INDEX 1995
JULY 28, 1995 (Volume 16, Number 1)
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.
CAMPUS SCRAMBLES TO ASSESS FALLOUT OF VOTE TO JETTISON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - UCLA officials, faculty and students are trying to interpret the resolution passed by the regents and the implications for policies on admissions and hiring.
REGENTS OK PLAN TO MERGE HOSPITALS - The regents authorized UCLA to acquire Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center, a key move in UCLA's efforts to build a new regional health-care network.
SCHOLAR OF MOZART, MODANNA LEADS CLAMOROUS DEBATE - Musicologist Susan McClary was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for serving as a pioneering force in the study of music, its relationship to culture and temper for the time.
GIFTS, GRANTS UP $15 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR - UCLA received $110.1 million in private gifts and grants during the 1994-'95 fiscal year, the third-highest total in its history and $15 million more than raised in the previous year.
ACADEMIA OF ART: RICH TAKES LACMA HELM - Rich faces new career challenges and leaves behind a 34-year legacy at UCLA.
NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY INDUCTS TWO PROFESSORS - John Liebeskind and Lutz Birmbaumer were among 60 scientists in the nation to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
RESEARCH PHYSICIST DEAT AT 89 - Alfredo Banos Jr.
CONCERT PIANIST JOHANA HARRIS DIES - Johana Harris
ASUCLA CHIEF TO TAKE LEAVE UNTIL CONTRACT ENDS – Jason Reed takes leave.
FOUR ENDOWED CHAIRS APPROVED - The regents approve three endowed chairs for the Anderson Graduate School of Management and one for the School of Medicine.
MED PROFESSOR TO HEAD JONSSON CENTER -- Judith Gasson, molecular biologist is named director of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
CITY HALL INSIDER BRINGS POLITICAL INSIGHTS BACK TO CAMPUS - He brings new insights back from City Hall, its cumbersome structure and faculty's participation in making Los Angeles work.
LAW LECTURER NAMED HEAD OF CITY ETHICS COMMISSION - Raquelle de la Rocha, School of Law and a member of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, has been named by Mayor Richard Riordan to head this important committee.
TEACHERS GET FEET WET WITH MARINE SCIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM -- The Leadership in Marine Sciences Program, funded by the National Science Foundation, is teaching teachers from Los Angeles-area schools more about marine science.
DRAF PLAN TO MANAGE RESEARCH FUNDS IS NEAR COMPLETION - A plan to redesign the way UCLA obtains and manages funds for research, training and public service is being completed by a team of employees in coordination with Quality Focused Responsibility Center Management (RCM).
SEISMIC RENOVATION FOR POLICY SCHOOL BEGINS - Workers are beginning to renovate the former home of the Anderson Graduate School of Management for the new School of Public Policy and Social Research.
NOTEBOOK - Briefs on the regents' affirmative action vote.
DEANS BLOCKER, CHERRICK RESIGN - Deans Robert Blocker, School of the Arts and Architecture, and Henry Cherrick, School of Dentistry, are resigning.
RESCUING THE ARTISTIC REMNANTS OF POWELL'S PAST - Workers have dismantled the historic, earthquake-damaged ceiling and are in the process of salvaging the most significant parts and recreating the rest.
