<?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>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:16:27 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>Regents call for re-investment in higher ed</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-call-for-re-investment-234026.aspx?link_page_rss=234026</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-call-for-re-investment-234026.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[With state budget negotiations in full swing, members of the University of California Board of Regents will join students in Sacramento today (May 15) to call on lawmakers to re-invest in public higher education.
 
Regents will remain in the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692981" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:16:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall/UCLA International Institute</author><title>Doctors, others share sad stories of mothers worldwide</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/doctors-filmmakers-share-sad-stories-233882.aspx?link_page_rss=233882</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/doctors-filmmakers-share-sad-stories-233882.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Somewhere on the planet, there's a woman facing death in the midst of giving life.
 
Roughly 1,000 women die each day due to pregnancy-related causes. For every woman who dies, there are 20 to 30 more who will suffer from lifelong disabilities... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692781" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:30:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark G. Yudof</author><title>President Yudof appeals to staff, faculty for support for UC</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/president-yudof-appeals-to-staff-233762.aspx?link_page_rss=233762</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/president-yudof-appeals-to-staff-233762.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[May 9, 2012
 
 
Dear Colleague:
 
Governor Brown is set to release his revised State Budget on Monday, May 14. At this critical time in California's budget process, the Governor and legislative leaders need to hear from UC supporters... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692683" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 22:38:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Today</author><title>NYU scholar is appointed dean of education and information studies</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nyu-professor-of-globalization-233662.aspx?link_page_rss=233662</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nyu-professor-of-globalization-233662.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Marcelo Su&aacute;rez-Orozco, the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at New York University, has been appointed dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, effective Sept. 1.
 
His... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692580" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:14:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>UC report identifies best practices for responding to campus protests</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-report-identifies-best-practices-233503.aspx?link_page_rss=233503</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-report-identifies-best-practices-233503.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[University of California officials today (May 4) released a report that examines policies and practices related to UC responses to campus protests.
 
After incidents involving police and protesting students at the Berkeley and Davis campuses... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692403" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:12:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President/UCLA Today</author><title>Systemwide shared service center to be set up at UC Riverside</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/systemwide-shared-service-center-233111.aspx?link_page_rss=233111</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/systemwide-shared-service-center-233111.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A systemwide initiative to reduce costs and gain administrative efficiencies through streamlined operations moved forward with an announcement today by the UC Office of the President that a universitywide shared service center will be set up at UC... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692328" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:08:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Pauley Pavilion to be ready for fall 2012 opening</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/pauley-pavilion-to-be-ready-for-232962.aspx?link_page_rss=232962</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/pauley-pavilion-to-be-ready-for-232962.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Pauley Pavilion renovation has been under way for 27 months and, with just six months to go before its completion in mid-October, the project remains on time and on budget, said Ken Weiner, senior associate athletic director in UCLA&rsquo;s... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692203" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 23:34:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jessica Wolf</author><title>UCLA Live now Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-live-now-center-for-the-art-232676.aspx?link_page_rss=232676</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-live-now-center-for-the-art-232676.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture today announces the creation of the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA), an evolution from UCLA Live. The public performance arm of the university, CAP UCLA launches with a new visual... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=691993" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathleen Micham</author><title>Space scientist explores mystery of ice on a hot planet</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/space-scientist-explores-mystery-232576.aspx?link_page_rss=232576</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/space-scientist-explores-mystery-232576.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Scientists have long known that certain surface patches on Mercury, the planet first in line from the sun in our solar system, reflect radar signals just like ice does in the polar regions of Earth. To their delight, new data from the orbiting　NASA... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=691814" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:42:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>IT neutralizes email scam for fake 'UCLA Collaborative Network'</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/it-neutralizes-email-scam-for-232340.aspx?link_page_rss=232340</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/it-neutralizes-email-scam-for-232340.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA became the latest university targeted Thursday by an email attack claiming to offer a university-specific social network, but the Information Technology Security Office has neutralized the attack. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690881" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:03:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Bike Nation to bring bike-sharing to Westwood</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bike-nation-to-bring-bike-sharing-232318.aspx?link_page_rss=232318</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/bike-nation-to-bring-bike-sharing-232318.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The bike-share company Bike Nation recently announced plans to distribute 4,000 bikes across four communities in Los Angeles, including bringing hundreds of those bikes to Westwood and UCLA by mid-2013. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690874" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:51:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Ricardo Vazquez</author><title>UCLA admits more than 15,000 students for fall 2012 freshman class</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-admits-more-than-15-000-students-232140.aspx?link_page_rss=232140</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-admits-more-than-15-000-students-232140.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Thousands of admitted students and their families get to know the campus at UCLA&rsquo;s annual Bruin Day.

