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Focuses on the contents of papers and letters discovered in the library of the University of California, regarding atomic bomb tests in 1946 on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Name of the person who discovered the papers; Status of the participants in Bikini tests as revealed in the paper; Code name for the nuclear tests; Details of various aspects of the Bikini tests.

The recent news that the University of California (UC) admitted fewer African-American and Latino students into this fall's freshman class than it had in 1997 provoked a wave of alarmist headlines and editorials that mirrored the worst fears of opponents of the victorious Proposition 209, passed two years ago. Prop 209, prohibits public universities from considering race in their admissions decision. National news coverage focused on the precipitate drop of 57 percent and 36 percent in black and Latino admissions at, respectively, University of California, in Los Angeles, California and in Berkeley, California--the two flagship campuses of the system. The top level of California's public higher education system, UC has always been the destination for only a very select group of students. On average, fewer than a quarter of California students in four-year colleges attend the University of California. Despite the outcry, post-209 admissions data don't highlight gross racial inequity at the University of California.

The article offers information on the launch of the 1.7 million dollar heavy ion linear accelerator (HILAC) by the University of California. It is stated that HILAC is a new type of atom-smasher and hurls its small nuclear bullets at their atom targets through a long tube. As stated, the University will utilize the new atom-smasher to explore many theories about nuclear forces and help in the study of the group of elements, which includes radium and thorium.

The article informs that biochemists from the University of California, Los Angeles, California (UCLA) have designed specialized proteins that assemble themselves into tiny molecular cages. It is expected that the discovery could help develop new methods of drug delivery. The researchers used computer models to identify two proteins that could be combined to form perfectly shaped three-dimensional structures.

This exploratory study reports on what engineering undergraduate students know and would like to learn about engineering information sources and access. Responses were obtained on selected performance measures within the framework of Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology (ACRL/ALA/STS 2006). The results are based on 70 sophomores who completed a four-page paper-and-pencil questionnaire on April 4, 2008 at UCLA's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The paper discusses implications of this study's findings in light of engineering education in general, and specifically with regard to instructing all engineering students in the proper use of a variety of pathways in accessing high quality engineering resources for numerous lifelong purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Charles Johnston Hitch was named president-elect of the University of California, Los Angeles in California. It was an ingenious try, but there is little mystery about Hitch, about his selection, or even about why the "mystery man" appellation was thought up. For eight months a Board of Regents subcommittee had searched in vain for a new president to replace Clark Kerr, not a single figure with national standing being willing to accept the post after the way Kerr was fired. On September 19, 1967 meeting at UCLA, the Regents committee decided to give up the hunt and settle for the university's Vice President for Administration, who had come to University Hall in September, 1965, as Vice President for Business and Finance.

Highlights the case of Angela Davis, who was recommended for a two-year appointment as a research scholar with the University of California at Los Angeles, but was untimely dismissed due to her affiliation with the Communist Party. Role played by mass media in publicizing the story; Academic credentials of Davis; Allegations leveled against Davis by the Board of Regents in order to dismiss her; Opinion of Davis that the Regents are guilty of racism and have an aversion to political militants, and especially those on the Left; Status of Davis in light of various judgments of the Supreme Court; Obligations that a Communist knowingly accepts; Questions about academic freedom that have been raised by this case.

Focuses on the efforts of student women golfers in the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) to cope with their studies while competing in various tournaments. Difficulties faced by student golfers in scheduling their schoolwork around tournament dates; Minimum requirements taken; Need for scholarship athletes to maintain their grade-point average; Graduation rate of UCLA women's golf teams.

The article focuses on a new approach to research involving the brain developed by the Brain Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. The features of the new method include the study of the living brains of creatures in action and development of new technology which is opening formerly undreamed-of-paths to brain researchers. The prospective benefits of successful brain research are also discussed. INSET: Do we think the way we think we do?.

The article discusses matters related to society and world politics. Trygve R. Tholfson, for five years an assistant college teachers of history at the University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, has been fired, Next fall, Tholfson would be an associate college teacher at the University of Louisiana, a rise in rank that, among other things, gives him tenure. So this is not an occasion to bewail the professor's misfortunes. It may, however, be an occasion to commiserate with students at UCLA. On hearing of the administration's action, senior students in the history department circulated a petition attesting to Tholfson's excellence as a teacher.

Created by scientists at UCLA's ambitious Institute for Carbon Management, Equatic has developed a way to remove an environmentally harmful greenhouse gas from our atmosphere — and simultaneously generate usable green fuel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Keywords: Los Angeles; State:California; United States; North and Central America; Cancer Research EN Los Angeles State:California United States North and Central America Cancer Research 2023 FEB 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Cancer Weekly -- New research on Cancer Research is the subject of a report. Keywords for this news article include: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America, Cancer Research, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Los Angeles, State:California, United States, North and Central America, Cancer Research. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the art exhibition "Mark Grotjahn: Drawings," at the University of California in Los Angeles Hammer Museum from January 11 to April 17, 2005.

