News Archive - February 2006
Priority Bus Lanes Topic of Public Affairs Day at L.A. City Hall
February 23, 2006
On February 10, UCLA School of Public Affairs graduate students spent the day at City Hall studying an important public policy issue: “Priority Bus Lanes: The Right Option for Los Angeles?” Read Full Article
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Bush's budget offers good, bad news
February 22, 2006
The news is both cheery and sobering for those at UCLA who are assessing President Bush’s budget request for 2007 to see whether more funding will be available in their area of research....Read Full Article
Partnership, visionary leaders were critical to campaign's success
February 22, 2006
Campaign UCLA, the most successful fund-raising campaign in the history of higher education, owes its success to an amazing partnership — the academic leadership, faculty, donors, volunteers, staff, alumni and students who made it possible. With more than $3 billion raised, the 10-year effort will ensure that UCLA continues to advance knowledge, educate the workforce, power the economy and enrich people’s lives. UCLA Today Editor Cynthia Lee spoke with Vice Chancellor for External Affairs Michael Eicher, who oversaw this drive from its inception.....Read Full Article
UCLA Raises More Than $3 Billion to Help Ensure Its Long-term Future Among World’s Leading Research Universities
February 16, 2006
UCLA has completed the most successful fund-raising campaign in the history of higher education, generating more than $3 billion to deepen and broaden the university's excellence in education, research, health care and community service, Chancellor Albert Carnesale announced today...Read Full Article
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Redistricting reform plans could make California politics more competitive
February 13, 2006
Redistricting reform could increase the competitiveness of some California congressional and legislative districts,...Read Full Article
Raising math's 'cool' factor
February 13, 2006
What’s the highest-rated television show on Friday nights? If you guessed “NUMB3RS,” a drama about an FBI agent...Read Full Article
State Senate Education Committee and Senate Budget Committee Subcommittee on Education Informational Hearing on UC Compensation
February 9, 2006
"Mr. Chairman and members, thank you for inviting me here today to address the Committee on the issue of compensation at the University of California." See Full Article
President Dynes Video Letter to the UC Community Watch video / See Full Text Version
Bridging town and gown
February 7, 2006
Diana Brueggemann, executive director of local government relations in the Office of Government and Community Relations, is glad to be on campus. ...more
Update on UC Compensation
February 6, 2006
The University of California takes seriously the issues recently raised about its compensation policies and disclosure practices.
Among the concerns are the compensation levels of faculty and senior administrators at the University; whether those compensation levels were set in conformance with appropriate policies and were disclosed in open and transparent manners, both to the public and to the Board of Regents; and how housing, entertainment expenditures and other perquisites should be considered in the compensation of senior managers.
UCLA & Institute Host Briefing on Day Labor in U.S.
February 3, 2006
The California Institute in conjunction with the University of California Los Angeles hosted a luncheon briefing attended by about 65 people on the first national survey on day labor, on Friday, January 27, 2006 on Capitol Hill. In connection with the release of their groundbreaking report, UCLA professor Abel Valenzuela and University of Illinois at Chicago professor Nik Theodore discussed the first nationwide study of day laborers entitled "ON THE CORNER: Day Labor in the United States."
President Proposes American Competitiveness Initiative In His State of the Union Address
February 1, 2006
In his State of the Union address, President Bush proposed an American Competitiveness Initiative to promote long-term economic growth by increasing federal investments in physical sciences and engineering research and development, education, and workforce training. He also proposed to make permanent the research and development tax credit to “encourage bolder private-sector initiatives in technology.” The President said: “I propose to double the Federal commitment to the most critical basic research programs in the physical sciences over the next 10 years. This funding will support the work of America’s most creative minds as they explore promising areas such as nanotechnology, supercomputing, and alternative energy sources.” A two-page summary of the competitiveness proposal is available on the White House Web site
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