<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><atom:link href="http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/people-rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:49:57 GMT</pubDate><title>People</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Today</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>Cynthia lee</author><title>Renaissance RoboCop</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/renaissance-robocop-246199.aspx?link_page_rss=246199</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/renaissance-robocop-246199.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday last week, a middle-aged scholar lectured in a Royce Hall conference room on the role of Padua as the true cradle of the Italian Renaissance. Later that day, that same Ph.D. candidate stepped into a different world. He walked... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706288" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:49:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Scott Fields</author><title>Is there a nurse practitioner in the house?</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/is-there-a-nurse-practitioner-246094.aspx?link_page_rss=246094</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/is-there-a-nurse-practitioner-246094.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Afflicted with pulmonary arterial hypertension and breathing difficulties, Carol Volckmann was unable to get much help from physicians near her home in the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. Desperate, she began consulting physicians elsewhere... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706143" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:59:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Staff News — May 13, 2013</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-may-13-2013-246036.aspx?link_page_rss=246036</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-may-13-2013-246036.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Angela Horne appointed new head of Anderson School Library
Angela Horne has been appointed head of the Eugene and Maxine Rosenfeld Management Library at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Horne came to UCLA from the Catherwood,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706089" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:45:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Psychologist's approach to interviews changed face of child abuse investigations</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/geiselman-cognitive-interview-245971.aspx?link_page_rss=245971</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/geiselman-cognitive-interview-245971.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Investigators botched their interviews of hundreds of children in the 1980s McMartin Preschool abuse case, critics charge.In 1983, a Manhattan Beach mother pressed police charges against McMartin Preschool teacher Ray Buckey, alleging he had... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706012" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 20:45:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matt Hurst/Luskin School of Public Affairs</author><title>After Hours (VIDEO): Global marathoner Alfreda Iglehart, Luskin faculty member</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-global-marathoner-245964.aspx?link_page_rss=245964</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-global-marathoner-245964.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On the faculty at UCLA since 1987, social welfare associate professor Alfreda Iglehart has circled the globe as a marathoner, completing runs in Beijing, Bangkok and Iceland. Rio de Janeiro is where she will be this year. She started... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706004" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:59:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Extroverts promise, but neurotics deliver as team players</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/extroverts-v-neurotics-245761.aspx?link_page_rss=245761</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/extroverts-v-neurotics-245761.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Extroverts draw us in with their energy and enthusiasm, but they can disappoint when it comes to teamwork.Your department is interviewing candidates for a team to launch an ambitious new project. Among them is Darren, an energetic, confident... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705810" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 19:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>After Hours: A collaborator in Paris haute couture</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-a-collaborator-in-245549.aspx?link_page_rss=245549</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-a-collaborator-in-245549.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Amsterdam fashion designer Iris Van Herpen collaborated with architect and UCLA lecturer Julia Koerner on the making of this dress using 3-D printing. It debuted in the haute couture show in Paris in January. A video at the end of this story shows... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705611" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:40:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Eclectic background shapes teaching philosophy of My Last Lecture honoree</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/russell-burgos-my-last-lecture-245490.aspx?link_page_rss=245490</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/russell-burgos-my-last-lecture-245490.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Russell Burgos, a lecturer in UCLA's International Institute, has a résumé that pretty much sums up the word eclectic.

During his sophomore year at Loyola University Chicago, Burgos joined the Army. Three years later, he went back to college, and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705531" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:09:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Staff News -- April 22, 2013</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-april-22-2013-245457.aspx?link_page_rss=245457</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-april-22-2013-245457.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Anne Coscarelli receives clinical care award

Anne Coscarelli

Anne Coscarelli, director of the Simms/Mann&ndash;UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology and member of UCLA&rsquo;s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded the 2013... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705479" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:27:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Scholar to bring to life migrants’ perilous crossings</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/scholar-s-talk-to-focus-on-migrants-245164.aspx?link_page_rss=245164</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/scholar-s-talk-to-focus-on-migrants-245164.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Fran&ccedil;oise Lionnet delivers UCLA&rsquo;s 114th Faculty Research Lecture in Schoenberg Hall on Monday, she will begin by talking about a shipwreck.
 

And not just any shipwreck. This one, which occurred in 1744, captured the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705174" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:23:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Carolyn McMillan/UC Office of the President</author><title>Feeding a hungry planet</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/feeding-a-hungry-planet-245027.aspx?link_page_rss=245027</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/feeding-a-hungry-planet-245027.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[There are now more than 7 billion people on Earth, a number that is expected to soar over the next dozen years to 8 billion. How will we feed so many people?
 
