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UCLA announced today that approximately 9,800 prospective freshmen havereceived letters of admission for fall 1999. This compares to 10,830 whowere admitted in 1998. Despite the decrease in the number of students ...
Schools Online Yahoo! Charity Auctions To Deliver "Auction For Access;" A New Kind Of Online Auction
Schools Online " A New Kind Of Online Auction Industry Influencers and Business Leaders will go to The Most Successful Bidders Schools Online " A New Kind Of Online AuctionSAN JOSE, CA -- April 1, 1999 -- If you have ...
Yahoo! To Acquire Broadcast.Com
Yahoo! To Acquire Broadcast.Com Yahoo! to Deliver Web's Leading Broadcast Audio and Video Programming and Services SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- April 1, 1999 --Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announcedit has signed a ...
Founding UCLA School of Dentistry Professor, Robert B. Wolcott, Dies
Founding UCLA dentistry professor and 48-year teaching veteran Dr. RobertBullis Wolcott died March 24 after a long battle with neck cancer. He was84.Wolcott joined the School of Dentistry as an original faculty memberin ...
Founding UCLA School of Dentistry Professor, Robert B. Wolcott, Dies
Founding UCLA dentistry professor and 48-year teaching veteran Dr. RobertBullis Wolcott died March 24 after a long battle with neck cancer. He was84.Wolcott joined the School of Dentistry as an original faculty memberin ...
Yahoo! And The Mark Mcgwire Foundation For Children Team To Fight Child Abuse
Yahoo! And The Mark Mcgwire Foundation For Children Team To Fight Child Abuse Mark McGwire Foundation For Children Named as Designated Yahoo! For Kids Charity SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- March 30, 1999 --Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: ...
Three New Members Named to Board of Visitors for UCLA's School of the Arts and Architecture
Three new members have joined the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Schoolof the Arts and Architecture. They are Aubrey Chernick, Jerry Moss andPaul Reiser, all of Los Angeles. The announcement was made by Daniel ...
Three New Members Named to Board of Visitors for UCLA's School of the Arts and Architecture
Three new members have joined the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Schoolof the Arts and Architecture. They are Aubrey Chernick, Jerry Moss andPaul Reiser, all of Los Angeles. The announcement was made by Daniel ...
Transparent Polymer that Lights up at the Flick of a Switch Developed by UCLA Researchers
With the press of a button, a brightly illuminated map materializeson your car's windshield. The sharp, clear image, which is actually ona transparent screen, can superimpose navigational or other informationon the ...
Special Limited Edition Furby Gets Top Bid
Special Limited Edition Furby Gets Top Bid Yahoo! Charity Auction Benefits the Starlight Children's Foundation Special Limited Edition Furby Gets Top Bid Yahoo! Charity Auction Benefits the Starlight Children's ...
Transparent Polymer that Lights up at the Flick of a Switch Developed by UCLA Researchers
With the press of a button, a brightly illuminated map materializeson your car's windshield. The sharp, clear image, which is actually ona transparent screen, can superimpose navigational or other informationon the ...
Department of World Arts and Cultures Events For Spring 1999
The Department of World Arts and Cultures offers a variety of eventsfor the public's enjoyment throughout the year. The events include studentand faculty lectures and performances, and feature an eclectic range ...
Depressed Children Aged 8 to 17 Sought for Study Assessing the Effectiveness of Antidepressant Drug
Depressed children who are aged 8 to 17 are being sought by UCLA researchersfor a study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of a common antidepressantdrug in children.An estimated 1.5 million children under age 18 ...
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Launch New Experimental Treatment for Advanced Colon Cancer
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center today are launching a newexperimental treatment for advanced colon cancer, using a drug thoughtto attack tumors by cutting off their blood supply. UCLA is the only ...
California Must Repair its Highway Finance System to Avoid Future Crises, Study Warns
California must change the way it finances highway construction andrepair if it is to avoid a dramatic increase in traffic congestion andcrumbling concrete over the coming decade, a new University of Californiastudy ...