UCLA has admitted 15,455 stellar high school seniors from all 50 states and 69 countries for its fall 2012 freshman class. These students... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690767" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:33:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Today staff</author><title>UCLA leaders commit funds to maintainhigh-quality undergraduate education</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-leaders-commit-funds-to-231978.aspx?link_page_rss=231978</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-leaders-commit-funds-to-231978.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As state support for the University of California declines, campus leaders are making supplemental funding available to maintain UCLA's high-quality undergraduate education and provide the classroom seats needed to help ensure that first-year... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690681" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:44:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Law students score big victory in U.S. Supreme Court</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/law-students-score-a-big-victory-231935.aspx?link_page_rss=231935</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/law-students-score-a-big-victory-231935.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Katie Strickland and Jenny Osborne are newly minted lawyers who have earned bragging rights to an achievement that many seasoned attorneys will never be able to claim: Working together as UCLA law students last year, they won a case before the U.S.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690655" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:34:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Police seek two suspects in robbery of student</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/police-seek-two-suspects-in-robbery-231728.aspx?link_page_rss=231728</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/police-seek-two-suspects-in-robbery-231728.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Police Department is reminding the campus community to observe safety precautions in light of a robbery that occurred late Wednesday night (April 4) at the corner of Midvale Avenue and Ophir Drive.
 
Campus police are seeking two... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690576" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:48:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>EVC and Provost Scott Waugh</author><title>Scott Waugh: Preserving UCLA's fiscal and academic strength</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/letter-on-preserving-ucla-s-fiscal-231696.aspx?link_page_rss=231696</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/letter-on-preserving-ucla-s-fiscal-231696.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The letter below was sent on April 5, 2012, by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh to faculty, vice chancellors, vice provosts, chief administrative officers and directors:
 
I am writing to update you on our response to... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690563" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:03:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Chancellor Block reassures staff that UCLA is thriving</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-block-reassures-staff-231642.aspx?link_page_rss=231642</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-block-reassures-staff-231642.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block reassured staff about the UC retirement plan, called for more state support for the university and shared his thoughts on a proposed conference center Wednesday at his annual town hall meeting hosted by UCLA Staff Assembly. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690522" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:20:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Steve Ritea</author><title>Faculty committee backs plan for conference and guest center</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/faculty-committee-backs-plan-for-231532.aspx?link_page_rss=231532</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/faculty-committee-backs-plan-for-231532.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[An Academic Senate committee has expressed support for UCLA's proposal to build a conference and guest center, calling the project a potentially valuable enhancement to the campus.In its review of the proposed operating plan, the Council on Planning... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690440" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:12:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Regents discuss tentative multi-year funding plan</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-discuss-tentative-multi-231310.aspx?link_page_rss=231310</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-discuss-tentative-multi-231310.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California Board of Regents heard a report today (March 29) on UC's efforts to secure a framework for a multi-year funding plan with the state, including administrators' efforts to avoid a tuition increase in the coming... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690373" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:02:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>Judea Pearl's work on artificial intelligence impacts modern world</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/judea-pearl-s-impact-on-artificial-231213.aspx?link_page_rss=231213</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/judea-pearl-s-impact-on-artificial-231213.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Although there&rsquo;s evidence that the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) goes back centuries to antiquity, with myths of artificial beings bestowed with intelligence or consciousness, the actual research field of AI began at a conference on the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690336" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:38:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Spring break parties give way to richer learning experiences</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/party-hardy-spring-break-takes-230974.aspx?link_page_rss=230974</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/party-hardy-spring-break-takes-230974.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Nobuko Goto will never forget the obliteration of towns and villages in northeastern Japan when the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 changed lives forever. Back then, as a section chief for the Housing Department for the national government of Japan,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690201" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:37:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>UC provides communities with $3.3 billion in health services</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-hospitals-clinics-serve-communities-230951.aspx?link_page_rss=230951</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-hospitals-clinics-serve-communities-230951.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For the first time, University of California Health has measured the collective impact it has in caring for uninsured patients, educating tomorrow's health leaders and advancing science to tackle medicine's toughest challenges.
 
