The Institute in the News
Governor, Chilean President Visit UCLA
The Associated Press and a Sacramento Bee blog reported Friday, and La Opinión reported Saturday, on Chilean President Sebastián Piñera's visit to UCLA, where he met with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and others in an effort to forge stronger economic and academic ties with the state.
Posted: 9/27/2010
Monkeypox on the Rise in Tropical Africa
A column in Sunday's Los Angeles Times highlighted research by Anne Rimoin, assistant professor of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, showing that the eradication of smallpox in 1979 and the discontinuation of the smallpox vaccine allowed monkeypox, a related and potentially fatal virus, to increase and thrive in certain parts of Africa. Rimoin was quoted.
Posted: 9/27/2010
New North to Benefit From Global Warming
Saturday's Wall Street Journal featured a review of "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future," a new book by UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith that argues that climate change and other global pressures will make sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.
Posted: 9/27/2010
Fowler Museum Highlights Korean Arts
The Ventura County Star reports today on two current Korean art exhibitions at the Fowler Museum at UCLA - "Life in Ceramics: Five Contemporary Korean Artists" and "Korean Funerary Figures: Companions for the Journey to the Other World." Burglind Jungmann, UCLA professor of art history, is quoted.
Posted: 9/24/2010
History of Capitalism
In a Q&A with former Harper's magazine editor Lewis Lapham published Thursday in a Salon, Lapham references UCLA professor emerita of history Joyce Appleby's book "The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism."
Posted: 9/24/2010
Prof Weighs in on Importance of Toilets
The Huffington Post on Wednesday featured a column by Jonathan Greenblatt, a lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, about the importance of making clean, sanitary restrooms available for school children in developing countries.
Posted: 9/24/2010
'New North' to Benefit From Global Warming
New Scientist and CNN International reported Wednesday on "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future," a new book by UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith that argues that climate change and other global pressures will make sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.
Posted: 9/23/2010
Adapting to Global Climate Change
The Los Angeles Times featured an interview Friday with Matthew Kahn, a UCLA Institute of the Environment professor with joint appointments in economics and public policy, about his book "Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future," which describes the transformations that will be caused by climate change and how humans and societies will adapt to and mitigate those changes.
Posted: 9/22/2010
Kal Raustiala
Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, is quoted today in a New York Times blog article about copyright issues in the fashion industry.
Posted: 9/20/2010
New North to Benefit From Global Warming
Saturday’s Wall Street Journal featured an excerpt from "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization’s Northern Future," a new book by UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith which argues that as a result of climate change and other global pressures, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.
Posted: 9/20/2010
Prof Discusses History of Capitalism
UCLA professor emerita of history Joyce Appleby was featured Friday in a Reason.com video interview about her research on economic history and her most recent book, "The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism."
Posted: 9/20/2010
Walter Goldschmidt, 97, UCLA Professor and Anthropologist
Goldschmidt, a longtime UCLA professor of anthropology who studied populations ranging from California farming communities to East African tribes, died Sept. 1. See Friday's Los Angeles Times.
Posted: 9/20/2010
Gay Couples Seeking Immigration Rights
An article in Monday's Washington Post about the immigration status of foreign-born spouses in legal same-sex marriages cited research by Gary Gates, a senior research fellow at the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, on the number of gay and lesbian couples in the U.S. that include at least one foreign partner.
Posted: 9/14/2010
'New North' to Benefit From Global Warming
The Chicago Sun-Times on Sunday selected "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future," a new book by UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith, as one of its "intriguing titles" for fall. The book argues that as a result of climate change and other global pressures, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.
Posted: 9/14/2010
Upgrading the Internet for the Future
Ars Technica reported Friday on a National Science Foundation–funded research project led by Lixia Zhang, professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, that aims to improve the way data is distributed on the Internet by developing new architecture. Zhang was quoted.
Posted: 9/14/2010
Adapting to Climate Change
A New York Times blog reported Aug. 31, and the Economist reported Thursday, on "Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future," a new book by Matthew Kahn, a UCLA Institute of the Environment professor with joint appointments in economics and public policy, describing the changes that will be caused by climate change and how humans and societies will adapt to and mitigate those changes. Scientific American on Friday excerpted a portion of Kahn's book.
Posted: 9/8/2010
How Humans Became Dominant
Robert Boyd, UCLA professor of anthropology, was featured Monday in a National Public Radio "Morning Edition" segment about how humans became the dominant species on Earth as a result of their ability to adapt quickly to new environments.
Posted: 9/8/2010
James Tong
Tong, UCLA professor of political science, was quoted Saturday in a Singapore Straits Times article about Christianity in China.
Posted: 9/8/2010
Monkeypox on the Rise in Tropical Africa
New York Magazine and New Scientist reported Friday, and the Economist reported Thursday, on research by Anne Rimoin, assistant professor of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, showing that the eradication of smallpox in 1979 and the discontinuation of the smallpox vaccine have allowed monkeypox, a related and potentially fatal virus, to increase and thrive in certain parts of Africa. Rimoin was quoted in NY Magazine and New Scientist.
Posted: 9/8/2010
'New North' to Benefit From Global Warming
The Toronto Sun reports today on "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future" a new book by UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith which argues that, as a result of climate change and other global pressures, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.
Posted: 9/8/2010
UCLA
UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archeology is profiled today in an Examiner blog column. Charles "Chip" Stanish, director of the Cotsen Institute and a professor of anthropology, is quoted.
Posted: 9/8/2010
UCLA Archaeology Project in Egypt
The New Zealand Herald reported Friday on UCLA's Fayum Archaeology Field Project, which is studying land and water use in relation to agricultural development in ancient Egypt.
Posted: 9/8/2010
Watching the Mexican Revolution (Spanish)
El Diario–La Prensa reports today on the UCLA Film & Television Archive's upcoming series “Viva la Revolución!: The Mexican Revolution on Film,” which presents films from Mexico and around the world that depict the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Paul Malcolm, a programmer with the archive, is quoted.
Posted: 9/8/2010
Upgrading the Internet for the Future
Scientific American reported Tuesday on a National Science Foundation-funded research project led by Lixia Zhang, professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, that aims to improve the way data is distributed on the Internet by developing new architecture.
Posted: 9/2/2010
Dr. Ralph R. Frerichs
Frerichs, professor emeritus of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, is quoted today in a Scientist article about the causes of the cholera outbreak in London in 1853.
Posted: 9/1/2010
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