Already, more than a billion people go hungry every day. With population growth... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705045" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:19:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Guiding patients with complex problems through health care system</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/care-coordinator-guides-patients-244942.aspx?link_page_rss=244942</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/care-coordinator-guides-patients-244942.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Marjorie Crear, 66, lives alone and suffers from hypertension and diabetes with complications. She is recovering from a recent stroke and a heart attack. The Los Angeles resident shows up often in the UCLA Emergency Department and has been... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704922" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:09:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Staff News -- March 27, 2013</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-march-27-2013-244590.aspx?link_page_rss=244590</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-march-27-2013-244590.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
John Speraw named head coach of U.S. Men&rsquo;s National Volleyball Team


John Speraw

UCLA Men&rsquo;s Volleyball Head Coach John Speraw has been named head coach of the U.S. Men&rsquo;s National Volleyball Team for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704727" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:46:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Bekah Wright</author><title>The Lyder side of Westwood</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-lyder-side-of-westwood-244352.aspx?link_page_rss=244352</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-lyder-side-of-westwood-244352.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Courtney Lyder (photo by Joe Toreno)

So you call yourself a foodie? Come talk to us when you&rsquo;ve got menu items named after you at several different restaurants.
 

That&rsquo;s the case with Courtney Lyder, the charismatic dean of... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704518" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:02:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Zocalo Public Square</author><title>Did I tell you I love chocolate?</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/did-i-tell-you-i-love-chocolate-244335.aspx?link_page_rss=244335</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/did-i-tell-you-i-love-chocolate-244335.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Fielding is a man with many hats. Not only is he the founding director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, but he's also a faculty member in the Fielding School of Public Health and a philanthropist.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704460" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:09:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Longtime recruiter woos top student-athletes to campus</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/longtime-recruiter-woos-top-student-244220.aspx?link_page_rss=244220</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/longtime-recruiter-woos-top-student-244220.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Were it not for a talk he had with Coach John Wooden nearly 40 years ago, Michael Sondheimer might not be at UCLA today, serving as the athletic department&rsquo;s longtime associate athletic director for academic admissions services and on-campus... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704339" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:18:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Joanie Harmon/Graduate School of Education &amp; Information Studies</author><title>Dialing down the Twitter cacophony</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/dialing-down-the-twitter-cacophony-244101.aspx?link_page_rss=244101</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/dialing-down-the-twitter-cacophony-244101.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
 
With the expanding barrage of tweets threatening people with information overload, a UCLA doctoral student and four of her colleagues have figured out how to help them cope with what&rsquo;s become known as social media... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704242" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:54:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matt Hurst</author><title>Q&amp;amp;A: Juvenile justice expert Laura Abrams</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-with-juvenile-justice-expert-244062.aspx?link_page_rss=244062</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-with-juvenile-justice-expert-244062.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Social welfare associate professor Laura Abrams of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is the author of a new book, &quot;Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C&quot; (Rutgers University Press), which explores the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704190" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:52:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>In his own words: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the art of leadership</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/in-his-own-words-mayor-antonio-244061.aspx?link_page_rss=244061</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/in-his-own-words-mayor-antonio-244061.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who visited the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs last Wednesday for a discussion about improving public education, also shared his thoughts on... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704188" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:18:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Archive rekindles interest inonce-marginalized filmmaker</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/archive-rekindles-interest-in-243836.aspx?link_page_rss=243836</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/archive-rekindles-interest-in-243836.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Shirley Clarke was no ordinary documentary filmmaker. One of the first women to break the male lock on independent filmmaking in the &rsquo;50s and &rsquo;60s, Clarke grew up in New York, a child of wealthy parents who provided her with a... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703862" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:18:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan and Alison Hewitt</author><title>Staff News -- Feb. 22, 2013</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-feb-22-2013-243733.aspx?link_page_rss=243733</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-feb-22-2013-243733.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
In Memoriam: Geneva Phillips, managing editor of the California Dryden Project


