<?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/stories-rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:04:49 GMT</pubDate><title>Top Stories</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Today</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>Carolyn McMillan/UC Office of the President</author><title>State of UC outlined in Yudof ‘white paper’</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/state-of-the-university-outlined-246106.aspx?link_page_rss=246106</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/state-of-the-university-outlined-246106.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[University of California President Mark Yudof presented the Board of Regents Wednesday a report that charted the significant changes of the past six years and offered a candid assessment of how UC is performing today.
 
Yudof, who will step... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706149" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:04:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alex Boekelheide/UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs</author><title>Student researchers on front lines of marijuana issue</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/student-researchers-on-front-lines-246102.aspx?link_page_rss=246102</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/student-researchers-on-front-lines-246102.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In the midst of a raging national debate on how Americans use marijuana, a team of student researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is collecting data that could help separate marijuana fact from fiction.
Led by social welfare... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706184" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:44:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Students give high marks to UC education, access to courses</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/students-give-high-marks-to-uc-246090.aspx?link_page_rss=246090</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/students-give-high-marks-to-uc-246090.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[University of California students remain highly satisfied with their education overall, and with their access to courses needed to graduate, according to a survey of UC undergraduates released this week.
 
Despite dramatic reductions in state... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706138" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:03:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Robin Keats and Meg Sullivan</author><title>Jews in the other promised land: a story that UCLA helped the Autry tell</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/artifacts-tell-story-of-jews-in-246044.aspx?link_page_rss=246044</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/artifacts-tell-story-of-jews-in-246044.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[What does French stoneware from the 19th century have in common with the camera used to make Hollywood&rsquo;s first feature movie and a miniature etching bearing the well-known slogan, &ldquo;War is unhealthy for children and other living... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706108" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:03:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Serving justice on a global scale</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/law-prof-students-gather-world-245975.aspx?link_page_rss=245975</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/law-prof-students-gather-world-245975.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A virtual court is in session every day on the most pressing and complex issues of human rights and international criminal law. And citizens from around the world have a front-row seat to watch some of the best legal minds make their strongest case... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=706010" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 21:33:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>David Davis/UCLA Anderson School of Management</author><title>The business of sports: It's not just a game</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-business-of-sports-it-s-not-245672.aspx?link_page_rss=245672</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-business-of-sports-it-s-not-245672.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In October of 1957, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley announced that he was moving the storied franchise to Los Angeles. Historians have since debated O'Malley's motives &mdash; including his frustration over not being able to build a new... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705729" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:50:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>T.A. Frank, Joe Mathews and Sarah Rothbard/Zocalo Public Square</author><title>Our transformational veterans</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/our-transformational-veterans-245605.aspx?link_page_rss=245605</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/our-transformational-veterans-245605.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
The 2 million veterans who are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan have had their lives changed by war. As they come home, they have the potential to change the lives of civilians, too.
 
On Saturday at a Z&oacute;calo/UCLA forum at... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705691" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:48:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Big-screen blockbusters tell tale of three cities</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/blockbuster-movies-cast-l-a-nyc-245561.aspx?link_page_rss=245561</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/blockbuster-movies-cast-l-a-nyc-245561.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[If you want to know how the public feels about the cities of New York, Los Angeles or Chicago, you don&rsquo;t have to do extensive polling or launch in-depth surveys. Just look at how they are portrayed in hit movies, suggest new findings from a... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705622" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:30:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Anne Wolf/UC Office of the President</author><title>Changes in retiree health benefits will affect half of current UC faculty, staff</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/retiree-health-benefit-changes-245483.aspx?link_page_rss=245483</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/retiree-health-benefit-changes-245483.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Retiree health is a benefit employers rarely offer, but UC has chosen to maintain it as part of its employment package. About half of current faculty and staff will be affected by new eligibility rules for retiree health benefits that go into effect... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705525" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:09:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Bruins prepare to quit or cut back as UCLA goes tobacco-free</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bruins-prepare-to-quit-or-cut-245331.aspx?link_page_rss=245331</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bruins-prepare-to-quit-or-cut-245331.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 colleges and universities nationwide have gone smoke or tobacco-free. Next week on April 22, UCLA joins the crowd. UCLA will be the first UC campus to act, and smokers and tobacco-users on campus are preparing. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705401" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:03:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Mobilizing support for America's veterans</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mobilizing-help-for-america-s-245329.aspx?link_page_rss=245329</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mobilizing-help-for-america-s-245329.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[If you had told Alex Galicia when he graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a B.A. in linguistics that he would end up running the small plumbing business that his family has owned for three generations, he would have said, &ldquo;No way!&rdquo;


After... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705398" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:02:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>From desk drawer to top-drawer: the Cotsen turns 40</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/from-desk-drawer-to-top-drawer-245282.aspx?link_page_rss=245282</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/from-desk-drawer-to-top-drawer-245282.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The 1973 beginnings of UCLA’s Institute of Archaeology hardly signaled greatness. Its annual budget was a paltry $6,000. Founding director Giorgio Buccellati had a staff of one, a part-time assistant who worked a few hours a week. The institute... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705350" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:29:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Rothbard, Joe Mathews and T.A. Frank</author><title>Does architecture matter in L.A.?</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/does-architecture-matter-in-l-245259.aspx?link_page_rss=245259</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/does-architecture-matter-in-l-245259.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Great buildings can define a cityscape, but how much do the grand plans of architects influence daily life? Does architecture really matter?
 


Renowned architect and UCLA professor Thom Mayne, second from the left, talks about why... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705303" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:57:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Undocumented students find resilience in talking circle</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/undocumented-students-share-pain-245142.aspx?link_page_rss=245142</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/undocumented-students-share-pain-245142.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A self-admitted overachiever in high school, Denise Panaligan was a student on the fast track to success. She spent her summers participating in student research programs and her school days in student government when she was not cracking the books.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705142" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:19:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Administrators make class availability a top priority</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/administrators-make-class-availability-245137.aspx?link_page_rss=245137</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/administrators-make-class-availability-245137.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Patricia Turner, UCLA&rsquo;s new dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, stands before more than 4,000 prospective first-year students coming to campus April 13 for Bruin Day, she will welcome them as &quot;the class of 2017,&quot; planting a... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705138" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Christelle Nahas</author><title>Royce Hall is prepped for mayor's State of the City address</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/royce-hall-is-prepped-for-mayor-245112.aspx?link_page_rss=245112</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/royce-hall-is-prepped-for-mayor-245112.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Preparations are underway at UCLA&rsquo;s Royce Hall where Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will deliver his final State of the City address. His speech, scheduled for 5 p.m. tonight, will highlight his efforts in public safety,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=705090" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:47:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Campus community beats drum for UCLA, UC at State Capitol</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/students-staff-and-faculty-advocate-244447.aspx?link_page_rss=244447</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/students-staff-and-faculty-advocate-244447.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO &mdash; A spirited contingent of 40 volunteer faculty, staff, students and friends descended on the State Capitol Tuesday, UC Day, to tell 33 Los Angeles area state legislators and their representatives how UCLA has... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704598" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:52:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jessica Wolf and Cynthia Lee</author><title>A sweeping tribute to a trailblazing choreographer</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/dance-spectacle-a-bold-tribute-244366.aspx?link_page_rss=244366</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/dance-spectacle-a-bold-tribute-244366.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[


 


 
If you want to see a dancer take her art form to a higher plane, look up. Way way up.
 
Amelia Rudolph, a choreographer and performer, took a gravity-defying stroll down the eight-story-high Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704529" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:08:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Bekah Wright</author><title>TFT joins the Cirque</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/tft-joins-the-cirque-244327.aspx?link_page_rss=244327</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/tft-joins-the-cirque-244327.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[You can run off to join the circus. Or you can use the circus to train for a career in performing arts. The former is an All-American childhood dream. The latter is the latest inventive approach to entertainment education from the UCLA School of... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704455" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:02:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President and Judy Lin</author><title>UC's Keck Observatory marks 20 years of cosmic discovery</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-s-keck-observatory-celebrates-244287.aspx?link_page_rss=244287</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-s-keck-observatory-celebrates-244287.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
Atop the dormant Mauna Kea volcano, 13,796 feet above the island of Hawaii, the W. M. Keck Observatory has been quietly revolutionizing what is known about the universe.
 