The estimated... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690168" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:19:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Carolyn McMillan/UC Office of the President</author><title>Donations to UC on the rise</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/donations-to-uc-on-the-rise-230927.aspx?link_page_rss=230927</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/donations-to-uc-on-the-rise-230927.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California, grappling with years of declining state support, has made remarkable strides in attracting private donations from foundations, corporations and individual donors as it looks to develop new sources of revenue.
 
The... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690156" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:57:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Lauri Gavel</author><title>Law professor, students find compound of fugitive Congolese militia leader</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/law-professor-students-find-compound-230675.aspx?link_page_rss=230675</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/law-professor-students-find-compound-230675.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA law professor and six of his students have located Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes charges, and obtained video of his compound.
 


Scene taken of Bosco Ntaganda's compound. Courtesy of... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690047" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:31:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Berkeley</author><title>UC Berkeley chancellor announces he will step down at year's end</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/berkeley-chancellor-announces-230466.aspx?link_page_rss=230466</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/berkeley-chancellor-announces-230466.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau today (Tuesday, March 13) announced he is stepping down at the end of 2012 as chancellor of UC Berkeley after more than eight years as its senior leader.
 
&ldquo;I am deeply grateful to have been entrusted with... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689878" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:48:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Archaeologist investigates legend of mythical ruler of ancient Peru</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/archaeologist-sets-out-to-validate-230460.aspx?link_page_rss=230460</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/archaeologist-sets-out-to-validate-230460.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

A figure from a mural that was discovered on the interior wall of an open courtyard on the north side of Huaca Chornancap, a truncated pyramid.

Long before the Spanish arrived in Peru in 1530 and brought with them a written language with which to... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689893" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:28:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chancellor Gene Block</author><title>Chancellor Block: On tolerance, civility and respect</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-gene-block-delivers-230235.aspx?link_page_rss=230235</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-gene-block-delivers-230235.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Gene Block sent a message today to the UCLA campus community on tolerance, civility and respect. 
To read his letter, go here.
  <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689734" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:52:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Sittercity referral service a hit with UC employees — especially at UCLA</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/sittercity-ucla-employee-response-230105.aspx?link_page_rss=230105</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/sittercity-ucla-employee-response-230105.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[So far, more than 2,800 UC staff and faculty have registered with Sittercity, a web-based resource to help them find and hand-select pre-screened in-home care for children, adults and even pets. The service, a benefit provided to eligible... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689600" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:17:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee and Aaron Dalton</author><title>Students to study little-known scholarly language of the Renaissance</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/learning-the-little-known-language-229883.aspx?link_page_rss=229883</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/learning-the-little-known-language-229883.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Latin, a language that presumably &ldquo;died&rdquo; more than 1,500 years ago with the Roman Empire and such writers as Cicero and Virgil, actually had a much longer lifespan than most people believe.
A form of the language evolved over centuries... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689316" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:09:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>Chancellor, athletics director address story on men's basketball</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-athletics-director-229832.aspx?link_page_rss=229832</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chancellor-athletics-director-229832.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In a media teleconference this afternoon, Chancellor Gene Block and UCLA Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero responded to a recent Sports Illustrated article that made a number of assertions about the UCLA men's basketball program.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689270" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:10:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall/International Institute</author><title>Nixon in China: The week that changed the world</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-week-that-changed-the-world-229792.aspx?link_page_rss=229792</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/the-week-that-changed-the-world-229792.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

President Nixon greets a young Chinese girl during a visit to West Lake Park in Hangchow on Feb. 27, 1972. Courtesy of the Nixon Presidential Library.

Forty years ago, Americans watched as President Richard Nixon and his delegation landed in... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689221" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:41:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall/International Institute</author><title>'Virtual migrants' man India's call centers, prof finds</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/virtual-migrants-man-india-s-229731.aspx?link_page_rss=229731</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/virtual-migrants-man-india-s-229731.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Professor Akhil Gupta comes up against a personal computer problem or a disputed credit card transaction, he, like most of us, turns to a distant call center for help. But, unlike the rest of us, he has a deeper understanding of what some of... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689156" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:05:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin/UCLA Today and Katherine Tam/UC Office of the President</author><title>Finding your way to a worry-free retirement</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-focus-on-the-future-site-229526.aspx?link_page_rss=229526</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-focus-on-the-future-site-229526.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Will you be able to retire without worrying about money? A new UC website helps you see where you stand right now in terms of retirement readiness and creates a specific roadmap for you to follow to have the best retirement possible.
 

The... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688982" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:39:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NFL team is on its way to L.A., panel predicts</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nfl-team-is-on-its-way-to-la-panel-229424.aspx?link_page_rss=229424</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/nfl-team-is-on-its-way-to-la-panel-229424.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

A panel of experts looked at the question of whether an NFL team will once again play in Los Angeles. Moderated by KNBC's Conan Nolan (from the left), the panel included Troy Aikman, former Dallas Cowboy and UCLA quarterback; Los Angeles Times... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688660" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:58:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sarah Anderson</author><title>Public health prof, wife give school its largest gift of $50M</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/public-health-prof-wife-give-school-229272.aspx?link_page_rss=229272</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/public-health-prof-wife-give-school-229272.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
The UCLA School of Public Health has received an extraordinary gift from faculty member and public health leader Dr. Jonathan Fielding and his wife, Karin Fielding.
 
The gift, valued at $50 million, is the largest in the school's 50-year... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688576" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:17:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Researchers examine why fewer Latino, black community college students transfer</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/researchers-look-at-why-fewer-229239.aspx?link_page_rss=229239</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/researchers-look-at-why-fewer-229239.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers with the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA have examined why California&rsquo;s community colleges are doing such a poor job of transferring Latino and black students on to four-year colleges and universities.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688502" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:07:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>Helping Haitians tell their own stories of survival</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/helping-haitians-learn-from-national-228697.aspx?link_page_rss=228697</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/helping-haitians-learn-from-national-228697.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Students from the Universite d'Etat d'Haiti interview a woman who lives in a tent camp in Port-au-Prince.

More than two years after a devastating 7.0 earthquake changed the lives of Haitians forever, a group of Haitian university students is... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688307" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:59:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Smooth start for smoking ban on health sciences campus</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/health-campus-smoking-ban-clears-228622.aspx?link_page_rss=228622</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/health-campus-smoking-ban-clears-228622.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When the UCLA Health System established last November two smoke-free zones that encompassed UCLA&rsquo;s entire Westwood and Santa Monica health-science complexes of hospitals, buildings, parking lots and grounds, many staff and administrators... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688183" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:02:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall/International Institute</author><title>Free press under fire around the globe 10 years after reporter's death</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/free-press-still-under-attack-228268.aspx?link_page_rss=228268</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/free-press-still-under-attack-228268.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Just days before the 10th anniversary of the tragic murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, noted journalist and editor David Remnick spoke at UCLA about the need to protect freedom of expression around the globe and the role this... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687930" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:37:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Building for better health: Public health prof hosts nationwide TV series</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/building-for-better-health-public-228158.aspx?link_page_rss=228158</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/building-for-better-health-public-228158.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The old adage says we are what we eat, but perhaps it should also say we are what we build.
 
One of America&rsquo;s leading voices calling for smarter urban planning and architecture to create healthy environments is making that case to the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687775" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:35:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Steve Ritea</author><title>Police investigating sexual assault on campus</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/police-investigating-sexual-assault-228063.aspx?link_page_rss=228063</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/police-investigating-sexual-assault-228063.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA police are investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred on campus early Friday morning, Jan. 27, at the top of Saxon steps, according to a crime alert issued by the police department.At approximately 2:20 a.m., police said, a male... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687749" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:05:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathy Wyer</author><title>New media driving Occupy movement, prof says</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/information-studies-prof-new-media-225807.aspx?link_page_rss=225807</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/information-studies-prof-new-media-225807.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The use of mobile devices has helped the Occupy movement gain momentum and support, according to a UCLA information studies professor.

Lacking structured leadership, a single spokesperson and even a clear message, the Occupy movement has grown... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687630" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:11:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>UC cuts administrative costs, seeks new revenue</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-cuts-administrative-costs-seeks-225790.aspx?link_page_rss=225790</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-cuts-administrative-costs-seeks-225790.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California has launched a variety of initiatives to pare down operational costs and take advantage of revenue opportunities, including those that involve new inventions.
 