The article offers information on the life and career of the photographer Julius Shulman. It mentions about the autobiography of Shulman "Julius Shulman: Architecture and Its Photography." In his 72 years career he has documented about 8,000 subjects. It further mentions that Shulman got educated in University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

The article focuses on the college basketball players Kevin Love of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and O.J. Mayo of the University of Southern California (USC). It explains that the players met at a national championship basketball conference in high school, and offers background information about each, including education and playing style. The article explains that the players will compete against each other in a game between UCLA and USC on January 19, 2008.

Discusses advances in molecular computing. Fabrication of switches and logic elements from molecules; Systems being developed by Molecular Electronics; Collaboration between Hewlett-Packard and the University of California in Los Angeles in molecular computing research.

The article focuses on the song girls of the basketball team of the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). The UCLA song girls are often called cheerleaders. The squad consisted of six white girls and one Oriental girl. The increasing anger of African American students were not appeased by attempts at tokenism and later five African American girls formed their own squad in 1972. An article published in the December 24, 1979 of "Sports Illustrated" magazine, titled "The Bruins Are In Ruins," paved way to the return of the song girls to prominence.

Focuses on the coaching style of Steve Lavin, basketball coach for the University of California at Los Angeles Bruins. The motion offense installed by Lavin; The coaching methods of his father, Cap; Key Bruins players; Comments from Lavin and his players.

The article reveals that the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins basketball team is setting up another super team, with its star player John Wooden, after Sidney Wicks and the rest of the team players had graduated. It says that the new team is headed by six-footer Bill Walton, a sophomore center who can score, rebound and block shots effectively. Other sophomores who will be joining Walton include 18-year-old Keith Wilkes who will take the forward position and 20-year-old Greg Lee who will lead the point offense.

The article profiles composer and singer Karla Bonoff. She was born in Los Angeles, California and was raised in Westwood right next to the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At the age of 16, she began lining up outside the Troubadour in Los Angeles to catch early performance by artists Jackson Browne and James Taylor and audition material for hoot night. The article also mentions that her first album called "Simply Karla Bonoff" has sold over a quarter of million copies.

The article focuses on a research led by researchers from the University of California's (UC) Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California which showed that the mechanical force produced by cell-cell interactions is critical for programming by the Notch signaling system. The scientists have revealed the process that could result in potential new targets for therapeutics. The studies also shed light on a new role for endocytosis to activate signaling in cells.

The article presents a study, conducted by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), on the development of minihepcidin for iron overload treatment in mice in 2011. Researchers revealed that the minihepcidins could prevent iron overload disorder in mice of hereditary hemochromatosis. According to UCLA researchers, minihepcidins could be used in treating iron overload disease if the efficacy and safety of the molecules is confirmed.

The article reports that researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have drafted a plan to make Los Angeles into the greenest city in the U.S. by 2021.

Presents observations on the case of Angela Davis, an African American communist who has been denied reappointment to the Department of Philosophy at the University of California in Los Angeles. Responsibilities of the Regents; Arguments on the sufficiency of a membership to the Communist Party as a ground for disqualification of any individual from a college faculty; Attitude of Davis towards decorum.

The article reports that the UCLA Bruins varsity college basketball team was defeated by the UCLA freshman basketball team called the Brubabes. The game was held to mark the opening of the Bruins' Pauley Pavilion home court. The Brubabes, who won by 15 points, was led by freshman Lew Alcindor who has been the most publicized newcomer at the Los Angeles campus. Other notable players at the freshman team were Lucius Allen, Lynn Shackelford and Kent Taylor.

The article offers the author's insight on his years at the University of California, Los Angeles' Anderson School of Management taking up Master of Business Administration (MBA). He reflects on his expectations in business school which include trips to various countries. He comments that as the program made him experience trips, it also balances out with the struggles he went through.

The article reports on the trouble faced by the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) when the Bruins Alumni Association, a rogue group that prodded students to spy on professors either voluntarily or for pay, was founded. When the faculty expressed its concerns on their civil rights, campus police could not get involved because no crime was committed. The group was later found to be just seeking publicity and the media hype that resulted from it exposed its leader as an uncontrollable wildcard who was fired from numerous jobs.

The article discusses the life of Paul Monette and the exhibit, "One Man's Truth: The Life and Work of Paul Monette". The University of California, Los Angeles' Young Research Library exhibit contains over 200 items from his personal collection, as well as portraits and photographs donated by Don Bachardy, Tom Bianchi, and Mark Thompson. Monette wrote poetry and novels which communicated gay men's struggle against AIDS, including his own and his lovers Roger Horwitz and Stephen Kolzak. He focused on his own spirituality in "My Priests" and a short fable, "Sanctuary," was published posthumously in 1997. Monette established a trust to reward those trying to eradicate homophobia.

Focuses on the decision of the United States Supreme Court to decline hearing a case challenging race-based admissions at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). Criticisms that the admissions policy of UCLA is discriminatory; Racial tensions created by the policy.

Presents news related to racism in universities and colleges in the U.S. Omission of all employment form questions pertaining to race at the University of California (UC); Details about the Ethnic Identity Form of the UC; Ideas on how some college Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) members have used wit in order to rap the Left; Halting the food supply to Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) members by the Free Campus Movement at the University of California Los Angeles, California in order to prevent SDS members from staying in a building already occupied by YAF members.