155188" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:03:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Emilia Barrosse</author><title>Curtain rises on L.A. Film Festival in Westwood</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/curtain-rises-on-l-a-film-festival-94324.aspx?link_page_rss=94324</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/curtain-rises-on-l-a-film-festival-94324.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[ 
Get your popcorn buttered and put on your walking shoes – the Los Angeles Film Festival returns to Westwood June 18-28 with films and events taking place at 12 venues in Westwood and four at other Los Angeles locations. 
 

 
The Hammer... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=155085" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:23:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Academic Senate schedules Town Hall on budget</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/academic-senate-schedules-town-94256.aspx?link_page_rss=94256</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/academic-senate-schedules-town-94256.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Campus leaders are scheduled Tuesday to brief faculty and take questions on the budget crisis facing UCLA and the University of California system. 

The Town Hall sponsored by the Academic Senate is set for noon-1:30 p.m. in the Charles E. Young Grand... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154840" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:13:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>When the student becomes the teacher</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/when-the-student-becomes-the-teacher-94045.aspx?link_page_rss=94045</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/when-the-student-becomes-the-teacher-94045.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Senior Pallavi Reddy, 22, sits at the head of the classroom, facing about a dozen other UCLA students. Students who are taking her class, that is. 
 
&quot;So, did you all get a chance to watch the video clips of Anthony Bourdain and Rachael Ray?&quot;... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154507" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:35:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Robin Rauzi</author><title>UCLA Live debuts 2009-2010 season</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-live-debuts-2009-2010-season-93839.aspx?link_page_rss=93839</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-live-debuts-2009-2010-season-93839.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Annette Bening in &quot;Medea.&quot;Actress Annette Bening will appear in a world premiere of “Medea” on Sept. 23, kicking off UCLA Live’s sweeping, star-studded 2009-10 season of theater, music, dance and spoken word. David Sefton, artistic and executive director... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154039" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:04:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crime Alert — June 4, 2009</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/crime-alert-june-4-2009-93728.aspx?link_page_rss=93728</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/crime-alert-june-4-2009-93728.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A sexual assault occurred on the 1200 block of Veteran Avenue on May 25, according to a community alert from the The Los Angeles Police Department. The female victim parked her vehicle in the underground parking structure of her apartment building. After... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154029" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:20:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Human trafficking escalates as world economy plunges</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/trafficking-93715.aspx?link_page_rss=93715</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/trafficking-93715.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Drug smuggling may top the list of the world’s most profitable and headline-grabbing illegal activities, but second to that —in a close tie with the illegal arms trade — is human trafficking, the recruitment or coercion of people who are held captive... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=154030" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:36:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>A 'one-stop shop' for greening your office</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-one-stop-shop-for-greening-your-93684.aspx?link_page_rss=93684</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-one-stop-shop-for-greening-your-93684.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In a mock-infomercial presentation to campus leaders in late May, five UCLA staffers hailed their development of the university's first comprehensive guide to greening your office.
 
&quot;It can be yours for just three low payments of zero dollars!&quot;... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=153944" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:07:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kevin Matthews</author><title>Experts bring Africa alive for young students</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/experts-bring-africa-alive-for-93504.aspx?link_page_rss=93504</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/experts-bring-africa-alive-for-93504.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Carlos De Loera, a seventh grader from St. John the Baptist School in Baldwin Park, didn't know that French was the official language of the Republic of Benin, a country in West Africa. On Saturday, May 30, however, he learned this fact from no less... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=153791" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:34:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>