Jeanette Gilkison (from left), English department&rsquo;s office supervisor; the late Vinton Dearing, managing editor for the California Dryden Project; and Geneva... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703764" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:01:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Student finds friends among those with special needs</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/circle-of-friends-matt-rosenstein-243706.aspx?link_page_rss=243706</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/circle-of-friends-matt-rosenstein-243706.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Matt Rosenstein (right) and a Pathway friend in the bleachers at a Bruins baseball game.For the past eight years, one of Matt Rosenstein’s best friends has been Alexis, who is autistic. They met at Santa Monica High School when Rosenstein was a... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703693" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:00:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Q&amp;amp;A: Terrorism expert Jeffrey Simon on Christopher Dorner and other ‘lone wolves’</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-terrorism-expert-jeffrey-simon-243574.aspx?link_page_rss=243574</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-terrorism-expert-jeffrey-simon-243574.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Two days before the drama of fugitive ex-L.A. cop Christopher Dorner came to an end in Big Bear, Calif., L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck told reporters, &ldquo;This is an act &mdash; and make no mistake about it &mdash; of domestic terrorism.&quot;... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703571" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:14:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wallace Ravven/UC Office of the President</author><title>Researcher's pursuit of breast cancer test gets funding from taxpayers</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/researcher-s-pursuit-of-breast-243521.aspx?link_page_rss=243521</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/researcher-s-pursuit-of-breast-243521.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[



Funding from state taxpayers helped Lei Zhang, a researcher with the UCLA School of Dentistry, get the state-of-the-art equipment he needs in his quest to develop a more accurate, less costly and less invasive test for breast cancer.

It might... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703512" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:28:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Director of LA Opera to shed light on the romantic opera</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/director-of-la-opera-to-shed-light-243475.aspx?link_page_rss=243475</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/director-of-la-opera-to-shed-light-243475.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Maestro James Conlon, music director of the LA Opera and the 2013 UCLA Regents' Lecturer, will give a series of public lectures on Verdi and Wagner, &quot;Struggle, Success, and Mastery: Romantic Opera in Three Acts,&quot; at the Hammer Museum... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703473" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:17:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>After Hours: The Trench Hog</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-the-trench-hog-243327.aspx?link_page_rss=243327</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-the-trench-hog-243327.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In this latest installment of &quot;After Hours&quot; &mdash; a series about faculty and staff who balance their work lives with fascinating hobbies or side jobs &mdash; meet Brigham Harwell, a development assistant for the UCLA Fund who spends his weekends... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703343" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:18:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matt Hurst</author><title>Super Bowl coverage cites research by UCLA graduate student</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nfl-study-patrick-adler-243062.aspx?link_page_rss=243062</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nfl-study-patrick-adler-243062.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Patrick Adler, an urban planning graduate student, found his study featured on the NFL Network.With Super Bowl Sunday just days away and the media running football stories of all stripes, an intriguing piece of research by UCLA graduate... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703043" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:52:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Look to traditional cultures to solvemodern-day problems, says Jared Diamond</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/jared-diamond-world-until-yesterday-242932.aspx?link_page_rss=242932</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/jared-diamond-world-until-yesterday-242932.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Professor and best-selling author Jared Diamond discussing his latest book at Royce Hall. (Photos by Nina Zacuto)Professor of geography Jared Diamond has spent decades exploring traditional cultures around the globe, contemplating... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702896" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:17:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Q&amp;A: Historian Ivan Berend on Europe's financial crisis</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-historian-ivan-berend-on-the-242930.aspx?link_page_rss=242930</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-historian-ivan-berend-on-the-242930.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For students of European economics, the worldwide financial crisis of 2008 and resulting beating to the Euro came as a surprise. Two generations of macroeconomists had convinced themselves that they had discovered the means to protect the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702893" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:22:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>An anthropologist's view of world of indie filmmaking</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/anthropologist-looks-at-world-242929.aspx?link_page_rss=242929</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/anthropologist-looks-at-world-242929.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been five years since Sherry Ortner stepped from the academic world into the inner circle of independent filmmakers and producers gathered in Park City, Utah, to participate in the nation&rsquo;s largest and most... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702923" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Athletics</author><title>Former Bruin/current NFL player returns to classes</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/maurice-jones-drew-back-to-school-242898.aspx?link_page_rss=242898</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/maurice-jones-drew-back-to-school-242898.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
At an athletically rich school like UCLA, it&rsquo;s not unusual to see student-athletes hobbling around campus, recovering from surgery or injuries they&rsquo;ve incurred during the season. But when the student is a current professional... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702838" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:53:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matt Hurst</author><title>Luskin doctoral student sets the facts straight about single parents</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/luskin-doctoral-student-setting-242855.aspx?link_page_rss=242855</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/luskin-doctoral-student-setting-242855.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Laurie MaldonadoA report that smashes stereotypes about single mothers in the United States &quot;living off the dole&quot; drew national media attention to the work of Laurie Maldonado, a doctoral student in social welfare at the UCLA Luskin School... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702785" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:48:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Joanie Harmon/GSE&amp;IS</author><title>She makes computer sciencean equal-opportunity subject</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/she-makes-computer-science-an-242527.aspx?link_page_rss=242527</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/she-makes-computer-science-an-242527.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Jane Margolis, one of the driving forces behind Center X&rsquo;s efforts to make computer science accessible to all Los Angeles Unified School District students, particularly students of color, knows from experience that inequities exist in the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702412" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:24:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>The online price is right — or is it?</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/dynamic-pricing-dominique-hanssens-242512.aspx?link_page_rss=242512</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/dynamic-pricing-dominique-hanssens-242512.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[



