The Institute in the News
Sebastian Edwards
Edwards, the Henry Ford II Professor of International Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted Monday in a New York Times article about the economic challenges Chile faces in the wake of the recent devastating earthquake.
Posted: 3/16/2010
Richard Baum
Baum, UCLA professor of political science and a scholar with the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, was quoted Saturday in a Xinhua News Service article about China's efforts to change its growth pattern and establish more equitable national income distribution.
Posted: 3/15/2010
Mark Wright
Wright, UCLA assistant professor of economics, was quoted Thursday in a Business Week article about Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's plan for lifting his country out of its severe financial crisis.
Posted: 3/12/2010
New Chilean President Faces Uphill Battle
Sebastian Edwards, the Henry Ford II Professor of International Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was interviewed Wednesday on National Public Radio's "Marketplace" about the economic challenges Chile's new president will face in the wake of the recent devastating earthquake.
Posted: 3/12/2010
Israel Building in East Jerusalem
UCLA professor of history Gabriel Piterberg was featured Wednesday in a KPFK-90.7 FM "Daily Briefing" segment about the construction of new Israeli homes in traditionally Palestinian East Jerusalem. (Link is to KPFK audio archive. See final segment of March 10 "Daily Briefing" broadcast.)
Posted: 3/11/2010
Spirit of the Mexican Revolution
La Cronica de Hoy, EFE News Service and Notimex News Service report today on Wednesday's lecture at UCLA by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, a prominent Mexican politician and three-time presidential candidate, who spoke about the centennial of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. KVEA-Channel 52 reported on the talk Wednesday.
Posted: 3/11/2010
Chinese College Grads Face Tough Market
A Sunday New York Times blog column featured commentary by UCLA professor of geography C. Cindy Fan on unemployment in China and dwindling job prospects for recent Chinese college graduates.
Posted: 3/8/2010
Sebastian Edwards
Edwards, the Henry Ford II Professor of International Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was quoted in a Business Week article about steps Chile's president may have to take to help the country rebuild.
Posted: 3/5/2010
Daniel Pearl Lecture featured on LA Times Hot List for Events
The LA Times recommended the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture in its Hot List for events and highlighted our speaker Christopher Hitchens as "...the rabble-rousing Vanity Fair columnist and commentator on contemporary thought, politics and culture."
Posted: 3/3/2010
Effect of Human Culture on Evolution
The New York Times reports on research by UCLA professor of anthropology Robert Boyd and colleagues suggesting that genes and human culture have been intertwined in shaping human evolution. Boyd is quoted.
Posted: 3/3/2010
Hitchens Here to Give Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture
Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featured in LA Observed online.
Posted: 3/3/2010
Oscars Lead to Fashion 'Plagiarism'
A New York Times blog today featured commentary by Kal Raustiala, professor of law and director of the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, about "copycat" fashion firms and intellectual property law in the apparel industry.
Posted: 3/3/2010
UN Secretary-General Visits UCLA
Voice of America, KBS America News, the Korea Times, the Korea Daily, the Korea Herald and the Yonhap News Service reported Tuesday on United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to UCLA, where he received the UCLA Medal and delivered a speech encouraging students to become active in issues related to climate change, women's rights and environmental protection.
Posted: 3/3/2010
UN Secretary-General Visits UCLA (Korean)
Voice of America, KBS America News, the Korea Times, the Korea Daily, the Korea Herald and the Yonhap News Service reported Tuesday on United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to UCLA, where he received the UCLA Medal and delivered a speech encouraging students to become active in issues related to climate change, women's rights and environmental protection.
Posted: 3/3/2010
Brodie Lecture featured in Korea Daily
(This article is written in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010
Brodie lecture featured in Korea Times online
(This article is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010
Korea Herald Business Covers Ban Ki-moon's Receipt of the UCLA Medal
(This article is written in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010
Munhwa Broadcasting Company in Korea Televises Ban Ki-moon Brodie Lecture at UCLA
(This video and article is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010
Radio Korea Offers a Transcript of Brodie Lecture with Ban Ki-moon
(This transcript is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010
Yonhap News in Korea Covers Ban Ki-moon Lecture
(This article is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010
YTN in Korea Covers Ban Ki-moon UCLA Visit
(This article is in Korean.)
Posted: 3/2/2010
UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon comments on Terrorism in Afghanistan
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon interviewed by Patt Morrison on KPCC in advance of his UCLA appearance on March 1, 2010.
Posted: 3/1/2010
Lap Dogs Originated in Iraq 12,000 Years Ago
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. reports today on a study by Robert Wayne, UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and Melissa Gray, a UCLA graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology, that used gene evidence to show that smaller domesticated dogs likely descended from grey wolves in the Middle East more than 12,000 years ago. Gray is quoted.
Posted: 2/25/2010
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to receive UCLA Medal, speak on campus
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will present United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the UCLA Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the campus. Established in 1979, the medal is awarded to those who have made truly extraordinary and distinguished contributions to their professions and to society. Ban will also deliver the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace, followed by a question-and-answer session.
Posted: 2/24/2010
UN Secretary-General to Visit UCLA
China's Xinhua News Service reported Tuesday that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will speak at UCLA on March 2 about the role of the UN in an era of global changes and will receive the UCLA Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the campus.
Posted: 2/24/2010
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