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UCLA History: Santa Monica Hospital – now a part of UCLA – back in the day
Santa Monica Hospital in 1941:LA Public Library collection Previous posts on this blog have dealt with the current strike at UC hospitals including UCLA. News coverage tends to focus on Westwood. But UCLA also operates Santa Monica Hospital which it acquired a few years ago. The two-day strike is also occurring at the Santa Monica location. (The photo above from 1941 shows a building – seen from 16th Street – that has since been replaced.) Coverage on the strike can be found at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-strike-20130522,0,3925126.story Meanwhile, the conservative FlashReport news aggregation website was so interested in the UC strike story that…
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UCLA: It’s Tufts to Get Into
The University of California system remains a popular destination for incoming freshmen – and getting into UCLA is now as hard as getting into Tufts and Cornell, at least for California students… UCLA reported an in-state admission rate of 17.4 percent, Becker said, a level comparable to Cornell and Tufts, two of the nation’s most selective universities. Overall, the 10 campuses accepted 82,850 freshman, for an average acceptance rate of 59 percent. Berkeley and San Diego campuses were more exclusive than the average… But the prestigious public U.C. system is changing in one profound way: out-of-state students increasingly make up more…
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UC (& UCLA) hospital 2-day strike to go ahead this morning with court-orded exceptions
A Sacramento judge Monday refused to stop a strike today by thousands of employees at… UC hospitals – but ordered a limited number of critical care employees to stay on the job. The union for nearly 13,000 workers, including nursing assistants, pharmacists, medical technicians, operating room scrubs and other health care workers, was to begin a two-day strike at 4 a.m. today (Tuesday, May 21). The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees announced the walkout of workers at the UC Davis Health System and University of California hospitals in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Irvine. The…
Something that didn’t happen
Our prior post noted that the LA Times today carries a story about a deal that did occur – albeit not to the benefit of UCLA. The Times also carries a story about a deal that did not happen, a possible purchase by UCLA of St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica:http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-st-johns-hospital-20130517,0,3436718.story An earlier post on this blog about this deal that didn’t happen (when it was still a possibility) is at:http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2013/03/hospital-takeover.html UPDATE: See also:http://bhcourier.com/open-letter-communities-santa-monica-west-los-angeles-2/2013/05/17
Brain Drain Story
The LA Times today has a behind-the-scenes story of the recruitment by USC of the neurology lab entourage: …Some colleagues in Westwood were aware that Toga and Thompson “were having conversations” with USC but didn’t know the specifics, said John Mazziotta, chairman of UCLA’s neurology department and executive vice dean of the medical school. The Bruins would have tried to respond if given a chance, he said: “We always try to keep our top faculty.” …Full story at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-usc-ucla-recruit-20130518,0,6963020,full.story All in all, seems like someone was not fully alert:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9hQDzQFvo?feature=player_detailpage]
health care | UC | UCLA
Possible Two-Day UC Hospital Strike Next Week
From the LA Times today: Facing a possible two-day strike next week by patient care and technical workers, the five large University of California medical centers are starting to cancel elective surgeries that had been scheduled as soon as Monday, officials said. Emergency care will not be shut and patients already in the five hospitals across the state will continue to receive care. But many elective procedures will delayed until after the potential strike, set for Tuesday and Wednesday… At UCLA’s hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica, …administrators are planning to hire 600 replacement workers through agencies and are preparing…
Stay Home Tonight
Word has it that the 405 Freeway will be closed from Santa Monica Boulevard to Wilshire Boulevard tonight and Saturday night, 11 PM until 9 AM. There’s no place like home:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ6VT7ciR1o?feature=player_detailpage]
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Listen to (Part of) Morning Session of UC Regents
I had some trouble with recording this morning’s meeting of the Regents. It began with a statement by UC President Yudof which included reference to the impending strike at UC hospitals (which UC is trying to enjoin). During the public comment period, however, various union spokespersons said a strike would take place next week and the public comment session ended in a demonstration which led to a halt in the meeting (and transmission) while the room was cleared. I did record the later meeting of the Committee on Finance. Below is a summary and a link to a recording. Before…
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Straws in the Wind
The Regents are meeting today and tomorrow. While they are considering UCLA’s loss of the neurology lab (see our earlier post), they can also consider this headline from a USC news release that was highlighted today in Inside Higher Ed:: Music Industry Icons and Entrepreneurs Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre Give $70 Million to Create the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation http://universityofsoutherncalifornia.createsend1.com/t/ViewEmail/j/99843C9CB6AD3D5B/636A2070300EA8D9C67FD2F38AC4859C http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/05/15/two-music-industry-icons-give-usc-70m-start-music-business-center And they might also want to consider the new USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy: http://schwarzenegger.usc.edu/ Our earlier post on the neurology lab raid is…