Articles by Leslie Evans
Middle East Graduate Students Explore Frontiers in UCLA Conference
Jusur, UCLA's graduate student journal of Middle Eastern Studies, sponsors conference on "Limits to the Frontier."
Published on: 4/9/2004
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Is Citizenship Being Diluted by Globalization?
Sociologist Saskia Sassen proposes that international business at one end and poor immigrants at the other are shaping a new status of individual rights no longer tied to citizenship in a national state.
Published on: 4/2/2004
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Predicting the Coming Breakthroughs in Nanotechnology
UCLA scholars study the economics and sociology of high tech inventions to chart where the centers of the next wave of submicro innovation may be located.
Published on: 3/30/2004
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Nigerian Vice President Condemns International Debt Structure
Mr. Atiku Abubakar in a UCLA address sharply condemns lending practices of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and scores the exclusion of Africa from the UN Security Council.
Published on: 3/25/2004
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Israeli and Palestinian Youths See Each Other's Humanity as They Argue for Their Own Side
Seeds of Peace President Aaron Miller brings participants to UCLA to describe their unique experience.
Published on: 3/22/2004
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Peter Singer at UCLA Critiques President Bush's Ethics
The well-known ethicist and author of the best-selling book "The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush" accuses the president of being more willing to kill Iraqi civilians than warehoused embryos.
Published on: 3/16/2004
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UCLA International Visitors Bureau Honored at State Department Washington Conference
Assistant Secretary of State for Cultural Affairs and the Director of the Office of International Visitors present certificate to UCLA Visitors Bureau as outstanding "citizen diplomats" for work in promoting international exchanges.
Published on: 3/10/2004
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Charles and Sue Young Award Winner Works with War-Traumatized Children in Croatia
Angela Mazer spent half a year each in Switzerland and the Balkans, studying refugees and working with them. She spends her summers counseling war-traumatized children in Croatia.
Published on: 3/4/2004
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Ruth Gavison Offers a Vision of a Democratic, Jewish Israel
Israeli legal scholar probes the difficulties of preserving rights of Arab communities in Israel in a region torn by interethnic conflict.
Published on: 2/19/2004
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UCLA World Internet Project Finds Gaps between Rich and Poor, Young and Old, Men and Women
Study of Internet usage in 14 countries profiles social habits of Internet users, quantifies gaps in usage by rich and poor, men and women, highly educated and high school graduates.
Published on: 2/9/2004
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