UCLA faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.
"We're always counting on science to tell us where we came from."
David Paige, professor in the UCLA Department of Earth and Space Sciences, was quoted on May 9 in a Los Angeles Times article that suggested that the moon’s water may have come from meteorites that hit ancient Earth.
"We're always counting on science to tell us where we came from."David Paige, professor in the UCLA Department of Earth and Space Sciences, was quoted on May 9 in a Los Angeles Times article that suggested that the moon’s water may have come from meteorites that hit ancient Earth.
"Once the technology for eye-tracking is in place, it will glean information conveying not only what we read online, but also how we read it … In the future, will we be served online ads based not only on what we’ve shopped for, but also on the thoughts reflected in our eye movements?"John Villasenor, professor of electrical engineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, was quoted on May 9 in a Mashable news blog about advertisers’ use of eye-tracking technology in smartphones.
“For me, cluelessness is when a high-status person does not even consider that a low-status person might be acting strategically.”Michael Chwe, professor of political science and author of a new book, “Jane Austen: Game Theorist,” argues that Austen was one of the earliest game strategists. He was quoted May 8 in the Onenewthing.com blog.
“If this nonsense is not illegal, it ought to be.”Stephen Bainbridge, professor at the UCLA School of Law, was quoted May 10 in The New York Times about hedge funds’ efforts to give financial incentives to nominees of company boards.
“For the families that are strong to begin with, this technology is probably a tremendous help to them. For families having problems, maybe the technology will exacerbate their problems.”Benjamin Karney, professor of psychology and co-director of the Relationship Institute at UCLA, was quoted May 12 in an Augusta Chronicle article about military families’ use of social media.
"People who have access to insurance coverage are faced with incentives that don't make sense in terms of how they seek care. If you have insurance, you may go to the emergency room for an avoidable reason just because it's more convenient and because you are financially isolated from the loss."Dylan Roby, director of the health economics and evaluation research program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, quoted May 11 in a Los Angeles Times article about preventing unnecessary medical tests and treatments.
"There are still arguments among scientists about whether there are places deep in the tissues that treatment doesn't reach, and whether or not virus is still replicating there.”
Jerome Zack, professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and an associate director of the UCLA AIDS Institute, quoted May 12 in a China Daily article about new developments in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
"There are still arguments among scientists about whether there are places deep in the tissues that treatment doesn't reach, and whether or not virus is still replicating there.”Jerome Zack, professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics and an associate director of the UCLA AIDS Institute, quoted May 12 in a China Daily article about new developments in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