Senior administrators outlined for the UC Board... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687625" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:22:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Patients' vision improves modestly after stem cell transplants</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/patients-vision-improves-modestly-223246.aspx?link_page_rss=223246</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/patients-vision-improves-modestly-223246.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute and colleagues who successfully transplanted specialized retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells into the eyes of two legally blind patients report that the transplants appear safe and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687518" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:32:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Regents to join all-UC rally at state Capitol in May</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-to-join-all-uc-rally-at-222800.aspx?link_page_rss=222800</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-to-join-all-uc-rally-at-222800.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California Board of Regents will rally on the steps of the state Capitol in May alongside students, faculty, staff, alumni and other UC supporters, chair Sherry Lansing announced Wednesday (Jan. 18).
 
In remarks opening... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687278" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:40:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Green construction surges at UCLA, cutting energy bills</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/green-construction-surges-at-ucla-222415.aspx?link_page_rss=222415</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/green-construction-surges-at-ucla-222415.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[It’s a big year for green buildings at UCLA, and they’re helping the campus save a bundle. The campus has five LEED-certified buildings so far, but that figure's about to climb, with UCLA poised to gain nine more. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687257" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:44:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Campus to sell Japanese Garden to raise funds for endowments</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-to-sell-japanese-garden-221957.aspx?link_page_rss=221957</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-to-sell-japanese-garden-221957.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[[Update: Feb. 8, 2012]
Chancellor Gene Block clarifies some key issues around UCLA's planned sale of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden.
 
 
Fulfilling an obligation to fund wide-ranging research and professorships, UCLA is selling the UCLA... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687180" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:57:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark G. Yudof</author><title>Yudof asks campuses to implementsmoke-free policy within two years</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-asks-campuses-to-implement-221791.aspx?link_page_rss=221791</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-asks-campuses-to-implement-221791.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[University of California President Mark Yudof recently asked the chancellors to begin to develop plans for implementing a smoke-free environment on each campus within the next 24 months. The new policy prohibits the smoking and chewing of tobacco,... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687004" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:38:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Ricardo Vazquez</author><title>Record number from diverse student pool apply to UCLA</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/record-number-apply-to-ucla-from-221776.aspx?link_page_rss=221776</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/record-number-apply-to-ucla-from-221776.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A record high 91,512 students from increasingly diverse ethnic, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds have applied for fall 2012 admission to UCLA.
 
The campus received more applications than any other UC campus. In recent years, this has... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686991" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:00:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Ted Braun</author><title>Move-in day goes smoothly at Santa Monica hospital</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/move-in-day-goes-smoothly-at-santa-221576.aspx?link_page_rss=221576</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/move-in-day-goes-smoothly-at-santa-221576.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Patients were moved Sunday from the nine-story Tower building that was part of the hospital to a new section. The Tower building will soon be demolished. An emergency care center and maternity/neonatal unit opened up earlier in 2007 and 2008... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686688" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:20:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Governor's proposed spending plan leaves uncertainties</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/governor-s-proposed-spending-plan-221503.aspx?link_page_rss=221503</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/governor-s-proposed-spending-plan-221503.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed 2012-13 budget proposes $90M to help fund the UC retirement plan, but makes the recent $100M "trigger" cut to UC permanent. If voters reject a tax initiative in Nov., UC would lose $200M. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686642" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:20:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Claudia Luther</author><title>UCLA listed among nation's top 10 'best value' public universities</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-ranks-in-nation-s-top-10-221407.aspx?link_page_rss=221407</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-ranks-in-nation-s-top-10-221407.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA ranks No. 9 among the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's annual report on schools that deliver a quality education at an affordable price.
 
The... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686597" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:56:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Top 10 most-viewed stories of 2011</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/top-10-stories-of-2011-221318.aspx?link_page_rss=221318</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/top-10-stories-of-2011-221318.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[What did Bruins read in 2011? The top 10 stories reflect global, national and local events, but also show UCLA's unique view on the world. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686496" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Political scientist takes pulse of presidential campaign</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/political-scientist-takes-pulse-221105.aspx?link_page_rss=221105</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/political-scientist-takes-pulse-221105.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA political scientist and her research partner will begin to chart the course of the presidential campaign beginning Jan. 3 with weekly surveys of 1,000 people until Election Day 2012.
 
