The Institute in the News
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo at UCLA
A column in Sunday's New York Magazine on Scandinavian crime fiction cited an upcoming UCLA symposium focused on the genre and the work of the late author Stieg Larsson. Claus Elholm Andersen, a professor in UCLA's Scandinavian Section, was quoted.
Posted: 5/10/2011
Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
A 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis in an effort to narrow the search for Osama bin Laden was highlighted Friday by FOX News and Monday by the Korea Times.
Posted: 5/10/2011
Amy Zegart
Zegart, associate professor of public policy at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, was quoted Saturday in a Christian Science Monitor article about the long-term impact of Osama bin Laden and the attacks of 9/11 on America.
Posted: 5/9/2011
Global Shift to the North
Sunday's Foreign Policy featured a web video in which UCLA professor of geography Laurence C. Smith discussed his book “The New North: The World in 2050,” which argues that climate change and other global pressures will make Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States formidable economic powers and migration magnets in the coming decades.
Posted: 5/9/2011
Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
A 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis in an effort to determine where Osama bin Laden was hiding was highlighted Saturday by CNN.
Posted: 5/9/2011
Matthew Alexander
Alexander, a fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was quoted Saturday in an Agence-France Presse article about whether torture and enhanced interrogation techniques should be used against terrorism suspects.
Posted: 5/9/2011
Trash Gives Clues to India’s Past
Monica Smith, UCLA associate professor of anthropology, was interviewed Saturday on National Geographic Radio about her research on the daily life of people in ancient India.
Posted: 5/9/2011
Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
A 2009 study led by UCLA geographers Thomas Gillespie and John Agnew that attempted to narrow the search for Osama bin Laden was highlighted Tuesday by the Huffington Post and KTTV-Channel 11; Wednesday by Inside Higher Ed, India's Telegraph, BBC Mundo, two National Public Radio blogs (1 | 2), Public Radio International's "The World," City News Service, ABC's "World News Now,” KCBS-Channel 2, KNBC-Channel 4, KABC-Channel 7 and KCAL-Channel 9; and today by a Washington Post blog.
Posted: 5/6/2011
Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
A 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis in an effort to determine where Osama bin Laden was hiding was highlighted today by Wired. Gillespie was quoted.
Posted: 5/6/2011
Prof Discusses Next Stop on Pope's Itinerary
Kathryn McDonnell, UCLA assistant professor of classics, was interviewed Thursday on Vatican Radio about the history of Aquileia, an ancient fortress city of the Roman Empire.
Posted: 5/6/2011
Bin Laden's Death and the Millennial Generation
Articles in today's Los Angeles Times and Tuesday's New York Times about how the death of Osama bin Laden has affected young-adult Americans cited data from the annual nationwide Freshman Survey, conducted by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), on freshman students' support for military spending and their willingness to study abroad. Linda DeAngelo, assistant director of research at HERI, was quoted in the LA Times.
Posted: 5/4/2011
Did Torture Slow Search for Bin Laden?
Matthew Alexander, a fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, was interviewed today on the nationally syndicated radio and TV program “Democracy Now” about the intelligence that led to Osama bin Laden and whether torture and enhanced interrogation techniques should be used against terrorism suspects.
Posted: 5/4/2011
Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
USA Today, a National Public Radio blog and Asian News International report today, and the Associated Press, the BBC, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes, the Huffington Post, the Chronicle of Higher Education and the websites of ABC News, FOX News and KTLA-Channel 5 reported Tuesday, on a 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis to narrow the search for Osama bin Laden.
Posted: 5/4/2011
Bin Laden Killed in U.S. Strike
Steven Spiegel, professor of political science and director of UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development, was interviewed Monday on KTTV-Channel 11, and James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Sunday on KCOP-Channel 13 about the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Posted: 5/3/2011
Book Profiles Easter Island Archaeologist
Britain's Northern Echo reported April 14 on “Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Eastern Island,” a book by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, a research associate at UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and director of the institute's Rock Art Archive, that charts the life and career of one of the first archaeologists to study the stone statues of Easter Island and the folklore of their people.
Posted: 5/3/2011
David Rapoport
Rapoport, UCLA professor emeritus of political science, was quoted Monday in a Whittier Daily News article on how the killing of Osama bin Laden might affect President Obama’s reelection chances in 2012.
Posted: 5/3/2011
Leonard Binder
Binder, UCLA professor of political science, was quoted Monday in a Whittier Daily News article on how the killing of Osama bin Laden might affect President Obama’s reelection chances in 2012.
Posted: 5/3/2011
Location of Bin Laden's Hideout
Science Insider and LA Weekly and Foreign Policy blogs reported Monday, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Los Angeles Times blogs report today, on a 2009 study led by UCLA associate professor of geography Thomas Gillespie and UCLA professor of geography John Agnew that utilized satellite imagery and geographic analysis in an effort to determine where Osama bin Laden was hiding. Gillespie was quoted in the coverage.
Posted: 5/3/2011
Steven Spiegel
Spiegel, professor of political science and director of UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development, was quoted Monday in a CNN article about the future of al-Qaeda after the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Posted: 5/3/2011
Bin Laden Killed in U.S. Strike
UCLA faculty members interviewed about the assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on Sunday: Steven Spiegel, director of UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development, was featured Sunday on KTLA-Channel 5 and is quoted today in a CNN blog article; James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was featured Sunday on KTTV-Channel 11 and today on KTLA-Channel 5; and Amy Zegart, associate professor of public policy at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, was featured Sunday on KTLA-Channel 5.
Posted: 5/2/2011
Dalai Lama Cancels UCLA Visit
The Associated Press reported Sunday, and KCRW-89.9 FM reported today, that due to illness, the Dalai Lama was canceling his scheduled May 2 visit to UCLA, where he planned to deliver a lecture and participate in a symposium.
Posted: 5/2/2011
Azerbaijan and the Threat of Radical Islam
Today's Washington Times features an op-ed by Xandra Kayden, a senior fellow at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, about the United States’ political relationship with Azerbaijan and the threat of radical Islamist terrorism in that country and other parts of Central Asia and the Middle East.
Posted: 4/28/2011
James Gelvin
Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was quoted Wednesday in a CNN online article about an agreement by rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to form a unity government in the West Bank and Gaza.
Posted: 4/28/2011
The Origins of Cinco de Mayo
An article in today's Stockton Record about Cinco de Mayo cites research by David Hayes-Bautista, professor of general internal medicine and health services research and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, on the origin of Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
Posted: 4/28/2011
Two New Series From UCLA Film Archive
A Los Angeles Times blog reported Wednesday on the UCLA Film and Television Archive's upcoming series featuring Patricio Guzman's documentaries dealing with the 1973 coup that overthrew Chilean President Salvador Allende, and the archive's current retrospective series on the films of writer-director Richard Brooks.
Posted: 4/28/2011
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