Scientists using the powerful twin telescopes at the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704433" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:46:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alex Boekelheide/Luskin School of Public Affairs</author><title>Mayor, LAUSD chief make school reform a priority</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mayor-lausd-chief-work-together-244071.aspx?link_page_rss=244071</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/mayor-lausd-chief-work-together-244071.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[During his term in office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has managed to implement reforms at 22 of LAUSD's worst-performing schools. Since John Deasy took the top job as superintendent of LAUSD less than two years ago, he... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704195" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:44:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sean Brenner</author><title>UCLA at forefront, ready to take part in national brain activity–mapping initiative</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-at-forefront-ready-to-take-244053.aspx?link_page_rss=244053</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-at-forefront-ready-to-take-244053.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
&quot;Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer&rsquo;s; developing drugs to regenerate damaged organs; devising new material to make batteries 10 times more powerful. ... Now is the time to reach a level... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=704162" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:48:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sara Rothbard/Zocalo</author><title>Down with doughnuts and other unhealthy habits</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/down-with-doughnuts-and-other-243826.aspx?link_page_rss=243826</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/down-with-doughnuts-and-other-243826.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As much as social scientists have learned about what drives people&rsquo;s decision-making, there is still no silver bullet for changing people&rsquo;s behavior &mdash; especially when it comes to making better health... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703852" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:57:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Rothbard/Zocalo</author><title>Start by building a beach house in Greenland</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/zocalo-climate-change-243699.aspx?link_page_rss=243699</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/zocalo-climate-change-243699.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Should we just adapt to climate change?
 


UCLA environmental historian Jon Christensen (from the left) speaks to Andrew Revkin, writer of an environmental blog at the New York Times, and Alex Hall, a UCLA scientist.

The question raises the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703686" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:50:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim DeRose</author><title>Top scientists debate whether life could survive on Mars</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/top-scientists-gather-to-debate-243584.aspx?link_page_rss=243584</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/top-scientists-gather-to-debate-243584.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than 50 of the world&rsquo;s top Mars scientists gathered in Royce Hall last week to discuss whether life could survive on the red planet. Three dozen talks over two days covered topics ranging widely from the current liquid water activity on... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703573" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:36:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Christelle Nahas</author><title>UCLA students dance ′til dawn, raise millions for pediatric AIDS</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-students-dance-til-dawn-raise-243523.aspx?link_page_rss=243523</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-students-dance-til-dawn-raise-243523.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Feb. 19 update: Organizers say this year's Dance Marathon raised a record $475,422.57 to benefit pediatric AIDS. 
 
 
Have you ever danced for six hours straight, then realized there were 20 more hours to go?
You have if you&rsquo;ve... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703554" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:50:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>NYC Council bans bias against unemployed following UCLA findings</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-york-city-council-targets-243483.aspx?link_page_rss=243483</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-york-city-council-targets-243483.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Almost a year after researchers at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the State University of New York&ndash;Stony Brook released a study showing that the unemployed face discrimination in the hiring process because of their jobless status,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703477" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:13:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Music legends, industry insiders share life lessons in class</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/music-legends-industry-insiders-243144.aspx?link_page_rss=243144</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/music-legends-industry-insiders-243144.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The 134 students taking Ken Kragen&rsquo;s inaugural Music Industry 106 class, &quot;Stardom Strategies for Musicians,&quot; are primed to expect the unexpected. It started on the first day of class, taught by the longtime music industry... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=703161" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:36:58 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>UCLA employees with repeat injuries get healthy makeover</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/employees-with-repeat-injuries-242922.aspx?link_page_rss=242922</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/employees-with-repeat-injuries-242922.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Danny Flores&rsquo; New Year&rsquo;s resolution has a ring of familiarity to many of us: He&rsquo;s determined to eat healthier, exercise and shed 10 pounds. Fortunately for Flores, a 16-year employee with UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702891" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:20:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Carolyn McMillan/UC Office of the President</author><title>UC to get modest boost from state budget</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-to-get-modest-boost-from-state-242597.aspx?link_page_rss=242597</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-to-get-modest-boost-from-state-242597.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown today (Jan. 10) proposed a state spending plan for the coming fiscal year that would provide a modest boost to the University of California's operating budget for 2013-14.
 
The state legislature still must agree to the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=702456" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:13:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee and Judy Lin</author><title>The best of 2012</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-best-of-2012-242011.aspx?link_page_rss=242011</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-best-of-2012-242011.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[From the White House to Stockholm&rsquo;s concert hall to the iconic arena where John Wooden once reigned supreme came indelible moments that made our chests swell with pride and marked 2012 as an outstanding year for UCLA.
 