Lynn Vavreck, an associate professor of political... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686128" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:33:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>January paychecks will reflect increased payroll tax</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/january-paychecks-will-reflect-221049.aspx?link_page_rss=221049</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/january-paychecks-will-reflect-221049.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Many faculty and staff have kept an ear tuned to the current debate in Washington D.C., about the &quot;payroll tax.&quot; The federal Tax Relief Act of 2010 reduced the employee OASDI (Social Security) employee deduction rate for 2011 from 6.2 to 4.2... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686096" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:20:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Steve Ritea</author><title>Campus closes over the holidays to save funds, energy</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-to-close-over-the-holidays-221002.aspx?link_page_rss=221002</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-to-close-over-the-holidays-221002.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA begins its ninth annual campus closure on Thursday, Dec. 22, with many buildings shut down to save funds and energy until they reopen Jan. 3, the day before the winter quarter begins.
 
Heating, cooling, ventilation and hot water will be... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686061" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:21:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Athletics Department</author><title>Lady Bruins capture national volleyball championship</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/lady-bruins-capture-ncaa-volleyball-220984.aspx?link_page_rss=220984</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/lady-bruins-capture-ncaa-volleyball-220984.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA's ninth-seeded women's volleyball team won the campus's 108th national championship with a victory over third-ranked Illinois Saturday at the Alamodome. It has been a decade since the Bruins last claimed the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686048" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:43:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>10 Questions: Suzanne Shu on how gift cards trick your psyche</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/10-questions-suzanne-shu-on-what-220863.aspx?link_page_rss=220863</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/10-questions-suzanne-shu-on-what-220863.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This marketing professor knows why you still have gift cards from last year laying around. People often think of the cards as special treats to be saved for the perfect occasion, but perfection is hard to find. Learn what to do about it. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685972" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:09:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall/International Institute</author><title>Prof helps Vietnamese launch advanced chemistry research center</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chemis-helps-vietnamese-launch-220867.aspx?link_page_rss=220867</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/chemis-helps-vietnamese-launch-220867.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[An internationally known UCLA researcher is applying his expertise and passion for global mentoring to help bolster scientific capacity and technological infrastructure in a nation that boasts one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685971" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:41:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall/International Institute</author><title>Filmmaker gets insiders' perspectives on Bosnian War</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/filmmaker-gets-insiders-perspectives-220757.aspx?link_page_rss=220757</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/filmmaker-gets-insiders-perspectives-220757.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When Angelina Jolie began making her award-winning film about the Bosnian War that took the lives of 100,000 people and forced 2 million people from their homes, she wanted to meet with war victims, military experts, war correspondents and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685685" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:03:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Athletics</author><title>Jim Mora selected UCLA's new head football coach</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-football-coach-220514.aspx?link_page_rss=220514</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-football-coach-220514.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA named former Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons head coach Jim L. Mora its Head Football Coach, replacing the departed Rick Neuheisel, it was announced Saturday by UCLA Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero.
 
