UCLA adoption project awarded
The United States Department of Health and Human Services has
awarded UCLA’s Training, Intervention, Education and Services
for Adoption Project with the Adoption Excellence Award in the
category of Support for Adoptive Families.
The honor was one of 14 given nationwide to recognize
individuals and organizations for their work in finding permanent,
loving homes for abandoned, neglected or abused children.
“We are absolutely thrilled to receive this prestigious
award from Secretary Thompson,” said Susan Edelstein,
licensed clinical social worker in the department of pediatrics and
director of the project.
TIES for Adoption is a collaboration of the UCLA Center for
Healthier Children, Families and Communities; the UCLA psychology
department; the Los Angeles County Department of Children and
Family Services; the Los Angeles County Department of Mental
Health; and private foundations.
Grant aids UCLA plasma studies
UCLA’s Basic Plasma Science Facility has been awarded a
$4.8 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy and the
National Science Foundation to become the country’s first
national research facility for scientists worldwide to study the
mysterious properties of plasma.
Plasma is believed to make up more than 99 percent of the
visible universe, including the sun, the stars, galaxies and the
vast majority of the solar system. Plasma is a fourth state of
matter, distinct from solids, liquids and gases, in which electrons
have been stripped away to leave positively charged atoms or
molecules.
“This is the best facility in the world for physicists to
conduct controlled experiments to understand the properties of
plasma ““ research that could have significant applications
for this country,” said Tony Chan, dean of physical sciences
in the College of Letters & Science. “UCLA will be host
to international physicists working at the forefront of plasma
physics.”
Directory offered for senior citizens
An extensive directory of Westside services for seniors and
their caregivers is now available from the UCLA Center on Aging and
the City of Santa Monica Commission on Older Americans.
A free publication, the Senior Resource Directory offers a list
of important resources including transportation services, meals,
day care, senior centers, recreation services, counseling and much
more.
To receive a free directory, please contact the Center on Aging
at (310) 794-0676.
Reports from Daily Bruin wire services.