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INDEX 1996

FEBRUARY 12, 1996 (Volume 16, No.11)
 
This index page is for reference only; stories in this issue are not available online. Print editions may be found in the periodicals stacks of the Charles Young Research Library.
 
REGENTS' VOTE OPENS DEBATE ON GOVERNANCE – Regents' vote on affirmative action admissions policy opens debate.
 
CAMPUS JOINS PARTNERSHIP TO SPONSOR DANCE PIECE - Center for the Performing Arts develops and presents cutting-edge performance with Pina Bausch.
 
LIBRARIAN MAKES UNEXPECTED BEQUEST - Antonina Babb, retired UCLA Librarian, left nearly $600,000 to UCLA's 1939 Club endowed chair in Holocaust Studies when she died in 1994.
 
AROUND CAMPUS - National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships; UC Shakespeare Forum; Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to UCLA School of Medicine
 
LBJ'S PRESIDENCY UNDERRATED, AUTHOR SAYS - Irving Bernstein claims the presidency was underrated in his new book,Guns or Butter.
 
SECRET MAIL-BALLOT VOTE ON UPTE SET - Public Employment Relations Board to determine representation by UTPE.
 
NEWS IN BRIEF - Staff Assembly resource fair; HIV Grant from National Institute if Allergies and Infections Diseases; Wilbur K. Woo selected for Jacoby Award; Parking and Commuter Services Open House
 
NEW CHAVEX CENTER HEAD LOOKS TO FUTURE - Camille Guerin-Gonzales, associate professor of history, succeeds Hector Calderon.
 
POLICE SUPERVISOR BRINGS STREET SMARTS TO THE JOB - Karl Ross has been everything from beat cop to division commander for 19 years at UCLA.
 
WHO'S NEW – Michael J. Brennan, executive director for corporate, foundation and research relations.
 
NAMES AND FACES
 
NOTABLES - David Rodes, Phil Denslow, Rita Costello, Burton R. Clark, Lester Breslow, Glenn Clark, Robert Y. Foos
 
IN MEMORIAM - John Walton Caughey, Carl Faber, Don Richardson
 
CHEMIST FINDS POSSIBLE CLUE TO FATAL ILLNESS - Joan Selverstone Valentine, researcher in chemistry and biochemistry, has identified a probable was mutated genes cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 
RESEARCHER PIONEERS STUDY OF VIOLENCE - Public Health epidemiologist, Susan Sorenson looks for solutions on how to best direct violence-prevention efforts.
 
MEDICAL NEWS - adult diabetes finding; Colon Cancer Prevention Center; Glaser Award; animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder; Edward McCabe named to advisory boards
 
LANDMARK STUDY OFFERS INSIGHT ON ESTROGEN USE - Professor Howard Judd published report in Journal of the American Medical Association.
 
RIVAL SCHOOLS JOIN FORCES TO CARE FOR DENTAL NEEDS OF POOR - USC and UCLA Mobile Dental Clinic provides care for poor children.
 
CAMPUS WEBMASTERS SHARE ON-LINE ADVENTURE - Kent Wada and Kelly Stack lead the Campus Web Publishers group that creates UCLA pages on the web.
 
WIRED WORLD - more than 100 UCLA pages; Dreamworks SKG taking Los Angeles into the future
 
BEWARE THE JABBERWOCK IN SACRAMENTO - Opinion - Charles Berst is an emeritus professor of English.
 
TELLING TALES OF TYROLIAN TRAVELS - Opinion - Karen Mack is senior public information representative for the Development Department.
 
NEW TELECOM BILL TO HEAT UP COMPETITION - Opinion - Jeffrey Cole, director, Center for Communication Policy.
 
REAL-LIFE DRAMA UNFOLDS IN ER - More than 100 patients a day are treated at the UCLA ER, where doctors see everything from ill infants to car crashes and gunshot wounds, and the next generation of emergency medicine physicians are being trained.