Armen Alchian, a professor emeritus in economics known for his research of business relationships and firms, died Feb. 19 of natural causes. He was 98.
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Professor Larry Butcher remembered for research
Larry Butcher, a professor emeritus of neuroscience at UCLA and the founder and former chair of the UCLA gerontology minor program, died Jan. 11 after a heart attack. He was 72. Butcher’s family and friends knew him as a witty man who was devoted to his family and passionate about his research in neurology and […]
Leonard Apt, 90, remembered for advances in pediatric ophthalmology
Dr. Leonard Apt, former director of the division of pediatric ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute and one of the five founders of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, died Feb. 1 at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, of a brief illness. He was 90. Apt’s colleagues and friends knew him as an intelligent physician […]
Meeting on Hill hopes to bring student engagement
The undergraduate student government will hold its weekly meeting to the Hill tonight instead of the usual Kerckhoff Hall location, in an effort to reach out to more students.
Former UCLA professor enjoyed Russian poetry, inspiring students
Vladimir Fedorovich Markov, a professor emeritus in the Slavic languages and literatures department and a Russian literature scholar, died Jan. 1 at his home in Los Angeles, after a long period of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 92. Markov’s colleagues and friends knew him as a witty man with a passion for Russian poetry, […]
William Dever offers archaeologist expertise
The scorching sun beat down on his shoulders.
Despite the heat, William Dever kept digging and digging in the hard, dry dirt, at an excavation site in Be’er Resisim, a hilltop site in Israel – alongside 50 of his students.
Covered California creates an “˜insurance marketplace’
Californians may soon have more options for health insurance coverage under Covered California, a program that will create a marketplace where people can view all of their insurance options and purchase the health care that best suits their needs.