Category Archives: News

Friday, March 7, 1997COMMUNITY: Praise for fund-raising, business skills offset concerns about outsider statusBy Frances Lee and Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Contributors No university is an island unto itself, and UCLA is no exception. The selection of Albert Carnesale as UCLA’s new chancellor denotes a shift in leadership that is sure to reverberate throughout the […]

Friday, March 7, 1997REACTION: University’s students feel indifferent to provost’s appointmentBy Marie Blanchard Daily Bruin Senior Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Very little reaction followed Thursday’s announcement that university Provost Albert Carnesale would be leaving Harvard in July to become the next chancellor of UCLA. While students filed past a Harvard cafeteria dining hall, most faces […]

Friday, March 7, 1997 ERNEST C. MOORE UCLA’S first chief executive officer, Moore played a major role in the founding and early development of the Los Angeles campus. A professor of education and philosophy who taught at UC Berkeley, Yale, and Harvard, Moore had envisioned turning the southern branch of the University of California into […]

Friday, March 7, 1997 TECHNOLOGY: Researchers use new equipment to document, remotely monitor brain activityBy Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Contributor As the year 2000 quickly approaches and medical technology advances at a quickening pace, UCLA stands at the forefront by implementing its own advances. In January, UCLA researchers, in collaboration with Nicolet Biomedical Inc., installed […]

Friday, March 7, 1997 By Monica Alvarez Daily Bruin Contributor In celebration of Women’s History Month, four female professors and lecturers give The Bruin an inside view of their respective careers and accomplishments and share their feelings about women’s progress. Paula Cecilia Jackson, an instructor of biology, first became interested in her field because of […]

Thursday, March 6, 1997 CHANCELLOR: Harvard provost selected to head UCLA, sources confirmBy Marie Blanchard, Patrick Kerkstra and Edina Lekovic Daily Bruin Senior Staff Drawing from the ranks of the Ivy League’s most prestigious leaders, UC President Richard Atkinson has chosen Harvard Provost Albert Carnesale as UCLA’s next chancellor. According to numerous independent sources both […]

Thursday, March 6, 1997 ACTIVISM: Departmental evaluation provokes questions of exclusionBy Scott Stimson Daily Bruin Contributor In a meeting that alternated between calm and rational discourse and heated confrontation, student leaders, faculty and concerned students discussed the future of UCLA’s Cesar E. Chavez Center Wednesday afternoon. A hallmark in UCLA’s history, Chicano students along with […]