Mora will be... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685646" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:02:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Retaining science majors a struggle nationwide</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/retaining-science-majors-a-national-220388.aspx?link_page_rss=220388</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/retaining-science-majors-a-national-220388.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[At colleges and universities across the country, freshmen with high hopes of earning undergraduate science degrees are losing their way before reaching that goal, especially in the first two years at college, say researchers from the Higher... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685594" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:53:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>A centennial education</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-centennial-education-220272.aspx?link_page_rss=220272</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/a-centennial-education-220272.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new UCLA history book immerses readers in the school’s emotional struggle to become a full-fledged university, unveils little-known stories like UCLA’s secret role in the atomic Manhattan Project and dabbles in lighter histories, from mascots to campus life. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685432" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:25:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>UCLA psychologist prepares Iraq to cope with drug abuse</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-psychologist-prepares-iraq-220022.aspx?link_page_rss=220022</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-psychologist-prepares-iraq-220022.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[As the United States prepares to pull its remaining 20,000 troops out of Iraq by the end of this year, U.S. government officials are anxiously building the war-torn country&rsquo;s defenses against societal ills &mdash; drug abuse among them &mdash;... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685133" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:13:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Coming soon to south campus: upscale dining</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-student-center-opens-soon-219896.aspx?link_page_rss=219896</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-student-center-opens-soon-219896.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new south campus student center is slated to open early in 2012, with upscale dining and fast food. Tastings this week offer a sneak peek. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685058" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:33:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President and UCLA Newsroom</author><title>Regents increase retirement contributions; students protest tuition hikes, police action</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-increase-uc-employee-retirement-219857.aspx?link_page_rss=219857</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-increase-uc-employee-retirement-219857.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Student protesters from several campuses gathered in Bruin Plaza adjacent to the James West Alumni Center where a group of regents and chancellors met Monday for a teleconference. Students decried rising tuition and dwindling access at a noisy... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685047" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:27:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Cruz Reynoso to head task force on UC Davis pepper-spray incident</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/cruz-reynoso-to-head-task-force-219838.aspx?link_page_rss=219838</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/cruz-reynoso-to-head-task-force-219838.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[University of California President Mark G. Yudof announced today (Nov. 28) the appointment of former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso to chair the task force formed to address the pepper spraying of UC Davis students.Reynoso, a UC Davis... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685034" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:14:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor Scott Waugh</author><title>UCLA senior leaders: Insuring peace, safety and freedom of expression</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-senior-leaders-insuring-peace-219799.aspx?link_page_rss=219799</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-senior-leaders-insuring-peace-219799.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Gene D. Block, UCLA's chancellor, and Scott L. Waugh, the executive vice chancellor and provost, distributed this message on Nov. 23, 2011.
 
To the Campus Community:  
 
The images from events at UCB and UCD have shocked and troubled... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685005" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:18:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Yudof takes steps to protect the right to peaceful protest</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-outlines-actions-to-protect-219475.aspx?link_page_rss=219475</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-outlines-actions-to-protect-219475.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[University of California President Mark G. Yudof convened the chancellors of all 10 campuses today (Monday, Nov. 21) and asserted that they must do everything possible to protect the rights of students, faculty and staff to peaceful protest.... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=684311" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:26:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>UC to ask faculty, staff to validate health care eligibility for dependents</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-to-ask-faculty-staff-to-prove-219356.aspx?link_page_rss=219379</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-to-ask-faculty-staff-to-prove-219356.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[All University of California faculty, staff and retirees who have dependents enrolled in UC-sponsored medical, dental and other insurance plans will be asked to validate their dependents&rsquo; eligibility in a project slated to begin in... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=684259" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Campus departments spared from anticipated $18 million cut</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-departments-spared-from-219351.aspx?link_page_rss=219351</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-departments-spared-from-219351.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[







(Dec. 14 update:
 

With state revenues falling short of earlier projections, Governor Brown as expected has announced an additional $100 million reduction to the University of California system for the 2011-12 fiscal year.

 

UC... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=684239" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>Target: Westwood store to open July 2012</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/target-westwood-store-to-open-219199.aspx?link_page_rss=219199</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/target-westwood-store-to-open-219199.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[More than a year after Westwood began buzzing with the news that a Target store would take over the former EXPO Design Center, Target announced plans to open in July. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=684185" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Campus administrators prepare for UC project to standardize payroll, HR system</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-administrators-prepare-218705.aspx?link_page_rss=218705</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/campus-administrators-prepare-218705.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
As the University of California prepares to deploy a single payroll and human resources business system for all 10 campuses, five medical centers and the Office of the President, UCLA administrators are laying the groundwork to ease the transition... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=684001" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:55:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>UC, unions reach accord amid tough economic climate</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-unions-reach-accord-amid-tough-218667.aspx?link_page_rss=218667</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-unions-reach-accord-amid-tough-218667.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For the first time in many years, the University of California has finalized multi-year contracts with its major unions.
 
UC announced today (Nov. 8) that it has reached a tentative five-year deal with the Coalition of University Employees... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=683981" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:46:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Yudof calls for state to fully fund enrollment for thousands of California students</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-calls-for-state-to-fully-218658.aspx?link_page_rss=218658</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-calls-for-state-to-fully-218658.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[University of California President Mark G. Yudof today (Nov. 8) unveiled the 2012-13 expenditure plan to be considered by the Board of Regents next week, outlining the minimal state funding needed to preserve UC access for eligible California... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=683975" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:23:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Carolyn McMillan, UC Office of the President</author><title>UC to standardize payroll, HR systems across all campuses</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-payroll-and-hr-systemwide-218269.aspx?link_page_rss=218269</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/uc-payroll-and-hr-systemwide-218269.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The University of California has begun work to deploy an integrated payroll and human resource system across all 10 campuses and five medical centers.  

