Crime victims get state services
Gov. Gray Davis’ administration announced Thursday a new
state initiative to aid victims of hate crimes in the aftermath of
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Aileen Adams, state and consumer services secretary, introduced
the initiative at the Islamic Center of Southern California in
downtown Los Angeles. The initiative “provides victims of
hate attacks with direct access to state governmental
services,” the Davis administration said in a statement.
The services include a new toll-free telephone number for
victims to call and report attacks, more ways for victims to file
compensation claims and increased training for attorneys and
community leaders on hate crimes.
Salam Al-Maryete, executive director of the Muslim public
affairs council, said the council is working with Los Angeles
Unified School District to increase the number of Muslim and Arab
speakers at LAUSD help students understand the Muslim
community.
UPTE, UC signs labor agreement
The University of California has reached an agreement with the
University Professional and Technical Employees union over 2001-02
salary increases for its technical employees and research support
professionals. Both the University and UPTE have ratified the
agreement.
“Our technical employees and research support
professionals play a vital role at UC and we are pleased to have
reached agreement with UPTE regarding salaries,” said Judith
W. Boyette, UC associate vice president for human resources and
benefits.
Step-based employees and employees in open ranges with
satisfactory or better performance ratings will receive 2 percent
general range adjustments. All increases are to be effective Oct.
1. To be eligible for the increases, an employee must be in the
bargaining unit on Oct. 1 and on the date of ratification by both
parties. Employees receiving merit increases must be career,
non-probationary on Oct 1.
There are approximately 4,000 technical employees and
approximately 3,800 research support professionals working in
UC.
Electronic tools available to UC
The California Digital Library and Berkeley Electronic Press
announced Thursday a partnership to advance innovations in
scholarly communication.
Through the partnership, the California Digital Library will
make a suite of electronic publishing tools from the Berkeley
Electronic Press available to University of California
researchers.
The tools enable rapid and low-cost creation management and
online publication of electronic journals, discussion papers series
and other electronic forms of scholarship.
The partnership is an important development for the
library’s eScholarship program supporting scholar-led
innovations in online dissemination of research from the University
of California and beyond.
The eScholarship program supports new electronic publications
and services for tobacco control research, environmental science,
international and area studies and dermatology research, among
others.
Pharmacy school to open in Fresno
Responding to the severe shortage of pharmacists in the Central
Valley, plans are currently underway to establish a program to
train pharmacists in Fresno. As a first step, valley native Mitra
Assemi, Pharm.D., has been appointed as director of the UCSF Fresno
Pharmacy Education Program.
“By offering a local training program, we will be better
prepared to deliver a pipeline of pharmacists to our
community,” said Deborah Stewart, associate dean for UCSF
Fresno. “Since UCSF Fresno’s residency program retains
50 percent of its physicians, it is expected that this program will
have similar results.”
The UCSF School of Pharmacy is the only public pharmacy graduate
school in the state of California.
With reports from Daily Bruin staff and wire services.