For the millions of holiday shoppers who recently spent $42.3 billion for online purchases, the conveniences are irrefutable, from browsing the virtual aisles 24/7 &mdash; even from home all cozy in our pajamas &mdash; to seeing our stuff... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702363" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:49:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin and Dan Gordon</author><title>Taking technology to Malawi to improve HIV/AIDS research</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/pamela-gorbach-malawi-research-242393.aspx?link_page_rss=242393</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/pamela-gorbach-malawi-research-242393.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[


With nearly 23 million people across the African continent living with HIV/AIDS, public health experts across the globe are working feverishly to stem the epidemic. Among them is UCLA’s Pamina M. Gorbach, a behavioral epidemiologist whose... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702208" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:18:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alec Rosenberg/UC Health</author><title>UCLA physician is bringing ultrasound to patients' bedside</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-physician-is-bringing-ultrasound-242094.aspx?link_page_rss=242094</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-physician-is-bringing-ultrasound-242094.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Ultrasound isn&rsquo;t just for pregnant women anymore. The portable device, best known for giving expectant parents their first glimpse of their babies in utero, is now being introduced as a tool in critical care. And Dr. Elizabeth Turner is... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702015" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:10:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jack Feuer</author><title>Q&amp;A: Jared Diamond on what traditional societies can teach us</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-jared-diamond-on-what-we-can-241855.aspx?link_page_rss=241855</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-jared-diamond-on-what-we-can-241855.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Jared Diamond, UCLA's world-renowned professor of geography. Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author, is about to release his newest book, &quot;The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?&quot; (Viking Press, 2012) on Dec.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701763" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:48:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Dan Gordon</author><title>Making California's diverse populations count</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/making-california-s-diverse-populations-241728.aspx?link_page_rss=241728</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/making-california-s-diverse-populations-241728.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For Ninez Ponce,the opportunity to participate in developing a groundbreaking state health survey shortly after earning her Ph.D. from UCLA in 1998 was &quot;a dream come true.&quot;
 

Today Ponce is the new principal investigator of the same California... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701678" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:41:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Rose Parade tribute to a Bruin who saved lives</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/rose-parade-tribute-to-a-bruin-241688.aspx?link_page_rss=241688</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/rose-parade-tribute-to-a-bruin-241688.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Molly Noble&rsquo;s heart belonged to UCLA from the time she was in the fifth grade although she knew her divorced mother probably couldn&rsquo;t afford the tuition. So Molly, whip-smart, worked twice as hard to ensure she would be awarded... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701625" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:41:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Screenwriting faculty member to direct new film</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/felicia-henderson-241509.aspx?link_page_rss=241509</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/felicia-henderson-241509.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA lecturer, alumna and philanthropist as well as a successful television screenwriter and producer is about to add another impressive credit to her r&eacute;sum&eacute;: Felicia Henderson of the UCLA School of Theater, Film... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701475" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:58:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Stressed? Find relief in this massage master's hands</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/john-conroy-241422.aspx?link_page_rss=241422</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/john-conroy-241422.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
John Conroy works his massage magic on a client at John Wooden Recreation Center.John Conroy can feel your pain. Even better, he can help you get rid of it. 
 

Massage therapist Conroy of UCLA Recreation has been kneading,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701383" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:49:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Researcher sorts out fact from fallacy in three-decade study of lesbian families</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nanette-gartrell-2-241255.aspx?link_page_rss=241255</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nanette-gartrell-2-241255.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Dr. Nanette Gartrell does stereotype-toppling research about lesbian families.In the early 1970s, when being homosexual could get a person arrested, condemned as a &quot;sinner&quot; or diagnosed as mentally ill, gutsy Stanford University undergraduate... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701160" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:11:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Studying sensory systems of fruit flies, worms a stroke of genius</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/figuring-out-sensory-systems-of-241201.aspx?link_page_rss=241201</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/figuring-out-sensory-systems-of-241201.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Elissa Hallem, UCLA's fourth MacArthur fellow. Photos, video courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

When neurobiologist Elissa Hallem got an email from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation over a... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701102" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:36:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>UCLA's first 'test tube' baby born 28 years ago is about to become a mom</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-s-first-in-vitro-fertilization-241042.aspx?link_page_rss=241042</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-s-first-in-vitro-fertilization-241042.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Nancy Woodka, with husband Dick, holds Greta, the first 'test tube' baby born at the UCLA Medical Center 28 years ago.