 
Rolling out a new university-wide system is a daunting project, but the... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=683504" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:23:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>10 Questions: Dwaine B. Duckett,UC vice president for human resources</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/10-questions-for-dwaine-b-duckett-218028.aspx?link_page_rss=218028</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/10-questions-for-dwaine-b-duckett-218028.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Faculty and staff systemwide recently had the opportunity to take part in a webchat with Dwaine B. Duckett, UC vice president for human resources, about a number of issues on their minds: UC&rsquo;s revised layoff policy, 2012 health insurance... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=683202" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:35:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alison Hewitt</author><title>UCLA volunteers deliver health care of last resort at free clinic</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-volunteers-deliver-health-217908.aspx?link_page_rss=217908</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-volunteers-deliver-health-217908.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Scores of UCLA physicians, ophthalmologists and dentists volunteered to help thousands of uninsured and underinsured residents at the four-day CareNow/LA event. <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=683125" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:56:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President and UCLA Today</author><title>Stem cell therapies advance to early clinical trials</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/discoveries-advance-from-lab-to-217787.aspx?link_page_rss=217787</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/discoveries-advance-from-lab-to-217787.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For more than a decade, stem cell science has raised hopes of cures for a host of diseases and illnesses. Now, the research pace is quickening as discoveries move from the lab to early-stage clinical trials, with scientists at UCLA and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=683050" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:24:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Regents to consider hike in retirement plan contributions</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-to-consider-hike-in-retirement-217598.aspx?link_page_rss=217598</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/regents-to-consider-hike-in-retirement-217598.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Current faculty and staff, and the University of California will pay more into the UC Retirement Plan (UCRP) in 2013 under a proposal that the Board of Regents will consider at its November meeting.
 
UC will ask the regents to raise employee... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=682899" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:32:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Employees to see slight increase in medical premiums</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/health-premiums-217597.aspx?link_page_rss=217597</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/health-premiums-217597.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UC faculty and staff will see modest increases in medical plan costs for 2012, and most employees will continue to contribute a smaller portion of the full cost than the national average.
 
&quot;Seventy percent of faculty and staff will see... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=682898" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:17:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UC Office of the President</author><title>Yudof urges L.A. high school students to get on path to UC</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-addressing-la-high-school-217580.aspx?link_page_rss=217580</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/yudof-addressing-la-high-school-217580.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

UC President Mark Yudof speaks with Roosevelt High School students in Los Angeles. It was Yudof's latest stop on a statewide swing to visit select high schools.

University of California President Mark G. Yudof brought a message of access and... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=682889" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:07:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin</author><title>UCLA's big day at City Hall</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-at-city-hall-217480.aspx?link_page_rss=217480</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-at-city-hall-217480.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Day with Local Government, Oct. 13, connected Bruins with local government leaders in conversations about the valuable resource UCLA is throughout the L.A. region. Organized by UCLA Government &amp; Community Relations, the annual... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=682809" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:46:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wendy Soderburg</author><title>John Wooden: Up close and personal in pictures</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/john-wooden-up-close-and-personal-217417.aspx?link_page_rss=217417</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/john-wooden-up-close-and-personal-217417.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a wonderful photo in &quot;Wooden: Basketball &amp; Beyond &mdash; The Official UCLA Retrospective,&quot; a brand-new book by ASUCLA and UCLA Athletics being released today. The photo, taken shortly after UCLA won its first NCAA championship in... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=682739" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Judy Lin and UC Office of the President</author><title>Campuses unite to bring medical breakthroughs to patients more quickly</title><link>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-uc-braid-217183.aspx?link_page_rss=217183</link><guid>http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ucla-uc-braid-217183.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
 
Envision UCLA medical researchers and their colleagues at other campuses seamlessly collaborating in clinical studies and fast-tracking their discoveries to advanced drugs, treatments and cures for disease &mdash; a vision that, at... <img src="http://today.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=682632" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:49:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
