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Dodd

Byuclafaculty

Many blog readers will know that Murphy Hall is named after former UCLA Chancellor Franklin Murphy. But what about Dodd Hall which is across the street from Murphy Hall? Dodd Hall is named after Paul A. Dodd (1902-1992), an economist who joined the UCLA faculty in 1928, i.e., just before the move to Westwood.  Dodd was known for early research on health insurance and health costs in California.  He was the first director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations (now the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment).  Later, he was dean of the College. Dodd left UCLA to…

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T’was Not to Be: Part 2 for Memorial Day

Byuclafaculty

Yesterday’s posting included a photo of a peace rally at UCLA in 1937 under the heading “T’was not to be.”.  Above is another photo of such a rally, this one taken in April 1941, a few months before the official U.S. entry into World War II.  By that time, the War – which began in 1939 – was raging in Europe.  As we have done on other holidays, below are links to an item you might find of interest on Memorial Day.  It is a one-hour compilation of World War II radio broadcasts broken into 4 parts due to YouTube’s…

Economic Disclosure

Byuclafaculty

The American Economic Association has published a new disclosure policy for authors of papers submitted to its various journals.  Although the policy was developed out of concerns that there may be at least the perception of potential hidden bias among economists absent such disclosures, the rules may be of interest to other academic disciplines. Highlights: American Economic Association Disclosure Policy (1) Every submitted article should state the sources of financial support for the particular research it describes. If none, that fact should be stated. (2) Each author of a submitted article should identify each interested party from whom he or…

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Fratfolder

Byuclafaculty

That was then and this is now. ========================================== The previous post on this blog pointed to an interesting article in Inside Higher Ed about UC.  The same edition also has an article about a website, fratfolder.com, which is reported to contain uploads of past exams from various universities, not just UC.  I checked and indeed UCLA is among those universities as are other UC campuses.  However, before you panic, the collection for UCLA was not comprehensive.  Some of what has been uploaded is not exams but rather lecture notes and handouts.  And in one case a UC-Santa Barbara instructor was listed…

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Distribution of $1 Billion in UCLA Research Funding

Byuclafaculty

UCLA’s Annual Report on Research funding for the past academic year reports a total of $1.079 billion.  The pie charts below show the distribution: Note: HSSEAS = Engineering; SOAA = Architecture; SPA = Public Affairs; GSE&IS = Education and Information Services; TFT = Theater, Film, TV. The full report is at: https://vcr.ucla.edu/annual-reports/2012-annual-report/pdf-files/ovcr-2012-annual-report-complete Possibly because of the ongoing litigation regarding a fatal lab accident, there is a significant report on safety issues: https://vcr.ucla.edu/annual-reports/2012-annual-report/pdf-files/appendix-materials/appendix-4