Greta Woodka Timbrell was the world&rsquo;s 500th &quot;test tube&quot; baby when she was born at UCLA Medical Center 28 years ago.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700867" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:55:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Staff News -- Nov. 21, 2012</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-nov-21-2012-241038.aspx?link_page_rss=241038</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-nov-21-2012-241038.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Wada becomes UCLA’s first chief privacy officer

Kent Wada has been designated UCLA’s first chief privacy officer (CPO), the point of contact on matters concerning the cyberspace privacy of individuals and information. As a member of the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700868" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:52:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Today</author><title>Joseph Rudnick appointed senior dean of College of Letters and Science</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/joseph-rudnick-appointed-senior-240892.aspx?link_page_rss=240892</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/joseph-rudnick-appointed-senior-240892.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Joseph Rudnick, dean of the Division of Physical Sciences, has been appointed senior dean of the College of Letters and Science by Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh. Rudnick will serve a two-year term... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700706" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:01:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Pioneer in HIV/AIDS research works on a global scale</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/roger-detels-faculty-research-240670.aspx?link_page_rss=240670</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/roger-detels-faculty-research-240670.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When he was an undergraduate student at Harvard University in 1958, Roger Detels spent three months as an exchange student in Kanazawa, Japan. As one of the first few Americans in Kanazawa after the war, Detels &mdash; today a UCLA... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700371" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:19:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Crowd-drawing science seminars bring big names to campus</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/imed-seminar-series-240339.aspx?link_page_rss=240339</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/imed-seminar-series-240339.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Malcolm Gladwell, the author of &quot;Blink&quot; and three other bestsellers, came to campus last Wednesday (Oct. 24), more than 200 people were turned away from his standing-room-only appearance in the Neuroscience Research Building auditorium.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699955" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:51:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matt Hurst</author><title>Urban planning grad student helps farmers market take root</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/student-starts-farmer-s-market-240040.aspx?link_page_rss=240040</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/student-starts-farmer-s-market-240040.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[




Graduate student Diana Ionescu and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas at the market's grand opening in September.

As if being a graduate student for the past two years in urban and regional planning at the UCLA Luskin... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699695" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:13:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Campus honors UCLA’s 'A-plus' teachers</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/distinguished-teachers-christopher-240015.aspx?link_page_rss=240015</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/distinguished-teachers-christopher-240015.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Distinguished Professor Christopher Tang of the UCLA Anderson School of Management.When Christopher Tang is honored next week for his exemplary teaching skills, it won’t be the first time. As Distinguished Professor and Edward W. Carter... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699646" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:06:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>Librarian makes UCLA a go-to spot for study of Middle East</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/david-hirsch-239778.aspx?link_page_rss=239778</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/david-hirsch-239778.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[At just 8 years old, Aisha Mokhtar is unlike other kids her age. After finding a special gem in a small, damaged wooden box while working alongside her archaeologist uncle, the young girl finds protection from the gem&rsquo;s magical... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699421" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:25:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>Researcher explores Bosnia's postwar reality</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/trhloerhto-239625.aspx?link_page_rss=239625</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/trhloerhto-239625.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[An international armed conflict raged in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. All told, the war claimed the lives of roughly 100,000 people and forced an estimated 2 million people from their homes. Meanwhile, some 6,500... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699220" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:37:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Amy Albin</author><title>Once fragile newborns, they return years later to give thanks</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/once-fragile-newborns-they-return-239530.aspx?link_page_rss=239530</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/once-fragile-newborns-they-return-239530.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Daniel Quezada came into this world more than three months early.
 

Born at 25 weeks, the micro-preemie weighed only two pounds and was so small he could fit into his father&rsquo;s palm. Praying for their third child, his parents... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699111" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:35:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alec Rosenberg/UC Office of the President</author><title>Taking up the fight against 'superbugs'</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/taking-up-the-fight-against-superbugs-239340.aspx?link_page_rss=239340</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/taking-up-the-fight-against-superbugs-239340.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Career paths can start to take shape in many unexpected ways. For UCLA physician Daniel Uslan, it all started in a class for kids called &quot;It&rsquo;s a Small World.&quot; That&rsquo;s when the five-year-old made sourdough bread with his father.
 
The... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698952" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:02:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Glen MacDonald</author><title>A warming world: The data, not the deniers, are overwhelming</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-warming-world-the-data-not-the-239318.aspx?link_page_rss=239318</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-warming-world-the-data-not-the-239318.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Climate change expert Glen MacDonald notes this was the 329th consecutive month in which global temperatures have been above the 20th century average. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698931" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:25:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alex Boekelheide/Luskin School of Public Affairs</author><title>Q&amp;A: Aging and the 2012 election</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-on-the-presidential-election-239263.aspx?link_page_rss=239263</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-on-the-presidential-election-239263.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Fernando Torres-Gil

With President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney preparing to come out swinging in presidential debates that start Wednesday, one topic they will very likely spar over is the future of Medicare and Social... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698843" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:23:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Life on the Hill is new territory for these faculty</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/faculty-in-residence-2012-239129.aspx?link_page_rss=239129</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/faculty-in-residence-2012-239129.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Professors Neil Garg (in black T-shirt) and Tobias Higbie (far right) and their families meet DeNeve Plaza student staff during move-in weekend.While True Bruin Welcome Week finds thousands of incoming students settling into residence... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698673" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:46:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Laura Perry</author><title>Nurse researcher takes helm of UCLA Academic Senate</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nursing-researcher-advocate-takes-239124.aspx?link_page_rss=239124</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nursing-researcher-advocate-takes-239124.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[You can always breathe easier when Linda Sarna is around. 
 

That’s because her work to stop tobacco use as a nurse, researcher and advocate has helped people all over the world. 
 

But beyond her international role in the battle... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698667" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:48:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Joanie Harmon</author><title>Adults who go back to school enrich us all</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mike-rose-back-to-school-238850.aspx?link_page_rss=238850</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mike-rose-back-to-school-238850.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Professor of Education Mike Rose. (Photo by Tammy Reese)Professor of Education Mike Rose, who is nationally recognized for his insights into the struggles of working-class America, adds a new layer of perspective with his latest book, &quot;Back to... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698271" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:10:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Raz Sarkissian</author><title>After Hours: The amateur watercolorist</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/haroutune-armenian-watercolorist-238768.aspx?link_page_rss=238768</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/haroutune-armenian-watercolorist-238768.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In this installment of &quot;After Hours,&quot; a series about faculty and staff with fascinating hobbies or side jobs, meet epidemiologist and Associate Dean Haroutune Armenian. When he isn&rsquo;t at his UCLA office or climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro with his wife... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698173" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:43:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kelsey Sharpe</author><title>After Hours: The p.o.p. candy maker</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-the-queen-of-candyland-238305.aspx?link_page_rss=238305</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-the-queen-of-candyland-238305.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In this installment of “After Hours,” a series about faculty and staff with fascinating hobbies or side jobs, meet UCLA staff member Rachel Flores. You might have run into her at the Fielding School of Public Health. But you can also catch a glimpse... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697761" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:46:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>O say can you sing?</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/michael-dean-star-spangled-banner-238276.aspx?link_page_rss=238276</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/michael-dean-star-spangled-banner-238276.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Opera singer and vocal studies chair Michael Dean helps pop stars tune up to sing &quot;The Star-Spangled Banner&quot; without forgetting the words or flubbing the high notes. If only Luke Bryan had consulted UCLA vocal studies chair Michael Dean... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697708" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:32:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathy Wyer/Graduate School of Education &amp; Information Studies</author><title>10 Questions: Douglas Kellner on the media spectacle of gun violence</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/10-questions-douglas-kellner-on-238246.aspx?link_page_rss=238246</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/10-questions-douglas-kellner-on-238246.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Professor Douglas Kellner.

