The Institute in the News
Bruin Experts Helping Japan
The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday on Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro, a pediatric critical care doctor at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, who has joined a pediatric disaster relief team in Japan. Shimabukuro was quoted.
Posted: 3/28/2011
Civil Unrest Flares in Syria
James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Wednesday on KPFK-90.7 FM's “Daily Briefing" about confrontations between anti-government protesters and government security forces in Syria's southern city of Daraa.
Posted: 3/28/2011
Aftermath of Japan Disaster
Hitoshi Abe, chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design and director of UCLA's Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, was interviewed Tuesday on the "Tavis Smiley" show about the earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Japan, his hometown.
Posted: 3/24/2011
Bruin Experts Helping Japan
Rafu Shimpo reported Wednesday on UCLA staff and faculty members with ties to Japan who are working to aid the country in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami. Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro, a pediatric critical care doctor at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA; Hitoshi Abe, chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design and director of UCLA's Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies; and Yoh Kawano, a lecturer in urban planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, were highlighted.
Posted: 3/24/2011
Coalition Attacks on Kaddafi
Asli Bali, UCLA professor of law, was interviewed Wednesday on the syndicated news program "Democracy Now" about the U.S.–led military intervention in Libya.
Posted: 3/24/2011
Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro
Shimabukuro, a pediatric critical care doctor at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about Japan's damaged nuclear reactors and the public's fear of radiation exposure.
Posted: 3/24/2011
Language Classes for High Schoolers
Tadias magazine reported Wednesday on the heritage and foreign language program at UCLA's Center for World Languages.
Posted: 3/24/2011
Obama in Latin America
Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, UCLA associate professor of Chicano studies, was interviewed Tuesday on KPFK-90.7 FM's "Background Briefing" about President Obama's trip to Latin America.
Posted: 3/24/2011
Coalition Attack on Libya
James Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, was interviewed Monday on KTTV-Channel 11 about American, British and French coalition forces attacking government fighters in Libya.
Posted: 3/22/2011
Nuclear Safety in Japan
Ivan Catton, UCLA professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was interviewed Friday on KNBC-Channel 4 about Japan's damaged nuclear reactors and the threat to the public of radiation exposure.
Posted: 3/22/2011
Peter Bird
Bird, UCLA professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted today in a New York Times article about the study of seismic faults throughout the world.
Posted: 3/22/2011
Coalition Intervenes in Libya
CNN.com on Sunday featured an op-ed by Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), a senior fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about the current fighting in Libya.
Posted: 3/21/2011
Disasters Test Japan's Spirit
An article in Thursday's Rafu Shimpo about Japan recovering from the effects of the recent earthquake and tsunami cites UCLA's Nikkei Student Union, which has raised $1,500 for relief efforts.
Posted: 3/21/2011
Geography of Fear
The Washington Post reported Friday on research by Daniel Treisman, UCLA professor of political science, exploring the fears of residents of various European countries toward a host of issues, including diseases, natural disasters, wars and nuclear accidents.
Posted: 3/21/2011
James Gelvin
Gelvin, UCLA professor of history, is quoted today in an article on the website of KABC-Channel 7 about the current fighting in Libya.
Posted: 3/21/2011
Keeping a Cap on Reactors
Albert Carnesale, UCLA chancellor emeritus and professor of public policy and mechanical and aerospace engineering, was interviewed Friday on KABC-Channel 7 about the damage to Japan's nuclear reactors.
Posted: 3/21/2011
Kei Iwamoto
Iwamoto, UCLA associate professor of radiation oncology, was cited Thursday in a Los Angeles Times Q&A about possible radiation exposure from Japan's nuclear reactors.
Posted: 3/21/2011
Kids and the Japanese Disaster
Today's Los Angeles Times features a Q&A with Dr. Kozue Shimabukuro, a pediatric critical care doctor at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, who has joined a pediatric disaster relief team in Japan.
Posted: 3/21/2011
'New North' to Benefit From Global Warming
The London Evening Standard features a review of “The New North: The World in 2050," a book by UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith that 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: 3/21/2011
Radiation and Japan's Nuclear Reactors
Keisuke Iwamoto, UCLA associate professor of radiation oncology, was interviewed Friday on KTTV-Channel 11's "Good Day L.A." about the potential that radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear reactors could reach California and adversely affect residents' health. Iwamoto also answered questions Thursday for a Los Angeles Times online Q&A and was quoted Saturday in a New York Daily News article on the topic.
Posted: 3/21/2011
Radiation and Japan's Nuclear Reactors
Ivan Catton, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, was interviewed Thursday on KTLA-Channel 5 about potential radiation from Japan's overheating nuclear reactors.
Posted: 3/21/2011
Role of the Japanese Royal Family
Mariko Tamanoi, UCLA professor of anthropology, was interviewed on NBC's “Today Show” about the role of the Japanese royal family in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami.
Posted: 3/21/2011
Fears of Radiation Grip Japan
William McBride, a professor in the department of radiation oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was interviewed Monday on Telemundo and China Central Television and Tuesday on the Christian Broadcasting Network and Seoul Broadcasting System Radio about the current problems with Japan’s nuclear reactors and the potential impact on human health in both Japan in California. McBride was also quoted Tuesday in a Los Angeles Times article about the effects of radiation.
Posted: 3/16/2011
Hitoshi Abe
Abe, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture of Urban Design, was quoted Tuesday in a Rafu Shimpo article about efforts by Japanese and Japanese Americans in Los Angeles to contact family members affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami.
Posted: 3/16/2011
Fears of Radiation in Japan
William McBride, a professor in the department of radiation oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA was interviewed multiple times since Saturday on KCBS-Channel 2 | KCAL-Channel 9, KNBC-Channel 4, KTLA-Channel 5, KABC-Channel 7 and KTTV-Channel 11 about problems with Japan's nuclear reactors and the potential impact on human health, both in Japan and California. He is quoted today in an LA Weekly blog on the subject.
Posted: 3/15/2011
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