Community Briefs
By Daily Bruin Staff
Oct. 19, 1998 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 20, 1998
Community Briefs
Colleagues celebrate Ignarro’s return
Friday, recent Nobel Prize winner Dr. Louis Ignarro returned to
UCLA from Italy where he taking part in a lecture. Greeted by a
number of colleagues including Chancellor Albert Carnesale and Dr.
Gerald Levey, provost of medical sciences, the celebration
recognized Ignarro’s contributions to the understanding of nitric
oxide – a substance that aids in the widening of the arteries.
Ignarro, 57, was en route to Italy when he was told he won a
Nobel Prize – one of three scientists recognized for this
discovery. Nitric oxide can be used in the treatment of disorders
of the nervous, immune and circulatory systems.
"Lou moves around the world in scientific collaborations and
debates of his work (and) he has a wonderful natural curiosity that
keeps his mind open to the unpredictable nature of discovery, "
said Dr. Michael E. Phelps, Associate Director of the Laboratory of
Structural Biology & Molecular Medicine.
"We must always treasure and protect this precious gift that an
individual student or faculty member can give to us at any given
moment in time, " he added.
Town Hall Meeting to discuss Proposition 5
Today the American Indian Studies Center and the Law and Public
Policy schools will be hosting a town hall meeting on Proposition
5: the tribal gaming initiative.
To be moderated by Warren Olney, host of ‘Which way, LA?’ on
radio station KCRW, the panel will include proponents such as
Jerome Levine, an attorney with the California Indian Gaming
Association, Mark Macarro, chair of the Pechanga Tribe and Ken
Ramirez, vice chair of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
Representing the opposition to Proposition 5 will be Howard
Dickson, an attorney with the Pala Tribe and two representatives
from the No on 5 organization.
The meeting will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Korn Convocation
Hall at the Anderson School.
UC Riverside tops nation in appointments
For the third year in a row, the University of California,
Riverside has led the nation in the number of researchers appointed
as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, with 11 scholars honored for their career efforts to
advance science or to foster applications that are deemed
scientifically or socially distinguished.
UC Berkeley and University of Washington, Seattle, had the next
largest number of fellows, with 10 each, followed by Yale
University with nine.
Last year and in 1996, UCR had the most scientists elected AAAS
fellows of any college or university, with 12 and 11 researchers,
respectively, elected fellows. In 1995, UCR tied with Harvard
University and the University of Wisconsin for the most AAAS
fellows at eight.
"Each year, the ranks of UCR researchers whose career
achievements are honored at this national level continue to expand,
confirming the high caliber of research and teaching that has been
a cornerstone of this campus for many years, " said David H.
Warren, executive vice chancellor.
This year’s AAAS fellows are: agricultural engineering professor
Andrew Chang, philosophy professor Carl Cranor, psychology
professor Robin DiMatteo, electrical engineering professor Susan
Hackwood, economics professor Azizur Khan, botany professor
Elizabeth Lord, entomology professor Mir Mulla, chemistry professor
William Okamura, biology professor David Reznick, economics
professor R. Robert Russell and management science professor
Siegfried Schaible.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff reports.
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