On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting unfolded at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., during a midnight screening of the most recent Batman film, &quot;The Dark Knight Rises;&quot; 12 people were killed and 58 were injured. The... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697676" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:05:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall/International Institute</author><title>Scholar raises profile of life and literature of little-known island nation</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/scholar-raises-profile-of-life-237841.aspx?link_page_rss=237841</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/scholar-raises-profile-of-life-237841.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Situated in the southwest Indian Ocean, the tiny island nation of Mauritius is the only country in Africa where Hinduism is the most dominant religion. It has also been ranked by the Ibrahim Index of African Governance as the best governed country... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697197" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:40:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>In her own words: Botanist Mildred Mathias of the UCLA Botanical Garden</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/in-her-own-words-botanist-mildred-237567.aspx?link_page_rss=237567</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/in-her-own-words-botanist-mildred-237567.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Before she died in 1995 at age 88, Mildred Mathias, a UCLA botany professor, ardent environmental activist and trailblazer for women in science, was videotaped as she talked about her childhood, college years, family life and long career... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696865" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:52:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>After Hours: The singer</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-the-singer-237563.aspx?link_page_rss=237563</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-the-singer-237563.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Many Bruins already know Michelle Drever, who wowed the crowd at this year's All-Staff Picnic with her operatic voice. The singer comes from a California farm town and can sometimes be seen practicing an aria in her car while traffic crawls on Sunset Boulevard. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696857" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:31:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Staffer helps monitor radiation levels in Japan</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staffer-helps-monitor-radiation-237534.aspx?link_page_rss=237534</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staffer-helps-monitor-radiation-237534.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Yoh Kawano

It&rsquo;s been 17 months since the catastrophic March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami touched off a series of powerful explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan. And for Yoh Kawano &mdash; a UCLA staffer who... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696825" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:33:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mary (Polly) Nooter Roberts</author><title>She learns to live 'well' with metastatic breast cancer</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/she-learns-to-live-well-with-metastatic-237268.aspx?link_page_rss=237268</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/she-learns-to-live-well-with-metastatic-237268.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Mary (Polly) Nooter Roberts, professor of world arts and cultures, shares a poignant story about hope and the people at UCLA who are taking care of her and have transformed the way she thinks and feels about late-stage... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696858" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Anne Wolf/UC Office of the President</author><title>For these retirees, campus is still the center of their lives</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/for-these-retirees-the-university-237492.aspx?link_page_rss=237492</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/for-these-retirees-the-university-237492.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Audree Fowler, a retired director of the UCLA Protein Micro-sequencing Facility, now volunteers for Design for Sharing, a program of UCLA's Center for Art of Performance that brings elementary students from Los Angeles public schools to... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696772" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:30:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Grad student seeks to save bobcats from rat poisons</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/grad-student-seeks-to-save-bobcats-237331.aspx?link_page_rss=237331</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/grad-student-seeks-to-save-bobcats-237331.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Ph.D. candidate Laurel Serieys' research was instrumental in discovering that bobcats are dying from mange infections brought on by a toxic build-up of household rodent poisons. A photo exhibit of healthy bobcats will help fund her research. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696640" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Joanie Harmon</author><title>He helps Olympic athletes broaden their experience</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-center-helps-enrich-olympic-237273.aspx?link_page_rss=237273</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-center-helps-enrich-olympic-237273.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[If you think that the only thing that counts during the London 2012 Olympics is what&rsquo;s taking place at the Olympic Park Aquatics Center or the Olympic Stadium, then have a chat with Gary Rhodes, director of the Center for Global... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696548" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:00:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Helping staff succeed is this manager’s reward</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/angela-marciano-237199.aspx?link_page_rss=237199</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/angela-marciano-237199.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Housing &amp; Hospitality's Angela Marciano wants staff to know they're appreciated for their contributions and supported in their ambitions.Angela Marciano knows all about the rigors of hard work — and the rewards. As a kid in northern... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696460" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:37:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Today staff</author><title>Staff News — Kudos to UCPD member</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-kudos-to-a-member-of-237127.aspx?link_page_rss=237127</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-kudos-to-a-member-of-237127.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Captain Johnnie Adams receives law enforcement merit award 


Capt. Johnnie Adams (center) receives a 2012 merit award from the law enforcement association.

Johnnie Adams, a captain in the UCLA Police Department, was honored with a 2012 Award... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696318" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:49:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Public policy prof offers new primer on marijuana policy</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/public-policy-prof-s-book-is-new-237100.aspx?link_page_rss=237100</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/public-policy-prof-s-book-is-new-237100.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Public Policy Professor Mark Kleiman has written a new primer on marijuana policy intended to provide straightforward information about all aspects of the real-life impacts of marijuana legalization &mdash; from the public health implications... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696300" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:49:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Today staff</author><title>Staff News — Food kudos and a new assistant swim coach</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-food-kudos-and-a-new-236909.aspx?link_page_rss=236909</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/staff-news-food-kudos-and-a-new-236909.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA restaurant wins &quot;Best Concepts&quot; award


FEAST at Rieber's Executive Chef Mark Kim (left) and UCLA Dining Services Executive Chef Roger Pigozzi.

