IN THE NEWS:

Extremists Don't Slow Animal Research
The Apr. 18 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports on the reluctance of faculty, including several at UCLA, to discuss details of their research in light of the threat posed by extremists. The paper also publishes a separate story on security measures taken by UCLA and other campuses.

Medical Records Breaches
The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday and the Associated Press reported Friday on breaches of confidential medical records that have occurred in the past at the UCLA Medical Center. David Feinberg, chief executive officer and interim associate vice chancellor of the UCLA Hospital System, and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block were quoted in the Times.

Chancellor Block Commends Local Scholars
A story in Friday's La Opinion features a community celebration for 17 San Fernando High School students who plan to study at UCLA this fall. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block attended the celebration and is quoted in the story.

Recommendations Could Help Clear the Way for Mideast Peace
Haaretz (Israel) reports today that a team of Israeli and Palestinian archaeologists convened by Ran Boytner, director for international research at the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, and USC archaeologist Lynn Dodd has reached the first-ever agreement on a set of recommendations regarding the disposition of the region’s archaeological sites and artifacts that would follow the establishment of a future Palestinian state. Boytner is quoted.

Views Given on Economic Stimulus Plan
Today’s New York Times features an opinion piece by Edward Leamer, the Chauncey J. Medberry Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, about the economic stimulus plan being developed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the White House.

Professor’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Work Is Reviewed
Sunday’s Los Angeles Times features a review of UCLA history professor Saul Friedlander’s “The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939–1945,” which recently received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. Friedlander holds UCLA’s 1939 Club Chair in Holocaust Studies.

Morning Show Spotlights Fowler Exhibit
Today’s KTLA morning news featured several live reports about the Fowler Museum’s exhibition “Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas,” which explores the visual cultures and histories of the water spirit Mami Wata. Fowler deputy director and chief curator Polly Roberts was interviewed.

Research Focuses on Same-Sex Couples in New Mexico
The Associated Press reports today on demographic research on same-sex couples in New Mexico. The research was conducted by the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, which is part of the institute’s state-by-state study of the nation’s gay population. Adam Romero, co-author of the study and a public policy fellow at the institute, is quoted.

Professor Comments on Assistance Program
An opinion piece by Noah Zatz, acting professor at the UCLA School of Law, which comments on the new regulations for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families federal program, appears Saturday in the Washington Post.

Program Would Focus on Liver Disease
The Las Vegas Review Journal on Sunday reported on a possible partnership between UCLA and the University of Nevada School of Medicine to establish a program treating patients and teaching medical students about liver disease. Dr. Thomas Sibert, associate vice chancellor of medical sciences and president of the UCLA Faculty Practice Group, was quoted.

UCLA Partnership Aids Wounded Soldiers
The Sunday edition of the New York Daily News spotlights the Operation Mend program, a collaborative effort between UCLA and a Texas-based military burn center to aid U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Timothy Miller, chief of reconstructive and plastic surgery at UCLA Medical Center, and philanthropist Ronald A. Katz, the UCLA Medical Center board member who initiated the project, were quoted.

Alte Musik Berlin Performance Reviewed
Today’s Los Angeles Times features a review of Friday’s performance of Alte Musik Berlin at Royce Hall. The performance, which featured works by Vivaldi and Bach, as well as several lesser known Baroque composers, was featured as part of UCLA Live’s classical series.

Singer-Songwriter Takes Stage at Royce Hall
Sunday’s Variety featured a review of singer-songwriter Laurie Anderson’s performance “Homeland,” a combination poem, play and concert, which was performed Thursday at Royce Hall as part of this season’s UCLA Live.

Seattle Symphony Performs at UCLA
An article in today’s Los Angeles Times spotlights the work of Seattle Symphony conductor Gerard Schwarz and reviews the symphony’s Saturday performance at UCLA’s Royce Hall.