The collective... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701923" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:17:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee and Judy Lin</author><title>2012 — A year in review at UCLA</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/2012-a-year-in-review-at-ucla-241933.aspx?link_page_rss=241933</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/2012-a-year-in-review-at-ucla-241933.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[                            
  <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701873" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:37:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathy Wyer/Graduate School of Education and Information Studies</author><title>Q&amp;A: Linda Sax on the gender gap in sciences, math</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-linda-sax-on-the-stem-gap-241852.aspx?link_page_rss=241852</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/q-a-linda-sax-on-the-stem-gap-241852.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Although girls outperform boys in language arts during their K-12 years and more women now obtain undergraduate and graduate degrees than men, women still lag behind men in many areas, particularly in the STEM fields &mdash; science,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701734" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:17:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chancellor Gene Block</author><title>Chancellor Block: Geffen establishes  $100 million scholarship fund for med students</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-block-geffen-establishes-241767.aspx?link_page_rss=241767</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-block-geffen-establishes-241767.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[To the Campus Community:
 
At UCLA, we take great pride in our history of breaking new ground and in providing extraordinary opportunities for deserving scholars from all backgrounds. Today, I am delighted to share news of a bold new program... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701716" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:33:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shilo Munk/UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture</author><title>Major architectural award celebrates Mayne's bold designs</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/thom-mayne-241592.aspx?link_page_rss=241592</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/thom-mayne-241592.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For more than 20 years, internationally acclaimed architect and distinguished professor Thom Mayne has been energizing UCLA students with his innovative spirit and drive to push the definition of architecture and its role in a community beyond the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701575" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:06:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Using eyes to hear, hands to speak</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/students-learn-to-hear-with-their-241495.aspx?link_page_rss=241495</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/students-learn-to-hear-with-their-241495.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Students trickling in late to Benjamin Lewis&rsquo; class one recent morning promptly gave their excuses to their teacher before slipping into their seats. Outside, swollen storm clouds had finally burst, sending down pelting rain that slowed down... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701463" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:20:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>Guiding inventors through strange, new world</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/guiding-inventors-through-strange-241354.aspx?link_page_rss=241354</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/guiding-inventors-through-strange-241354.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As the birthplace of many new groundbreaking products and services, UCLA is a tremendous source of talent and innovation, fueled by $1.18 billion in research funding.However, for many academics venturing into the world of intellectual property... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701300" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:33:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>AMPing up HIV/AIDS education for youths</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-program-amps-up-hiv-aids-241236.aspx?link_page_rss=241236</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-program-amps-up-hiv-aids-241236.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been more than 30 years since the first cases of HIV/AIDS were identified; yet we still have an epidemic. Although the disease is treatable and people living with HIV/AIDS are enjoying longer, more productive lives, there is still no... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701154" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:18:59 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>UCLA Today staff</author><title>Campus plans for Winter Closure 2012</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-plans-for-winter-closure-241163.aspx?link_page_rss=241163</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-plans-for-winter-closure-241163.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA will close for 11 days between Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, and Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, with plans to reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The annual winter closures have allowed UCLA to achieve energy savings and continue to be a highly effective... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=701047" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:43:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>A Fall Harvest Feast for students in need</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-fall-harvest-feast-for-students-240873.aspx?link_page_rss=240873</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-fall-harvest-feast-for-students-240873.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As the air chills and the end of the quarter nears, the holidays come rushing toward us.

 
On Wednesday (Nov. 21), tables and chairs will be set for a traditional dinner of turkey and trimmings when roughly 100 guests gather to break bread and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700690" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:52:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Carolyn McMillan/UC Office of the President</author><title>Gov. Brown joins regents to discuss budget matters</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/gov-brown-joins-regents-on-heels-240855.aspx?link_page_rss=240855</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/gov-brown-joins-regents-on-heels-240855.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Gov. Jerry Brown (left) meets with UC President Mark Yudof and UC Regents Chair Sherry Lansing.

Gov. Jerry Brown told the University of California Board of Regents today that he hoped to secure more funding for the university but that UC... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700659" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:41:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathleen Wyer/Graduate School of Education &amp; Information Studies</author><title>Bilingual program in math, science preps English learners for college</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bilingual-program-in-math-science-240850.aspx?link_page_rss=240850</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bilingual-program-in-math-science-240850.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A partnership between UCLA&rsquo;s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles and a college in Mexico is helping Southern California high school students whose primary language is Spanish get the bilingual science and math courses they need to... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700657" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:06:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Private giving to UC boosts faculty endowments, student aid</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/private-giving-to-uc-boosts-faculty-240799.aspx?link_page_rss=240799</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/private-giving-to-uc-boosts-faculty-240799.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California raised $1.56 billion in private support over the past fiscal year, donations that are helping recruit and retain top-level faculty, build critical research facilities and expand student scholarships.
 
