miscellaneous

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Arts ReSTORE LA in Westwood

Byuclafaculty

As we noted some time back, the UCLA Hammer museum got a grant to put arts projects in various empty Westwood stores in a temporary exhibit, which is now running until Nov. 24.  See http://artsrestore.la/.  LA Magazine has an article and some photos about the exhibit at http://www.lamag.com/laculture/culturefilesblog/2013/11/05/repopulating-the-empty-storefronts-of-westwood-village-with-art-and-artisans.  [Yours truly went by on Nov. 1 when the exhibit officially opened and not everything seemed to be ready, but maybe that has changed.]

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No silver bullet?

Byuclafaculty

From the LA Times: Californians will get the first chance to comment on President Obama’s proposals to make college more affordable during a public forum this week at Cal State Dominguez Hills, officials said. The Wednesday event is the first in a series of four public sessions held around the country — and the only one in California — to gather input on the president’s recently announced agenda to develop a college ratings system to help students select schools with the best bang for their buck… The ratings score card would be developed for the 2015 school year using such…

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UC Brand: Language Lessons to Come?

Byuclafaculty

Here is an oddity.  On the UCOP website, there is a webpage on the “UC Brand.”  You can find it athttp://brand.universityofcalifornia.edu/index.html.  The text is below: The University of Transformation Pioneering. Curious. Vibrant. Thoughtful. Even beautiful. The University of California is located wherever a UC mind is at work. At any given moment, people in the UC community are exploring, creating and advancing our shared experience of life in California and beyond. These guidelines ensure we express these shared values with every communication. In short, this site helps us all “Speak UC.” But as of 6 pm today on that webpage, there…

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UCLA History: Where’s the bridge?

Byuclafaculty

The roadway that connects the plaza between Dodd and Murphy to the one between Royce and Powell carries the sign above referring to a bridge.  Many in the UCLA community know the history but for those who don’t, the seeming roadway is in fact a bridge over a ravine that was long ago filled with dirt.  When the Westwood campus was being constructed, however, the ravine was a prominent feature and the bridge was one of the early structures built as the photo below shows. When the campus opened in 1929, crossing the bridge was a common occurrence as show…

A cautionary note (and the naked truth) about email attachments

Byuclafaculty

The item below reminds us that it is easy – when sending email attachments – to pick the wrong file.  Most email programs will give you some way of seeing at least the name of the file you have attached before you send it.  You probably can click on the file itself and verify that it is what you intend to send.  Gmail has an option for setting a delay in sending an email (e.g., 30 seconds) if you realized you made a mistake. A University of Iowa teaching assistant who accidentally e-mailed nude pictures of herself to math students…

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Unbranded

Byuclafaculty

Odd that the undergraduate advertising and marketing group would get the Anderson School “brand” wrong, since branding is a big part of advertising and marketing.  The word “business” has not been part of the School’s title (or “brand”) since the 1970s.  The name used now is Anderson School of Management or just Anderson or Anderson School, although the name carved in stone on the Anderson complex is Anderson Graduate School of Management. 

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Planning for a Shake

Byuclafaculty

You probably saw this notice but here is a reminder.   On October 17th, at 10:17 a.m., the UCLA campus community, along with millions of other Californians, will participate in “The Great California Shakeout”–a statewide earthquake drill. As part of our participation, the UCLA Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will test the BruinAlert system while airing a simulcast Shakeout drill on the campus AM radio station (AM 1630). To fully participate and maximize the effectiveness of the drill, we ask that you take these simple and potentially life-saving steps: DROP to the ground (before the earthquake knocks you down) Take COVER…

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Not to worry?

Byuclafaculty

You might have notice the article in the LA Times about concrete buildings in LA County that were prone to collapse in a major earthquake.  The article included an interactive graphic for selected areas including Westwood.  Among the buildings the LA Times listed was 924 Westwood Blvd., an office building owned by UCLA (the Regents).  The image above is a screenshot, not the actual interactive graphic which you can find at http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-earthquake-concrete-20131013-dto,0,1555748.htmlstory.  However, here is the text of what is on the graphic including a response by UCLA saying it believes the building is safe:========== 924 Westwood Blvd. Owner: Regents…