Friday, 4/11/97
Community Briefs
Glick named assistant vice provost in L&S
Following a nationwide search, Dr. Betty Glick has been named
assistant vice provost in the College of Letters and Science.
As assistant vice provost, Glick will support the vice provost
for undergraduate education in matters of strategic planning and
policy in the College’s Division of Honors and Undergraduate
Programs (HUP). Her primary responsibility will be to coordinate
the academic services provided by HUP in areas of counseling,
tutorials and orientation and to facilitate strong linkages between
these services, academic units and campus programs. She will also
provide direct managerial leadership in financial and personnel
matters for HUP.
Glick’s experiences at UCLA have prepared her well for this
position. While completing her Ph.D. at the UCLA School of
Education, Glick served as the first coordinator of the Student
Research Program in HUP.
Glick, who is currently the associate dean of students and
support services at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and
Public Administration, University of Missouri-Kansas City, will
assume her new post on July 1, 1997.
UCLA leads nation in Guggenheim fellows
UCLA and two other universities lead the nation in total 1997
Guggenheim Fellowship Awards, one of the most prestigious honors
presented to scholars, artists and writers, the John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced today.
"UCLA’s excellence can be measured by the quality of its
faculty, and our superb showing in the Guggenheim competition this
year serves as a vivid example of the distinction of the the
teacher-scholars on our campus," said Chancellor Charles Young.
The Guggenheim Foundation awards the fellowships for "unusually
distinguished achievement and exceptional promise for future
accomplishment." UCLA, Harvard and the University of Chicago each
received six Guggenheim Fellowships.
Faculty receiving fellowships are from departments ranging from
Slavic languages to physiological sciences to mathematics.
Henning Anderson, a professor of Slavic languages and
literatures, will use his fellowship to support research on the
emergence of Slavic languages.
Jesse Byoc, a professor of old Norse and medieval Scandinavian
studies, will use his fellowship to support work on the excavation
of a Viking chieftain.
Gordon Fain, a professor of physiological science and
ophthalmology, will conduct research on the role of calcium in
degeneration of photoreceptors in the eye.
Thomas Liggett, a professor of mathematics, will support work on
stochastic models of interacting systems while fellow professor of
mathematics Lai-Sang Young will support research on mathematical
theory of dynamic systems.
Associate professor of paleobiology will use his fellowship for
studies in analytical paleontology.
Network president joins advisory board
Jamie Tarses, president of ABC Entertainment, has joined the
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Dean’s Advisory
Board.
"We are very fortunate to have Jamie as a member of the board,"
said Gilbert Cates, dean of the School of Theater, Film and
Television. "I’m confident her extensive experience in network
television programming will greatly benefit our students as they
prepare to pursue successful careers in our highly competitive
industry."
Advisory board members participate as mentors in the school’s
professional mentor program, an effort to help bridge the gap for
students between the academic world and the entertainment
industry.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff reports