It's the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700494" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:30:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>J. Bridget Sheehan-Watanabe</author><title>Top 10 most common myths about your UC health insurance</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/top-10-myths-about-your-uc-health-240589.aspx?link_page_rss=240589</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/top-10-myths-about-your-uc-health-240589.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Open Enrollment runs through 5 p.m. Nov. 20. To help employees make the right decision about their health plans, J. Bridget Sheehan-Watanabe, UCLA's health care facilitator with Campus Human Resources, identified 10 of the most widely... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700293" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:37:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>University of California Office of the President</author><title>Yudof answers important questions from staff, faculty</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-answers-questions-from-staff-240543.aspx?link_page_rss=240543</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-answers-questions-from-staff-240543.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UC President Mark Yudof held a web chat with UC faculty and staff Nov. 2 to discuss UC's financial future, the impact of Proposition 30 and other important issues. The event can be viewed online. The following is a selection of... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700161" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:06:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>Inside cover story: Noted chemistry journal spotlights students’ research</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/they-re-on-the-cover-noted-chemistry-240531.aspx?link_page_rss=240531</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/they-re-on-the-cover-noted-chemistry-240531.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Manipulating matter at a very tiny scale has resulted in some big payback for a group of UCLA undergraduate chemistry students.
 
A research project conducted as an optional, ungraded exercise in a class led by Anastassia Alexandrova, an... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=700155" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:17:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chancellor Gene Block</author><title>Block: UCLA to go tobacco-free in April</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-to-go-tobacco-free-in-april-240232.aspx?link_page_rss=240232</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-to-go-tobacco-free-in-april-240232.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block announced Tuesday that UCLA will go tobacco-free on Earth Day 2013, when the use of cigarettes, cigars, oral tobacco, electronic cigarettes and all other tobacco products will be prohibited. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699877" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:18:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>UCLA takes flight with environmental humanities</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-takes-flight-as-a-leader-240175.aspx?link_page_rss=240175</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-takes-flight-as-a-leader-240175.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[&quot;We&rsquo;re constantly being bombarded by problems that we face and sometimes we can get completely overwhelmed. [But] we should always feel like a hummingbird. I may feel insignificant, but I don&rsquo;t want to be like the other animals watching... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699812" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:40:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Gene Block</author><title>Chancellor Block: Cast an informed vote</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-urges-people-to-vote-240126.aspx?link_page_rss=240126</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-urges-people-to-vote-240126.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[To the Campus Community:
 
The Nov. 6 election is only days away, and I am writing to urge you to vote. It&rsquo;s the most fundamental act of civic participation, a privilege and a responsibility of every eligible citizen. We have the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699773" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:56:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>Sculptor brings figure of beloved Coach to revitalized Pauley</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/statue-of-beloved-coach-to-welcome-240122.aspx?link_page_rss=240122</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/statue-of-beloved-coach-to-welcome-240122.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[&quot;It&rsquo;s hard to be a sports fan and not know John Wooden.&quot;
 


Sculptor Blair Buswell

So says Blair Buswell, the Utah-based sculptor commissioned to create the 8-foot-tall statue of Wooden that will be unveiled this afternoon by many who... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699771" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:40:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathleen Micham/College of Letters and Science</author><title>New data redefine Southern California as volcanically active</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-research-redefines-southern-239985.aspx?link_page_rss=239985</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-research-redefines-southern-239985.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Using new techniques developed at UCLA and the University of Texas in Austin, a UCLA geologist has found evidence that a chain of small volcanoes, known as the Salton Buttes located at the edge of the Salton Sea, has erupted much more recently than... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699628" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:29:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Anne Wolfe/UC Office of the President</author><title>Most employees to see small increase in cost of medical plans in 2013</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/most-uc-employees-face-slight-239837.aspx?link_page_rss=239837</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/most-uc-employees-face-slight-239837.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[It comes like clockwork every year: UC's annual Open Enrollment period. This year, Open Enrollment runs from 8 a.m., Oct. 29 to 5 p.m., Nov. 20.
 
