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By Daily Bruin Staff

Feb. 3, 1997 9:00 p.m.

UCSF to receive $19.2 million in settlement

The University of California at San Francisco will receive $19.2
million in a settlement with a non-profit foundation accused of
improperly using the university’s name to raise millions for
research.

The Ischemia Research and Education Foundation also agreed
Friday to pay $1.5 million to UCSF Professor Charles Richardson, a
former foundation employee who filed the lawsuit.

The parties involved refused to discuss further details of the
out-of-court settlement.

Richardson filed the suit in October 1994 under a statute that
allows whistle-blowing employees to share in the proceeds of
settlements if the cases bring to light the misdeeds of government
contractors.

The suit alleged that Ischemia had used both UCSF’s name and its
resources to win millions of dollars in research contracts from
drug companies without reimbursing the university.

Research by the foundation is highly regarded in medical
circles. Many of its studies are aimed at reducing the death rate
from heart attack and stroke after surgery.

Summer Connection to link students with jobs

UCLA students today will have a chance to get a head start on
lining up a summer job or internship.

The Summer Connection ­ a career fair sponsored by the
Career Center ­ will bring a diverse group of employers to the
UCLA campus to provide information on summer work opportunities.
The Summer Connection will be held in the Ackerman Ballroom from
noon until 4 p.m.

Corporations, government agencies, camps, community service
agencies and non-profit organizations will participate in The
Summer Connection. The event is part of UCLA’s Career Month, a
month dedicated to providing students with special career services
and programs.

The employer roster includes 30 organizations, such as Universal
Studios, California Department of Water Resources, KCAL-9, Kids
Concepts, Suntrek Tours, UCLA Recreation, Meadow Oaks Camp, Kwikset
Corporation, Lieberman Research and Rhythm & Hues Studios.

All UCLA students are invited to attend the free event.

Transportation critical factor in solving hunger

Efforts to combat inner-city hunger and food insecurity cannot
succeed unless access to food becomes an integral part of public
and private transportation planning, according to a new report from
researchers at the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social
Research.

The mass exodus of supermarkets from the inner city over the
past 30 years, low levels of inner-city car ownership and heavy
reliance on bus lines geared to downtown commuters have made access
to food increasingly difficult for the poor, said Robert Gottlieb,
adjunct professor of urban planning and principal author of
"Homeward Bound."

Despite their major role in exacerbating inner-city hunger and
food insecurity problems, transportation issues have been all but
ignored by transit agencies, food retailers and government on all
levels, s well as by transportation scholars, Gottlieb said.

As supermarkets have been pushed into suburbs, many inner-city
residents have been forced to rely on bus lines designed to feed
commuters into downtown offices rather than serve neighborhood
shopping needs. As a result, low-income urban residents pay more
for their groceries, which aggravates high rates of diet-related
diseases to which Latinos and African-Americans are most
vulnerable.

Among Gottlieb’s recommendations to improve the situation are
that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture recognize the Community Food
Act, and that regional transportation agencies should move to
identify communities where food access is a problem and formulate
service plans specific to the needs of each community.

Compiled from Daily Bruin staff and wire reports.

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