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Psychologist's approach to interviews changed face of child abuse investigations
Investigators botched their interviews of hundreds of children in the 1980s McMartin Preschool abuse case, critics charge.In 1983, a Manhattan Beach mother pressed police charges against McMartin...
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Extreme commuter: UCLA staffer bikes 22 miles to campus from Valley
Not many people can say they cross a mountain range on their way to work — not on their own steam, anyway. But Annelie Rugg gets to campus from the West San Fernando Valley most days by bicycle. Rugg,...
View ArticleMobile app developed at UCLA helps women choose birth control method
A new, free iPad application developed at UCLA helps women navigate through the sometimes confusing process of selecting a birth control method using medically accurate information. The easy-to-use app...
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Serving justice on a global scale
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...
View ArticleTwo UCLA faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
Two professors from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have been elected by their peers to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing...
View ArticleChancellor Block comments on Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
Chancellor Gene Block issued this statement on May 9, 2013. UCLA’s Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) has been an international pioneer in enhancing the understanding of human brain structure and...
View ArticleShort Takes
UHCL Testing Services offers Quick THEA University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Office of Testing Services will offer the Quick THEA May 17, 8 a.m. The five-hour test assesses the readiness skills in...
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NPR Story on DNV Accreditation
Dr. John Schumann, a physician and healthcare news contributor to National Public Radio, was inspired by a change in accreditation programs to find out more about DNV. Read the story.
View ArticleToyota Canada to help more Canadian youth learn proper driving skills through...
Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax to host unique youth driving program this summer TORONTO, ON., (May 10, 2013) – The innovative youth driving program kartSTART – made possible through...
View ArticleUCLA stem cell researchers move toward treatment for rare genetic nerve disease
Led by Dr. Peiyee Lee and Dr. Richard Gatti, researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have used induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to...
View ArticleAcclaimed Musician Carolyn Wonderland To Perform at Galveston’s Pier 21
Galveston has long been home to a thriving art and live music scene. This year, Mitchell Historic Properties and the restaurants and attractions at Pier 21® are raising the bar with a new monthly...
View ArticleScientists sequence genome of 'sacred lotus,' which likely holds anti-aging...
A team of 70 scientists from the U.S., China, Australia and Japan today reports having sequenced and annotated the genome of the "sacred lotus," which is believed to have a powerful genetic system that...
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American Heart Association and Macy's announce Multicultural Scholarship...
DALLAS, Texas, May 13, 2013 — The American Heart Association and Macy’s have awarded 16 scholarships of $2,500 each to increase culturally-sensitive, patient-centered care.The Go Red™ Multicultural...
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American Heart Association expert available to comment on sodium reports
MEDIA ALERTMay 13, 2013 – American Heart Association spokesperson Elliott Antman, M.D., is available today to discuss the organization’s perspective on a study published in JAMA: Internal Medicine,...
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Staff News — May 13, 2013
Angela Horne appointed new head of Anderson School LibraryAngela Horne has been appointed head of the Eugene and Maxine Rosenfeld Management Library at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Horne...
View ArticleUHCL Kids U registration underway with new pre-K offering
Registration is now open for Kids U at University of Houston-Clear Lake, the annual summer offering of more than 90 classes for children ages pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Along with its...
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Jews in the other promised land: a story that UCLA helped the Autry tell
What does French stoneware from the 19th century have in common with the camera used to make Hollywood’s first feature movie and a miniature etching bearing the well-known slogan, “War is unhealthy for...
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Feeling others' pain teaches us tenderness
Marjorie Faulstrich Orellana is an associate professor of education in the division of urban school at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Her research interests involve...
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New IOM report an incomplete review of sodium’s impact, says American Heart...
DALLAS – May 14, 2013 ― The American Heart Association says a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) -- Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of Evidence -- is incomplete in its assessment...
View ArticleUCLA Architecture and Urban Design launches 'Extreme IDEAS' series
(Editors: Digital images are available from media officers.) UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (A.UD) will carry the narrative of modern architecture in Los Angeles forward from its influential...
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