Even if you're satisfied with your UC benefits, it's a good idea to use the Open Enrollment... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699479" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:26:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>What you should know before you vote: a Q&amp;A on Proposition 30</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/what-you-should-know-about-proposition-239775.aspx?link_page_rss=239775</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/what-you-should-know-about-proposition-239775.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
In the Nov. 6 general election, voters in California will cast ballots for a new president, pick a U.S. senator and decide on 11 propositions &mdash; not to mention a range of local candidates and issues. Among the measures most closely watched in... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699464" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee and Judy Lin</author><title>Colleagues applaud Lloyd Shapley's Nobel win</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/colleagues-at-ucla-applaud-lloyd-239730.aspx?link_page_rss=239730</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/colleagues-at-ucla-applaud-lloyd-239730.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Professor Emeritus Lloyd Shapley.

Faculty in the economics and mathematics departments at UCLA celebrated Monday the awarding of the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics to their longtime colleague, Lloyd Shapley, 89, who shared the honor with... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699355" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:53:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Nicole Freeling, UC Office of the President</author><title>Selected UC Online classes now open tonon-UC students</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-online-classes-239675.aspx?link_page_rss=239675</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-online-classes-239675.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Last spring, students enrolling in UCLA Political Science Professor Susanne Lohmann's popular course, &quot;Diversity, Disagreement and Democracy&quot; &mdash; usually taught in a lecture hall &mdash; had another option: an online format that allowed... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699282" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:15:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>New blockbusters and rare classics show in Chinese film festival</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-blockbusters-and-rare-classics-239630.aspx?link_page_rss=239630</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-blockbusters-and-rare-classics-239630.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Movie stars and top film directors from China will appear in Los Angeles for the next few weeks as the UCLA Confucius Institute and several partner organizations host premieres and special showings of more than two dozen Chinese films. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699227" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:37:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matt Hurst/Luskin School of Public Affairs</author><title>Luskin lecturer led effort to investigate violence in county jails</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/luskin-lecturer-students-alumni-239384.aspx?link_page_rss=239384</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/luskin-lecturer-students-alumni-239384.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The much-lauded report released Sept. 28 by a blue-ribbon panel of citizens that uncovered a pattern of inappropriate force used against inmates in Los Angeles County jails because of a lack of oversight was the end product of months of... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=699017" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:18:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Neurobiologist wins MacArthur 'genius' award</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/macarthur-award-239246.aspx?link_page_rss=239246</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/macarthur-award-239246.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA life scientist Elissa Hallem has been selected as a 2012 MacArthur Fellow in recognition of her &quot;exceptional merit and promise of continued creative work,&quot; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced.
 
Hallem is among... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698831" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:00:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Christelle Nahas</author><title>A massive undertaking: Inside UCLA Volunteer Day's command center</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-massive-undertaking-inside-ucla-239158.aspx?link_page_rss=239158</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-massive-undertaking-inside-ucla-239158.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Volunteer Center director Rachel Corell (left) gives a 7 a.m. rundown of logistics to volunteers at the command center in De Neve Commons.


 
For most people, UCLA Volunteer Day conveys a picture of students at their best. Now in its fourth... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698723" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:23:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chancellor Gene Block</author><title>Chancellor Gene Block: A promising year ahead of us</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-gene-block-welcome-239115.aspx?link_page_rss=239115</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-gene-block-welcome-239115.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[To the Campus Community:
 
Welcome to 2012&ndash;13 at UCLA!
 
Even as we celebrate the promise of a new academic year, and the opportunities that lie ahead, this is shaping up to be a momentous year for UCLA. In the upcoming weeks and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698656" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:28:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Volunteer Day a 'feel-good' day for all</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/volunteer-day-a-feel-good-day-239038.aspx?link_page_rss=239038</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/volunteer-day-a-feel-good-day-239038.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

New UCLA students paint a dolphin in the playground of Utah Street School as their volunteer project. The dolphin is the school mascot.

