University of California President Richard Atkinson officially retires today, ending an eight-year stint at the helm of the nation’s most prestigious public university system. Atkinson cedes his post to current UC San Diego Chancellor Robert Dynes, appointed in June 2003 by the UC Regents to be the system’s 18th president. After 27 years of service […]
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Slow economic gain predicted
Economists for the UCLA Anderson Forecast issued Wednesday a less-than-optimistic quarterly prediction for economic conditions to come despite talk in recent weeks that economies on both local and state levels are on the rebound. But while Forecast Director Edward Leamer and Senior Economist Tom Lieser both warned that state and national economies would take more […]
Experiment to outfit classroom with sensors
Electrical engineering Professor Mani Srivastava’s seven-year-old daughter Megha provided the initial inspiration for a research project that may provide groundbreaking results in the fields of education and computer science. Srivastava’s purchase of a wireless educational toy that allows parents to survey their child’s interactions through a PC spurred him to imagine the larger implications. Along […]
As war ends, peace plans focus on entire Mideast
President Bush has declared the war over and troops are already coming home from the battered plains of Iraq after little more than a month of fighting. With Saddam Hussein’s regime dismantled, significant changes are set to occur in the Middle East, a region long-plagued with conflict surrounding ethnic divisions characterizing each nation, according to […]
Search for looted art persists
As dust settles over Baghdad and reconstruction efforts commence, the search for looted artifacts from Iraqi museums continue amid constant revisions to the official number of pieces actually stolen. Officials from Interpol, an international policing organization, have reported much looting may have been carried out by professional thieves organized from outside Iraq. Looters apparently stole […]
Tyler Ebell may be minor witness in rape proceedings
Freshman running back Tyler Ebell may be called to testify in the trial of three Carson High School students accused of raping a female student in a De Neve Plaza building fall quarter. According to a report by the Daily Breeze, Ebell could play a role as a minor witness when court proceedings resume on […]
Programs reach out to maintain diversity
Educational outreach has played an important role in creating diversity at the University of California for more than 40 years. But outreach programs have never been more crucial to maintaining the system’s commitment to diversity than in the past eight years, when the passing of anti-affirmative action policies resulted in a noticeable drop in minority […]