California Must Repair its Highway Finance System to Avoid Future Crises, Study Warns
California must change the way it finances highway construction andrepair if it is to avoid a dramatic increase in traffic congestion andcrumbling concrete over the coming decade, a new University of Californiastudy ...
Depressed Children Aged 8 to 17 Sought for Study Assessing the Effectiveness of Antidepressant Drug
Depressed children who are aged 8 to 17 are being sought by UCLA researchersfor a study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of a common antidepressantdrug in children.An estimated 1.5 million children under age 18 ...
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Launch New Experimental Treatment for Advanced Colon Cancer
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center today are launching a newexperimental treatment for advanced colon cancer, using a drug thoughtto attack tumors by cutting off their blood supply. UCLA is the only ...
UCLA Design for Sharing Presents a Special Family Event Picnic and Concert with the Orchestra
Design for Sharing, UCLA Performing Arts' community outreach organization,presents "Picnic and Concert with the Orchestra," featuring theUCLA Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Jon Robertson at UCLA's SchoenbergHall on ...
UCLA Design for Sharing Presents a Special Family Event Picnic and Concert with the Orchestra
Design for Sharing, UCLA Performing Arts' community outreach organization,presents "Picnic and Concert with the Orchestra," featuring theUCLA Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Jon Robertson at UCLA's SchoenbergHall on ...
UCLA Property Law Professor and Los Angeles Doctor Pledge $2 Million for Endowed Professor Positions
UCLA School of Law Professor Jesse Dukeminier, a nationally known propertylaw expert, and Dr. David Sanders, a psychiatrist, have pledged $2 millionto UCLA School of Law in their estate plans to create two endowed ...
16TH-CENTURY SLAPSTICK A HIT WITH KIDS
Comeback for commedia dell'arte /UCLAToday Believe it or not, "Saturday Night Live," "I Love Lucy" and NBC's "Must-See TV" can all trace their roots back to an art form which began in the 16th century. To their surprise ...
ADVICE TO LATINO PARENTS: AIM HIGH
Education summit /UCLAToday UCLA joined forces with the White House and regional groups this month to host a two-day conference aimed at improving the educational opportunities of Latino children in California. ...
BRAIN IS IDEAL 'WEAPON' AGAINST ATTACK
In recent weeks three attempted rapes occurred in apartments adjacent to our campus. In each case the assailant entered through an unsecured door or window. In the wake of these frightening incidents, students and ...
CAMPUS URGED TO USE SAFETY PROGRAMS
BY CYNTHIA LEE/UCLA Today Staff In light of a March 18 kidnapping-rape and recent assaults that police are currently investigating, administrators and campus police are encouraging students, staff and faculty to make ...
DIANA BRUEGGEMANN
WHO'S NEW AT UCLA : Executive Director of Local Relations, Office of Government and Community Relations: A UCLA alumna (1970), Brueggemann spent the last 10 years with the City of Los Angeles. As chief of staff for ...
HE RUNS LITTLE SHOP OF MINIATURES
Small-scale builder /UCLAToday Staff It's one of the most fun jobs on campus — if you're a skilled craftsman, that is. As supervisor of a model shop where lilliputian worlds are created out of heavy-duty cardboard, Kirk ...
NAMES AND FACES
The Hispanic Caucus of the American Association for Higher Education has selected Education Associate Professor Kris Gutierrez as the recipient of its 1999 Outstanding Latina/o Faculty in Higher Education Award. The ...
INVENTOR TOOK ZIGZAG PATH TO DESTINY
A man of inner vision /UCLAToday Staff Priest, boxer, scientist ... Michael Phelps tried them all before settling on the field of medicine. And the world is lucky he did. Phelps invented the positron emission tomography ...
L.A.'S IRANIANS GET NEW LOOK AT PAST EPOCH
Rediscovery of a dynasty /UCLA Today Irangeles. The neologism coined by UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies as the title to its 1994 book and accompanying photo exhibition at the Fowler Museum says it all. In ...