In their first week as UCLA students, nearly 6,500 new freshmen and transfer students learned an important... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=698566" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:20:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Carolyn McMillan, UC Office of the President</author><title>UC's annual accountability report shows strengths, challenges</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucop-s-annual-accountability-report-238441.aspx?link_page_rss=238441</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucop-s-annual-accountability-report-238441.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California enrolls more low-income students than any other leading research university in the United States. Even more impressive: UC's strong financial aid program has shielded low-income undergraduates from the brunt of recent... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697919" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:45:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>UCLA’s new research center is UC’s 100th certifiably green project</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-s-new-research-center-is-238299.aspx?link_page_rss=238299</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-s-new-research-center-is-238299.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In renovated UCLA lab space, researchers run clinical trials to test groundbreaking new treatments for cancer, sleep disorders, paraplegia and more. But the amazing work isn’t just in the research – it’s in the very walls. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697866" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Med school redoubles efforts to abolish mistreatment of students</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/medical-school-strengthens-efforts-238266.aspx?link_page_rss=238266</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/medical-school-strengthens-efforts-238266.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Since 1995, leaders at the Geffen School of Medicine have been systematically working to remedy a persistent problem that has been reported by medical students nationwide for more than two decades. For the last 17 years, the medical school has been... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697697" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:53:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Wilshire/405 ramps reopen</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/wilshire-405-rampture-closures-238185.aspx?link_page_rss=238185</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/wilshire-405-rampture-closures-238185.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Drivers on the 405 got a welcome surprise Friday morning when they saw that two long-closed ramps connecting Wilshire Boulevard and the freeway had reopened. The reconstructed ramps &mdash; the on-ramp from westbound Wilshire to the 405 north and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697608" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:05:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Wildlife forensics team reveals mountain lions’ struggle to survive near urban areas</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/wildlife-forensics-team-reveals-237815.aspx?link_page_rss=237815</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/wildlife-forensics-team-reveals-237815.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In the unusual field of wildlife forensics, researchers test blood and saliva samples, compare bite marks, and use claw swabs and traces of fur to determine which mountain lion killed another, who fathered the latest litter of kittens, and whether gene pools can cross freeway boundaries. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697194" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>10 Questions: Lynn Vavreck on the 2012 presidential election</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/10-questions-lynn-vavreck-on-the-237785.aspx?link_page_rss=237785</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/10-questions-lynn-vavreck-on-the-237785.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[So what are the odds that Obama will be reelected in November despite the slow economic recovery?

 
Pretty darn good, according to these researchers&rsquo; analysis.
 
UCLA political scientist and Associate Professor Lynn Vavreck and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=697148" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:22:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Campus surpasses $400M fundraising milestone again</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-surpasses-400m-fundraising-237539.aspx?link_page_rss=237539</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-surpasses-400m-fundraising-237539.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
Despite a still-sluggish economy, UCLA has once again surpassed the $400 million mark for annual fundraising. In the 2011-12 fiscal year that ended June 30, the university raised $402 million from 58,358 donors who gave more than 75,000 gifts and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696849" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:24:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bruins bring home gold</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bruins-bring-home-gold-237449.aspx?link_page_rss=237449</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bruins-bring-home-gold-237449.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Gold medalist Russell Westbrook, an alumnus who played for the U.S. basketball team.

Nine current or former UCLA student-athletes or coaches earned medals, including six gold medals, at the Olympic Games that concluded Sunday in London. In... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696751" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:02:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>UCLA's chief financial officer makes sense of budget complexities</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/cfo-explains-budget-237352.aspx?link_page_rss=237352</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/cfo-explains-budget-237352.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
State funding for the UC system has been slipping for many years, accelerating in the past four years. Difficult to understand under normal circumstances, UCLA&rsquo;s budget picture has gained a new measure of complexity because of several... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696641" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:24:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Highly regarded lab ensures that Olympic athletes are ‘clean’</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-s-big-olympic-contribution-237194.aspx?link_page_rss=237194</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-s-big-olympic-contribution-237194.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Professor Anthony Butch in the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory, which he directs.

Anthony Butch is not an athlete or coach, but he and his team had to undergo their own kind of Olympic time trials before the Games opened in... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696465" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:04:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Ricardo Vazquez</author><title>Institute preps top black students for rigors of grad studies</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/institute-preps-african-american-237189.aspx?link_page_rss=237189</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/institute-preps-african-american-237189.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Mahaliah Little, a senior in English from Spelman College in Atlanta, was dismayed when she got back the rough draft of a paper she had written for a summer course at UCLA. It was filled with comments from her instructor.
 


Mahaliah Little... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=696448" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:33:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Razmig Sarkissian</author><title>Library preserves social media content that's 'here today, gone tomorrow'</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-library-strives-to-become-236666.aspx?link_page_rss=236666</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-library-strives-to-become-236666.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Do Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites have content worthy of scholarly research?
 