UCLA&rsquo;s FEAST at Rieber &mdash; an all-you-can-eat restaurant that serves a mix of seven... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696099" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:29:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Once a shy UCLA student, now Staff Assembly president</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/tanya-williams-236697.aspx?link_page_rss=236697</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/tanya-williams-236697.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Tanya Williams came to campus as a freshman in 1989, she took a giant step outside of her comfort zone by signing on for a work-study job at Hedrick Hall’s front desk. 
 

&quot;I’m more on the shy, quiet side,&quot; Williams said. But meeting... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695860" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:21:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Is your article tweetable? Her algorithm can predict that</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/is-your-article-tweetable-engineering-236673.aspx?link_page_rss=236673</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/is-your-article-tweetable-engineering-236673.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Reporters, bloggers, and other media trying to boost their Twitter presence can learn a few tips from an unexpected discipline: electrical engineering. Roja Bandari's algorithm predicts with 84% accuracy whether a news article will be popular on Twitter. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695826" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:51:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>Speaking up for UC staff in tough economic times</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/kevin-smith-staff-advisor-236436.aspx?link_page_rss=236436</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/kevin-smith-staff-advisor-236436.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Kevin Smith serves as advocate for UC's 130,000 staff &mdash; 29,000 of them at UCLA.

Kevin Smith is right where he wants to be: serving as a voice for UC&rsquo;s 130,000-plus staff members &mdash; 29,000 of them at UCLA... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695564" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:37:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Parting words: UCLA's newest retirees leave behind advice for future</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/parting-words-ucla-s-newest-retirees-236372.aspx?link_page_rss=236372</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/parting-words-ucla-s-newest-retirees-236372.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The retirement parties are over. Goodbyes have been said, emails exchanged, and most from UCLA&rsquo;s latest &quot;graduating class&quot; of retirees from all over campus have packed up their belongings and left. But not without leaving behind... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695613" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:01:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Rothbard/Zocalo Public Square</author><title>Actress with Ph.D. from UCLA blends talents on hit TV sitcom</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/zany-brainy-and-sometimes-abstainy-236318.aspx?link_page_rss=236318</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/zany-brainy-and-sometimes-abstainy-236318.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Mayim Bialik is at the very least a triple threat.
 
She&rsquo;s an actress who stars on CBS&rsquo;s &quot;The Big Bang Theory&quot; as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler (she received her first Emmy nomination for the part this month, and she is also known for... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695489" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:11:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>After Hours: The improv comedienne/actress</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-the-improvisational-236253.aspx?link_page_rss=236253</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/after-hours-the-improvisational-236253.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In this latest installment of &quot;After Hours&quot; &mdash; a series about faculty and staff who balance their work lives with fascinating hobbies or side jobs &mdash; meet Kelly Goodman, an outreach manager for ASUCLA who indulges her love for improv... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695434" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jack Feuer</author><title>Three profs go back to school</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/three-profs-go-back-to-school-235766.aspx?link_page_rss=235766</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/three-profs-go-back-to-school-235766.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[What happens when professors become students again? What pressures do they face? What epiphanies do they have? A fellowship allowed three UCLA profs to go back to class in a complementary discipline, where they also ended up learning about themselves. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695301" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall/International Institute</author><title>Globe-trotting historian helps scholars see problems through different lens</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/globe-trotting-historian-helps-236139.aspx?link_page_rss=236139</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/globe-trotting-historian-helps-236139.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA professor of history will help leading French economists this week gain more insight into the battered European economy by sharing his work that compares the political and economic development of China and Europe.
 
&quot;Thinking in... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695256" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:13:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Joanie Harmon/Graduate School of Education &amp; Information Studies</author><title>Professor's unforgettable education: the Normandy Invasion</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/john-mcneil-236080.aspx?link_page_rss=236080</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/john-mcneil-236080.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

John McNeil has established groundbreaking school programs, led advancement efforts in literacy and math, and served internationally as a bilingual education consultant. But academic accomplishments are only part of the story for emeritus... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695213" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:08:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>China scholar is appointed dean of humanities</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/china-scholar-is-appointed-dean-236019.aspx?link_page_rss=236019</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/china-scholar-is-appointed-dean-236019.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[David Schaberg will become dean of the Division of Humanities in the College of Letters and Science on July 1.
 
A member of the Asian Languages and Cultures faculty since 1996, Schaberg has served as the interim dean of that... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695124" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:59:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>