UCLA Library thinks so, and it is not alone. Its new Digital Ephemera Project (DEP), backed by a $3.4 million grant from the Arcadia Fund,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695818" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Thirty-two Bruins to strive for Olympic glory in London</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/32-bruins-have-chance-for-olympic-236744.aspx?link_page_rss=236744</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/32-bruins-have-chance-for-olympic-236744.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[


Alumna Anna Li, an eight-time All-American and 2011 World Championship gold medalist while competing for UCLA, is an alternate for the U.S. women&rsquo;s gymnastics team. This will be her first Olympics.

From two incoming Bruin freshmen who have... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695905" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:47:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shilo Munk and Cynthia Lee</author><title>Activists use art to remind leaders of devastation caused by AIDS</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/activists-use-art-as-call-l-for-236725.aspx?link_page_rss=236725</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/activists-use-art-as-call-l-for-236725.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
&quot;Through Positive Eyes&quot; is one of two HIV/AIDS art projects Professor David Gere and the UCLA Art and Global Health Center have brought to Washington, D.C., this summer. Supplied with cameras, 12 people living with HIV/AIDS in the nation's capital... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695872" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:12:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Carolyn McMillan/UC Office of the President</author><title>Regents endorse state budget amid fiscal uncertainty</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-endorse-state-budget-amid-236693.aspx?link_page_rss=236693</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-endorse-state-budget-amid-236693.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Following a somber discussion of the University of California's fiscal outlook, the UC Board of Regents Wednesday (July 18) took action to help the university stave off a possible $375 million in budget cuts.
 
In a single vote, regents... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695851" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:42:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Steve Ritea</author><title>Regents approve conference center's finance plan</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/key-uc-regents-committee-approves-236676.aspx?link_page_rss=236676</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/key-uc-regents-committee-approves-236676.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[[Update: July 18] 
The full University of California Board of Regents unanimously approved the financing plan for UCLA's proposed Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center.
 
The UC Board of Regents&rsquo; Committee on Grounds and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695824" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:12:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Regents endorse Gov. Brown's tax initiative</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-endorse-gov-brown-s-tax-236675.aspx?link_page_rss=236675</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-endorse-gov-brown-s-tax-236675.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California Board of Regents today (July 18) voted to support Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative on the November ballot, calling it UC's best option for avoiding a steep, mid-year tuition increase and protecting university... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695823" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:56:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>UC Davis vice provost to head undergrad education at UCLA</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-davis-vice-provost-to-head-236487.aspx?link_page_rss=236487</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-davis-vice-provost-to-head-236487.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Patricia Turner, vice provost for undergraduate education at UC Davis, will become the new dean and vice provost for undergraduate education at UCLA, effective Jan. 1, 2013, following the retirement of Judith L. Smith, who has served in that role... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695616" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:54:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>CityTarget opens in Westwood July 29</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/citytarget-opens-in-westwood-july-236339.aspx?link_page_rss=236339</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/citytarget-opens-in-westwood-july-236339.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Trendy fashions, frozen foods and futons are coming to Westwood Village on July 29 when one of the first three CityTarget stores in the country opens its doors on Weyburn Avenue. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695504" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:14:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin/Jonsson Cancer Center</author><title>Caregivers for soul, body team up to help those with cancer</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/spiritual-medical-caregivers-focus-236131.aspx?link_page_rss=236131</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/spiritual-medical-caregivers-focus-236131.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Religious and spiritual leaders help their congregants get through life&rsquo;s most difficult moments &mdash; death, divorce, lost jobs, crises of faith. But what should they tell a person devastated by a cancer diagnosis?

 
More than 35 Los... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695251" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:12:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Yudof to propose UC tuition freeze for upcoming academic year</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-comments-on-budget-legislation-235978.aspx?link_page_rss=235978</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-comments-on-budget-legislation-235978.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[University of California President Mark G. Yudof made the following statement today (June 28):
 

&quot;The budget legislation signed by the Governor is a significant step toward bringing stability to public higher education funding in California.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695072" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:37:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Hey, brother, can you spare a dollar for a researcher?</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/hey-buddy-can-you-spare-a-dollar-235933.aspx?link_page_rss=235933</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/hey-buddy-can-you-spare-a-dollar-235933.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Biologist Brenda Larison retrieves a dart that contains a bit of skin from a zebra in Africa. Larison is trying to raise funds for her zebra research project through the crowdfunding website, Petridish.

UCLA biologist Brenda Larison is on the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=695043" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>